Increase in the international demand of Cuban recording industry

More than a hundred albums from very different genres in music appear among the internationally best sold Cuban albums for the year 2008, according to the digital site of the Bis Music Record Label. Read More

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Cuba Launches DVD on Playa Giron Events

A DVD with the history of the mercenary invasion on Playa Giron is one of the most recent production of EGREM, the oldest Record Company in Cuba. Read More

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Cuba Participates in Tourism Fair in Holland

The Cuban stand at the International Tourism Fair of Utrecht in Holland was highly commended by local newspapers, which also reported on the advantages of traveling to the Caribbean nation. Read More

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The Segunda cita: Provisional title of the first major music production by Silvio Rodríguez in 2009

Segunda cita (Second date) is the provisional title of the first major music production by Silvio Rodríguez in 2009, which has already ended its recording process in the Ojalá recording studios and which brings together themes composed over the last two years, informed the digital site, Cubadebate. Read More

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First Defibrillating Pacemaker Implanted in Cuban Province

The first permanent defibrillating pacemaker implanted in Cuba outside Havana is carried by Alvaro Morgado Martínez, an 82-year old patient from Holguin who suffers from a malignant heart condition. Read More

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Canadian Scientist Acknowledges Achievements of Cuban Cardiology

Naranjan Dhallas, Director of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences of Winnipeg, Canada, praised on Wednesday Cuba’s achievements in the field of cardiology. Read More

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Jardines de la Reina, one of the least studied archipelagos in Cuba

“How do you stand the mosquitoes?” Fabián Pina Amargós shrugs his shoulders and begins to laugh, “No problem, those who love the ocean have to accept the negative aspects as well.” And he should know. In 1995 he graduated from Marine Biology at the University of Havana. Read More

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Argentinean Guitarist Amestro Victor Pellegrini Tours Cuba East to West

Argentiean Guitar Amestro Victor Pellegrini will start an east-to-west tour across Cuba this Friday in Guantanamo city with the first of 15 concerts, closing the tour at the Amadeo Roldan Theater in this capital. Read More

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The 27th Culture Festival Opens in Holguín, Cuba

The 27th Holguin Culture Festival to be held from January 13 to 18, will be dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.<br /> Read More

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Cuba-Kenya 4th Joint Commission Begins

The 4th Session of the Cuba-Kenya Inter Government Mixed Commission for Economic and Scientific-Technical Collaboration was inaugurated in this capital Wednesday, to examine the points with which bilateral relations between these two countries will be regulated from 2009 to 2011. Read More

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