US to move prisoners from Guantanamo to Afghanistan

The United States is helping expand a prison in Afghanistan to take some detainees from Guantanamo Bay. Meanwhile administration officials argue whether to bring the most dangerous to the US when the Cuban facility shuts down. Read More

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Guantanamo problems. U.S. weighs speedier closing of jail in Cuba

President George W. Bush's top advisers are considering a recommendation to speed up the process of closing the American detention unit for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to administration officials familiar with the deliberations. Read More

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Raúl receives Iranian minister of industry and mines

YESTERDAY afternoon, General of the Army Raúl Castro Ruz, second secretary of the Communist Party, received Doctor Ali Reza Tahmasbi, minister of industry and mines of the sister Islamic republic of Iran. Read More

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US Lawmakers Seek to Open Cuba Trade

Lawmakers from both parties proposed opening up agriculture exports to Cuba and ending travel restrictions, putting them at odds with a White House adamantly opposed to easing a half-century-old embargo. Read More

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Relations between Cuba and Colombia Enhanced after Meeting

Delegations from Colombia and Cuba described bilateral relations in several fields as an example of cooperation between developing nations, it was reported here on Thursday. Read More

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Bust of Botswana Leader unveiled in Havana

The vice-president of Botswana, Seretse Khama Ian Khama, attended the ceremony for the unveiling of a bust of Seretse Khama in the Park of the African Patriots in the Cuban capital. Read More

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Victory for Cuba at Human Rights Council

The US's manipulations against Cuba at the Human Rights Council were brought to an end during the fifth period of sessions of that Geneva-based UN body, whose members decided to finish the mandate of the so-called Personal Representative of the Human Rights High Commissioner for Cuba. Read More

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Vilma Espin, a woman committed to Cuba and its Revolution

Vilma Espin, like heroines Celia Sanchez and Haydee Santamaria, will always be an example of a woman committed to her country, the Cuban Revolution, the Party and Fidel Castro, said Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, member of the Politburo of Cubas Communist Party on Tuesday. Read More

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UN Under Secretary General Visits Cuba

UN Under Secretary General and Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Anna K. Tibaijuka, arrived on Sunday in Havana for an official visit in which she will meet with Cuban authorities to exchange experiences in urban management. Read More

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Vilma Espin, first lady of Cuban revolution, dies

Heroine of the Clandestine Struggle and Outstanding Combatant of the Rebel Army, Vilma Espín Guillois, Passes Away in Havana Read More

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