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.»
ACS Summit Opens in Havana with High Level Meeting
The Seventh Summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) begins this Thursday in Havana with a meeting of high level representatives of the member nations of this entity. The Summit will have the Havana’s Conventions Center as its venue where delegations of the 25 nations of the ACS, and several guest countries will gather. 7th ACS Summit to »
Sancti Spiritus Builds First Solar Park in La Sierpe
The first photovoltaic power station built in Sancti Spiritus has already started generating power and was synchronized to the National Power System, which paves the way for the use of this renewable energy source on a wider scale in the territory. Electrical branch investor Gonzalo Gonzalez Cristiá told Escambray that the facility, sited in the local municipality of La Sierpe, »
1st of May International Brigade Arrives in Sancti Spiritus
The 11th First of May International Solidarity-with-Cuba Brigade arrived this Wednesday in Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba. The 210 members of the brigade were welcomed by political and governmental authorities, and by the delegation of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) in this city. According to Raul Cardoso Cabrera, ICAP delegate in this territory, before coming to the »
Sancti Spiritus’s Plazas Ready for First of May Parade
The Major General Serafin Sanchez Valdivia Revolution Square of Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, is ready to welcome the people who will stage the 1st of May parade next Sunday. Several Cuban flags have been displayed around the large square, which also exhibits the 26th of July movement flag and giant billboards expressing the commitment of unity and victory of the »
1st of May: Sancti Spiritus Innovators Dedicate Contribution to World Proletariat Day
The members of the National Association for Innovation and Rationalization (ANIR) in Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, salute May Day commemoration with a contribution of over a million pesos to the economy. Esperanza Castro Quintero, president of the organization in the territory, told ACN that such an amount is the result of more than 300 innovations performed by local ANIR members, »
Int Love Letter Contest Winners Announced in Sancti Spiritus
As it happens every year during the celebration of the International Book Fair in Sancti Spiritus, the Escribanía Dollz Cultural Alternative Center announced the winners of the International Love Letter Contest, the only one of its kind in the world. This time, in which 5 470 letter were received, the first prize was awarded to Rosa María García, from the »
Literature Floods Sancti Spiritus in Central Cuba
The importance of literature was highlighted in Sancti Spiritus by local writer and plastic artist Hermes Entenza, who was responsible for the opening of the 25th International Book Fair in this Cuban territory. In his speech, the local intellectual referred to different passages that distinguish universal history, and remembered emblematic authors such as José Martí, Ernest Hemingway, Rubén Darío, Julio »
Fidel and Raul Attend Closing Session of Cuban Party Congress (+photos)
The closing session of the 7th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) was held today in the presence of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, and the First Secretary of the organization, Raul Castro. Fidel was cheered and applauded by delegates and guests at the Havana’s Conference Center, venue of the event since Saturday, April »
Cuban Communist Congress to Elect Central Committee
Participants at the 7th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party, in sessions since Saturday, today will elect the organization’s Central Committee, to be released on Tuesday along with the members of the Politburo, the first and second secretaries. The Congress opened Saturday with the key report by the party’s First Secretary Raul Castro, and the delegates worked in commissions on »