Millennium Goals: In the Final Stretch

<p style="text-align: justify;">Leaders from 140 countries are arriving to New York since Saturday to give a decisive boost to fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals, set 10 years ago to be met by 2015. Advances until now and difficulties that threaten the achievement of those goals will be the main issue of the UN summit which meets here from Monday to Wednesday. Read More

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CHRONOLOGY: Road to reform in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Published September 20, 2010. HAVANA (Reuters) - The pace of economic reform is picking up in Communist Cuba with the announcement last week that 500,000 state jobs will be shifted to the private sector. Read More

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Cuba summons workers to explain coming layoffs

<p style="text-align: justify;">Monday September 20, 2010, 2:32 pm. HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba is calling workers across the island to special meetings so labor leaders can brief them on half a million government layoffs coming in the next six months and suggest ways that those fired can make a living. Read More

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BLOOMBERG: Cuba Fires Industries Min for Inefficiency, Failure to Lure Investment

<p style="text-align: justify;">Sep 20, 2010 8:58 AM PT. Cuban President Raul Castro replaced the island's minister of basic industries,citing mismanagement and a failure to attract investment. Read More

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Cuban FM Participates in Event to Commemorate Fidel Castro-Malcolm X Meeting in New York

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 20 (acn) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez participated on Sunday in an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the meeting between the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro and US black civil rights activist Malcom X at the Theresa Hotel in New York. Read More

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Cuba and Syria Establishing Treatment with Placental Tissue Center

<p style="text-align: justify;">Sunday, 19 September 2010 16:10. Cuba (Havana) – Syria and Cuba signed a memo of understanding on establishing a center in Syria for treatment with placental tissue and producing derivatives from human placentas, in addition to undertaking a joint study for early diagnosis of diseases for people with disabilities. Read More

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Cuba to link up to Russian competitor of GPS

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba plans to connect to Russia’s satellite-based navigation system, the Russian ambassador in Havana said, according to RIA Novosti. The Global Navigation Satellite System (Glonass) is the main competitor to the United States-based Global Positioning System (GPS). Read More

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Cuba fires minister in charge of oil and nickel

<p style="text-align: justify;">Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:18am GMT.HAVANA, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Cuba fired Basic Industry Minister Yadira Garcia, in charge of the oil and nickel industries, on Sunday and said the first vice minister would stand in until a replacement was named. Read More

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Carts of Horses in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">The carts of horses in Havana represent a historical tradition, at present they stroll on the streets of the city with majestic air that remember the pedestrians of colonial times when it was the only means of transportation in the Island. The first cart arrived in Cuba in the 14th century. Back then it had an exclusive use by the rich families, they were decorated with gold and silver ornaments in correspondence with the social position of the owners had and they constituted symbol of distinction and ancestry. Read More

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Football Promotion Tournament to Begin in October

<p style="text-align: justify;">The first round of the national Football Promotion Tournament at a higher category was postponed from October 12th to the 24th in Sancti Spiritus city for adjustments in the fourth quarter competitive calendar looking to ensure a high quality event, said the INDER’s Sports Programming. Read More

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