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Some 600 American runners participate today in the Havana Marathon

As had been previously announced, in the marathon are present, among US athletes or clubs who have traveled the country, Floyd Mayweather, considered one of the best professional boxers in history; NBA star Carmelo Anthony, and the New York Cosmos club. Read More

Busy agenda of US Secretary of Agriculture in Cuba

Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, Thomas Vilsack, will carry out a busy program of activities on the island during his working visit, which began on Wednesday and will last for another two days. Read More

US Congress approves bill to keep Guantanamo prison

The US Congress approved yesterday a bill of 607 billion dollars which prohibits transfer of Guantanamo detainees to US soil. Read More

Secretary of Agriculture of the US visits Cuba

Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, Thomas Vilsack, arrived in Havana and met with Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba, Ricardo Cabrisas, thus he became the third member of the cabinet of Barack Obama to visit the Caribbean island, since the two countries resumed their diplomatic relations this year. Read More

Cuba and the US start talks on justice and extradition of fugitives

Representatives of the United States and Cuba began yesterday the first dialogue on the extradition of fugitives wanted by the US Justice and who are allegedly on the island. Read More

The MLB wants to play a preseason game in Cuba

The Major League Baseball wants one of its teams to play a match in Cuba in the 2016 preseason. Read More

Cuba and US will announce agreements in various sectors

Cuba and the United States are able to announce in the coming weeks agreements on civil aviation, direct postal services, environmental protection and fight against drugs, announced today the senior official of the Cuban Foreign Ministry Josefina Vidal. Read More

US embassy in Cuba offers the first test that allows admission to American universities

The US Embassy in Cuba provides -for the first time- the inhabitants of the island the opportunity to take the GRE test, which allows access to universities in the North American country. Read More

The American photographer Peter Turnley to exhibit in Cuba

The prestigious photographer Peter Turnley (Indiana, 1955) will open on November 13 at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Museum of Fine Arts) in Havana, the first solo exhibition of an American photographer in the history of that institution. Read More

Arkansas governor asks Congress to grant credits to Cuba to facilitate trade

The governor of Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, called for support to Republican and Democratic congressional leaders to allow US exporters to sell products to Cuba on credit, published yesterday the site Times Record. Read More

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