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June 20th

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

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

June 19th

II Ernest Hemingway International Colloquium in Havana

Havana city will celebrate the II Ernest Hemingway International Colloquium from June 21-24, having the attendance of writers and specialists from diverse countries. Read More

Visual Arts and Bolero will be together during the XXI International Festival Boleros de Oro

Visual Arts and Bolero will be together during the XXI International Festival Boleros de Oro to be held June 20-24 in Havana, although since June 7, this event started a journey around some other Cuban cities to end on July 1st. Read More

La edad de la peseta receives Award in Brazil

The 17th edition of the Ceará Iberoamerican Film Festival, recently held in the north-eastern Brazilian city of Fortaleza, granted its top awards in the fiction categories to the Brazilian movie Querô, by young filmmaker Carlos Cortez, and also to Cuba's La edad de la peseta (An Awkward Age), by also young Pavel Giroud. Read More

Enjoy a taste of Cuba as Vida!

The Cuban dance musical Vida! has proved so popular with Toronto theatregoers that it's being held over at the Royal Alexandra Theatre until June 30th. Read More

New investment support ALBA projects in Cuba

Cuba's CIMEX Corporation is undertaking a series of construction works to support the operations of educational centers receiving Latin American students in the country and to benefit the local population in several Cuban provinces. Read More

Cuban lawmaker highlights contribution by doctors to Bolivia

Cuban lawmaker Jorge Gonzalez praised the work of over 1,000 doctors from his country in Bolivia by noting that nearly five million Bolivians have already been assisted in outpatient consultations. Gonzalez, who is also a physician, heads the Medical and Sports Commission of the Cuban Parliament. Read More

Cuba and Serbia split series in week four of FIVB's World League

Cuba and host Serbia split their two-game series on Saturday and Sunday in Beograd and Novi Sad in the fourth weekend of competitions of the main annual men's tournament of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB). Read More

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