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Emir de Qatar Meets Che Daughter

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, met on Thursday with Aleida Guevara March, daughter of Argentinian-Cuban guerrilla fighter Ernesto Che Guevara, who ratified his invariable friendship with Cuba and Fidel Castro. Read More

Cuba will pay $17.35M for its participation in oil exploration in eastern Venezuela

Cuban company Comercial Cupet will pay $17.35 million to participate in the development of four oil fields in eastern Venezuela over the next 25 years, Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) announced Wednesday. Read More

New telephone rates will begin on May 1

Three new government resolutions – numbers 51, 54 and 64 – will affect telephony in Cuba, the newspaper Granma announced Thursday. See details. Read More

UN Official Congratulates Cuban Health Personnel in Haiti

Edmond Mulet, head of the United Nations tabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, congratulated on Wednesday the Cuban health personnel working in Haiti. Read More

Climate Change Summit Wraps on Thursday in Bolivia

The First World Summit on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth ends on Thursday in Cochabamba, Bolivia, with the presentation of a Final Declaration on the Rights of Mother Earth. Read More

Opening Cuba: What's the Effect on the Cruise Industry?

We now know that President Obama is softening U.S. policy toward Cuba, which, we hear, is one of the most beautiful islands in the Caribbean. Read More

President of International Organization for Standardization to Visit Cuba

Allan Morrison, president of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), will begin a visit to Cuba on Thursday.<br /> Read More

On Site: Pondering Cuba's Future

Cuba anticipates 1 million U.S. visitors in the 12 months after the travel ban is lifted Read More

Hearings to Begin on Relaxed U.S. – Cuba Trade Policies

Trade Subcommittee Chairman John S. Tanner announced today that the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee will be holding hearings on the U.S.-Cuba trade policy on April 28.<br /> Read More

Growing Old in Cuba: A Preliminary Look

“¿Cuba? ... es muy complicado,” says our new Cuban acquaintance. Cuba? ... is very complicated. And growing old in Cuba can be complicated even more so by the infirmities of age.<br /> Read More