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ETECSA: Cell phone subscribers in Cuba to top 1 mn by year's end

ETECSA, Cuba's state telecommunications company, is predicting that the number of wireless subscribers on the island will exceed 1 million by the end of this year. Read More

If They Build It, Yankee Boats Might Come To Cuba

The 60th Ernest Hemingway International Billfishing Tournament happens this month at the Hemingway Marina in Havana, Cuba, but this milestone event will be sparsely attended, if at all, by the late author's own countrymen. Read More

Carlos Varela Starts Tour of United States

Carlos Varela, Cuba’s “Bob Dylan”, tunes his guitar for an ambitious tour of U.S., a sign that cultural exchanges could survive the deterioration of the relations between both countries. Read More

Pandemic Virus Keeps Genetic Composition

The casual virus of influenza A (H1N1) keeps its genetic composition and shows a great capacity of adjustment to the environment, reported Cuban experts.<br /> Read More

Emir de Qatar Meets Che Daughter

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, met on Thursday with Aleida Guevara March, daughter of Argentinian-Cuban guerrilla fighter Ernesto Che Guevara, who ratified his invariable friendship with Cuba and Fidel Castro. Read More

Cuba will pay $17.35M for its participation in oil exploration in eastern Venezuela

Cuban company Comercial Cupet will pay $17.35 million to participate in the development of four oil fields in eastern Venezuela over the next 25 years, Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) announced Wednesday. Read More

New telephone rates will begin on May 1

Three new government resolutions – numbers 51, 54 and 64 – will affect telephony in Cuba, the newspaper Granma announced Thursday. See details. Read More

UN Official Congratulates Cuban Health Personnel in Haiti

Edmond Mulet, head of the United Nations tabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, congratulated on Wednesday the Cuban health personnel working in Haiti. Read More

Climate Change Summit Wraps on Thursday in Bolivia

The First World Summit on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth ends on Thursday in Cochabamba, Bolivia, with the presentation of a Final Declaration on the Rights of Mother Earth. Read More

Opening Cuba: What's the Effect on the Cruise Industry?

We now know that President Obama is softening U.S. policy toward Cuba, which, we hear, is one of the most beautiful islands in the Caribbean. Read More