University of Information Technologies are a Priority for the Cuban Government

Artemisa, Manzanillo in Granma, and Morón in Ciego de Ávila are the three municipalities that take in the 972 young people that so far are members of this plan. A number that is part of the 11,200 students all over the country who are part of the Futuro project, lead by the Havana University of Information Technologies. Read More

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Cuban musician Adalberto Álvarez received the tribute for his 35 years of artistic life in Rome.

The Cuban musician Adalberto Álvarez Zayas, received the tribute for his 35 years of artistic life from the Italian-Latin American Institute (IILA in Spanish) in Rome. Read More

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U.S. Naval Base in Cuba: Lawyer Questions how U.S. Soldier Died

A grenade that killed a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan in July 2002 could have been thrown by American forces rather than a young Canadian charged in a Guantanamo war crimes court with murder, a military defense lawyer said on Friday. Read More

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The Prima Ballerina Assoluta Alicia Alonso and the Cuban National Ballet in Egypt

The prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso, general director of the Cuban National Ballet, assured in front of the Egyptian Pyramids of Ghiza that she aims to live for 200 more years in order to give expression to all of the projects and dreams that she has still to do. Read More

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Opens in Havana: Branch of ALBA Bank

According to a note from the Central Bank of Cuba published on Thursday by Granma news daily, the new branch, the first inaugurated outside Venezuela, was established as part of the signing of the Constituent Agreement of the Bank with the presence of representatives from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Cuba. Read More

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Abe Osheroff, Veteran of Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Dies at 92, he to teach engineering in Cuba

Ran a candy store for many years and was the last secretary-treasurer of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Mr. Veltfort went on to teach engineering in Cuba and organize a drive to donate ambulances to the leftist government of Nicaragua in the 1980s. Read More

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Cuban grassquit, an endemic bird of the island in a vulnerable state

To preserve the Cuban grassquit, an endemic bird of the island in a vulnerable state, is a goal of some scientists of Pinar del Río, also considered Cubas natural cathedral. Read More

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Symbolic Cultural Institution of Pinar del Río, Cuba Milanés theater Nominated for Restoration Award

José Jacinto Milanés theater, a symbolic cultural institution of Pinar del Río is among the 12 nominees to the National Restoration Award granted by the National Union of Architects and Engineers of Cuba (UNAIC). Read More

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Cuban ambassador to Berlin filed a protest rejecting the visit to the German capital of Caleb McCarry

Cuban ambassador to Berlin, Gerardo Peñalver, filed a protest on Wednesday rejecting the visit to the German capital of Caleb McCarry, who is the Bush administration's Cuba Transition Coordinator in charge of designing and implementing a plan to dominate the Cuban people by force and establish an occupying government in the country. Read More

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Mexican tour-operators expect to send 100, 000 vacationers to Cuba this year

Mexican tour-operators expect to send 100, 000 vacationers to Cuba this year, according to a communiqué released by the office of the Cuban Tourism Ministry in Mexico. Read More

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