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U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, is carrying out today a brief visit to Cuba, to preside over the official ceremony of the reopening of the U.S. embassy in Havana. Kerry will hoist his country’s flag in the afternoon over the official residence of the head of the Washington diplomatic mission in Havana.  This is the first time in 70 »

Institutions and organizations of Sancti Spiritus hold celebrations to mark the 89th birthday anniversary of Cuban Revolution leader, Fidel Castro, this August 13th. He no longer walks with long steps, nor dresses up with his olive green suit; he now wears plaid shirts. He’s a human being, not God, although having held the reins of the country for nearly five »

Cuban President Raul Castro presided over the commemoration of the 62nd anniversary of the attack on the Moncada Garrison, which took place this Sunday at the former fortress turned into a school in 1960. Some 10,000 Santiago residents, on behalf of all Cubans, evoked that action of which the current head of state was a protagonist, along with Fidel Castro »

The national major ceremony to mark the 62th anniversary of the assault on Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Barracks in Santiago de Cuba and Bayamo respectively, will take place this Sunday, at Ciudad Escolar 26 de Julio, beginning at 5:12 a.m. Prior to the event, the so-called assault to the future will be performed by representatives of the new »

Cuba President Raul Castro attended this Friday the inauguration ceremony of the 10th Congress of the Youth Communist League (UJC), which takes place in Havana’s Convention Palace. The nearly 600 delegates to the event welcomed the head of state with ovations, and chanted phrases of support for the Revolution. The congress opening session is also being attended by Cuban First »

Cuban President Raul Castro delivered the closing address on Wednesday of the 5th Period of Ordinary Sessions of the 8th Legislature of the National Assembly of People’s Power. The Cuban head of State said that it the tendency of deceleration of the economy has been reversed, yet it’s necessary to work harder and with more discipline in order to achieve »

Cuban President, Raul Castro, is attending today the Plenary Session of the Fifth Ordinary Period of Sessions of the Parliament Eighth Legislature, at the Convention Center of this capital. After three intensive working days, legislators have discussed important problems of the Caribbean island’s reality. They monitored the population’s statements in their neighborhood meetings of the delegates with voters, and their »

The book “Raul Castro, un hombre en Revolución” (Raul Castro, a Man in Revolution), by Russian writer Nikolai S. Leonov, was launched during a special session of the National Assembly of the People’s Power, with the participation of deputies, and headed by Cuba Parliament President, Esteban Lazo Hernández. The book does not only deal with the personal life of the »

  The Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Marcelino Medina, today received a letter from the United States President, Barack Obama, addressed to his peer Raul Castro. The letter was delivered at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry by the head of the Interests Section of the United States in Havana, Jeffrey DeLaurentis. Growing Interest in Cooperation Between Cuba »

The US State Department informed this Friday about the official rescission of Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. The decision was adopted by US Secretary of State, John Kerry, once the 45-day Congressional pre-notification period is expired. In December 2014, the President instructed the Secretary of State to immediately launch a review of Cuba’s designation as a State Sponsor »