Raúl receives Iranian minister of industry and mines

YESTERDAY afternoon, General of the Army Raúl Castro Ruz, second secretary of the Communist Party, received Doctor Ali Reza Tahmasbi, minister of industry and mines of the sister Islamic republic of Iran. Read More

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US Lawmakers Seek to Open Cuba Trade

Lawmakers from both parties proposed opening up agriculture exports to Cuba and ending travel restrictions, putting them at odds with a White House adamantly opposed to easing a half-century-old embargo. Read More

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Las Tunas steel mill also produces science and technology

Anyone who sees the big pit as it swallows the metal scrap that a crane puts into it, the high temperature of the furnaces, the bubbling red hot magma, and finally the metal ingots, would think that this plant only produces steel... But Dr. Juilio Leyva Salgado has many reasons to affirm that the Las Tunas steel mill also produces science and technology. Read More

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Cuba's Minister of Informatics and Communications meets with Malaysian Official

The Minister of Informatics and Communications, Ramiro Valdez met on Monday in Havana with the Governor of the Malaysian state of Malaca, Khalil Yaakob who is in Havana heading a delegation from the Asian nation. Read More

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New investment support ALBA projects in Cuba

Cuba's CIMEX Corporation is undertaking a series of construction works to support the operations of educational centers receiving Latin American students in the country and to benefit the local population in several Cuban provinces. Read More

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Iran, Cuba ink 29 agreements

The 12th Iran-Cuba Joint Economic Commission concluded in Havana Friday, with signing 13 documents, 16 memorandums of understanding and agreements.Receiving Iran's Minister of Industries and Mines Alireza Tahmasbi, Cuban Acting President Raul Castro expressed his countrys readiness to boost economic, scientific, and industrial ties with Iran. Read More

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Cuba flourishes

By 2009, Cuba will have one million university graduates, and that is not just a statistic; its the achievement, the reality of a nation that has followed its history, transforms life and finds its reasons in humans that live what they dream. Read More

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Cuba and Chile will resume direct flights between Havana and Santiago

Cuban airline "Cubana de Aviación" will resume direct flights between Havana and Santiago de Chile next January as it was announced during a meeting with tour-operators of that South American country that took place in the Chilean capital. Read More

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Foreign airlines satisfied with Cuban tax readjustments

International airlines showed satisfaction for the discount to diverse aircraft services carried out by the Institute of Civil Aeronautics of Cuba (IACC), confirmed vice-president Mayda Molina. Foreign airlines welcome this measure, Molina told Prensa Latina on Friday, when commenting on the decrease in 20 percent of the landing rates and parking of airplanes in force since May 1st. Read More

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Cuba's Las Tunas has great export potential says economy and planning Minister

Cuba's Minister of Economy and Planning, Jose Luis Rodriguez Garcia, acknowledged on Monday the productive potential in the exporting sector of the eastern province of Las Tunas. Read More

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