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Cuban legislators approved and supported in plenary session the updating of the Economic and Social Policy Guidelines of the Party and the Revolution for the 2016-2021 period. Those guidelines, adopted in April during the 7th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), were submitted for consideration by lawmakers from July 4 to 6, during the three working sessions of the »

Cuba President Raul Castro chaired a meeting of the Cuban Council of Ministers aimed at the analysis of the economic sector’s performance during the first half of the year, as well as its prospects for the rest of 2016. Such economic results will be submitted to the Cuban Parliament during its upcoming session next month. During the meeting, Economy and »

Army General Raúl Castro, president of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, and Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez received the leaders attending the signing of Colombian Peace Agreements. Several heads of state came to Havana to participate in the historic event, including the Presidents of El Salvador, Salvador Sánchez Cerén, and the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina, CELAC president »

British Ambassador to Cuba, Tim Cole, visited this Wednesday the headquarters of Escambray newspaper, in the central province of Sancti Spiritus, with the express purpose of establishing a dialogue on the practice of journalism in this media outlet. Yesterday afternoon Cole himself confirmed his visit to Escambray in a message posted on the social network Twitter, where he’s got an »

Nearly 200 patients have been operated with basic endoscopic technique in Sancti Spiritus since this new surgical procedure was introduced in 2013 in the otolaryngology service of the Camilo Cienfuegos Provincial Hospital. This is the only health institution in central Cuba to use this procedure in the treatment of diseases such as chronic rhino-sinusitis associated with nasal polyposis, and some »

Perhaps nobody imagined that the sugar-flavored chords that once entertained the nights of the village of Tuinucú would have such a long history. The burden of the hard day’s work was alleviated with the rhythm of the marimbula, the guitar, the bongos and the maracas played by a group of men who had no musical training at all, and who »

The Espirituano Septet gave a live concert on June 9 at the Principal Theater of Sancti Spiritus, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the group. The concert was also attended by other traditional groups such as Semilla del son and Saroza Septet, from Trinidad, and Mi nuevo son and Rompesaragüey, from the capital city. When referring to the concert performance, »

Cuba President Raul Castro held bilateral meetings with leaders of different countries, who participated at the 7th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), held last Saturday in Havana. The Cuban president held a working meeting with the Premier of Trinidad-Tobago Keith Cristopher Rowley on bilateral political, diplomatic and cooperation relations between the »

Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz called today in this capital to find new and feasible solutions as for all the territories of the Caribbean could face regional challenges, such as the problems of air lines and maritime connections. In the beginning of the meeting for Heads of State and Government in the frame of the 7th Summit of the Association »

The foreign ministers of the member states of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) are today discussing the documents that will detail guidelines for the region’s mechanism from 2016-2018. As part of the 7th Summit of the ACS, the foreign ministers will analyze the bloc’s action plan and the final declaration of the meeting, the project’s senior officials stated yesterday.»