New direct flights between Cuba and Puerto Rico

A Puerto Rican tourist supply company has planned a dozen direct charter flights between Cuba and Puerto Rico from the summer, an initiative that the government of this last island urged to imitate by other entrepreneurs. Read More

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Cuban women's team pursuit is out of the World Cup of Cycling

The Cuban women's team pursuit was eliminated in the qualifying round of the World Track Cycling Championships in Paris, France, ending in the thirteenth position among the 16 participating teams. Read More

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Biographical book about Monsignor Carlos Manuel de Céspedes was presented in Havana

The volume Monsignor Carlos Manuel de Céspedes confession, written by Luis Baez and Pedro de la Hoz, and published by the Publishing House Abril, was presented on Thursday 19 at the House of Cultural Alba in the context of the Book Fair of Havana. Read More

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The baseball player Luis Alberto Valdés tried to leave Cuba

The player Luis Alberto Valdés was caught in an attempt to escape the Island with his wife, a few days after winning with his team the Caribbean Series in San Juan, Puerto Rico, said the government journalist Alejandro Céspedes Morejon in his blog Sports in Pinar. Read More

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Studies to find a vaccine against cholera are advanced in Cuba

Cuba is already in an advanced stage of clinical trials for the search for a vaccine against cholera, said Dr. Rafael Fando, from National Center for Scientific Research (CNIC). Read More

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Cuban doctors have cured of Ebola 260 people in Sierra Leone

Cuban medical brigade in Sierra Leone has cured since October to 260 people infected with the Ebola virus, whom recovered after treatment of Cuban doctors. Read More

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The final of the National Baseball Series approaches

Only 24 days left for the end of the second phase of Cuban baseball championship, the fight for access to the postseason provides signals of drama with three teams tied for fourth seat of the standings. Read More

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A book of Julio García Luis was published in Havana

The second edition of Revolución, Socialismo, Periodismo by Julio García Luis (1941-2012), was launched in Havana, dedicated to the journalist, professor and former dean of the Faculty of Social Communication. The presentation was held at the Pavilion Cuba, venue of XXIV International Book Fair. Read More

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Cuba and South Africa strengthen their cooperation

Cuban collaboration in the construction industry moves quickly and it should double this year in South Africa, said today the engineer Luis Cantero, national coordinator of the office of the Joint Venture Caribbean (UNECA). Read More

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Javier Sotomayor is the star of an episode of a popular sports series

Inside Athletics is a series sponsored by the IAAF and features conduction of world champion Ato Boldon. The third edition of the program is devoted to Cuban Javier Sotomayor, known as "the prince of heights," who still holds the world record. Read More

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