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October 30th

Raul Castro met with the Executive Secretary of ECLAC

Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, received on the afternoon of October 28, Alicia Barcena Ibarra, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), who is visiting the island. Read More

China is interested in Cuban power sector

China is considering opening a business in the Cuban power sector through the sale and export of high durability LED lights for streetlights and homes. Read More

Polish Concert Artists will perform in Havana

Polish Jozef Olechowski and Sebastian Kwapisz will play tomorrow in Havana in tribute to the music of their country, with a recital for piano and violin. The pianist Olechowski and violinist Kwapisz, who have lived in Mexico for meny years, will perform at the concert hall of the Oratorio San Felipe Neri. Read More

Five Cuban cyclists will participate in the World Cup

From November 7 to 9 in Guadalajara will be held the first stop of the Cycling World Cup 2014-2015 which involve five Cuban cyclists. The list is headed by Lisandra Guerra and Yumari González, who accompanied Yudelmis Dominguez, Marlies Mejias and Arlenis Sierra. Read More

President of INDER calls loyalty to the Cuban delegation going to Veracruz 2014

The new president of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER), Antonio Eduardo Becali, met with the delegation that will participate in the Central American and Caribbean Games Veracruz 2014 and said the Island aims to maintain the first position in the medal and the fidelity and loyalty of each of their athletes. Read More

The Cuban baseball player Jose Canseco is recovering from a gunshot wound to the hand

Jose Canseco, Major League Baseball star, is recovering after accidentally taking a shot on a hand inside his home in Las Vegas. Lt. Mark Reddon, the Metropolitan Police, said officers came after a report that someone had accidentally shot shortly after 2:30 pm on Tuesday. Read More

Cuban emigrants were rescued by US Coast Guard

The US Coast Guard rescued last Wednesday 33 Cuban migrants from an overloaded boat off the southeast coast of Florida. Also just two days ago another 11 Cubans were saved from the waters off Miami. Read More

October 29th

24th International Ballet Festival was inaugurated

24th International Ballet Festival was inaugurated last Tuesday night at Havana's Karl Marx Theater with the presentation Shakespeare and his masks and the performance of the principal dancers Anette Delgado and Dani Hernández. Read More

Three Cubans are candidates for Gold Glove MLB

The outstanding performance of Cuban baseball players in Major League Baseball in the United States is a widely known issue. Given their vast skills three of them are Gold Glove finalist. Read More

Death of Cuban worker in Guinea Conakry wasn’t caused by Ebola virus

On Sunday October 26 a Cuban collaborator died serving in Guinea Conakry. The Cuban Ministry of Public Health has reported that the cause of death was not Ebola, but malaria, the worker was not in contact with sick people. Read More