Eusebio Leal Granted the Patria Newspaper Award
By ACN
The Historian of the city of Havana, Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler received on Wednesday in the Cuban capital the Patria Newspaper Award granted by the Jose Marti Cultural Society.
Read more ...Cuba Among the Countries in the World with the Lowest Infant Mortality Rate
By Iris de Armas Padrino/ACN
Cuba is among the first 19 countries in the world with the lowest infant mortality rate with 4.0 for every one thousand live births in 2017. This is the 10th consecutive year that the infant mortality has been under five, reported during the opening of the 28th Cuban Pediatrician Congress.
Read more ...Cuba Highlighted Strategic Validity of CELAC
By ACN
Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez highlighted on Wednesday in Santiago de Chile the strategic validity of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in achieving regional consensus.
Read more ...World's Second Oldest Woman Is Cuban
By PL
Emilia de la Caridad Quesada ''Mima'', a resident in the Cuban province of Cienfuegos, about 233 kilometers east from this capital, qualifies today as the world''s second oldest woman.
Read more ...President Bachelet highlighted cultural ties between Cuba and Chile
By ACN
The Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet Jeria, recalled in Havana the intense and historical cultural ties between her nation and Cuba, and how the island's artistic manifestations reached that people in the hard years of military dictatorship.
Cuba and European Union Work in Development Projects
By Jorge Leganoa Alonso/ ACN
The high-ranking representative of the European Union’s Foreign Policy, Federica Mogherini announced on Thursday in Havana that Cuba and the EU will sign several agreements to finance projects for the development of renewable energies, agriculture and cultural exchange on the island.
European Union Foreign Policy Chief arrives in Cuba to strengthen relations
By ACN
High Representative for Foreign Policy of the European Union (EU), Federica Mogherini, starts this Wednesday an official two-day visit to Cuba to strengthen bilateral relations.
New immigration measures come into force
By ACN
On January first new migratory measures approved in October 2017 came into force and are part of the continuous and irreversible updating process Cuba started 5 years ago.
Cuban lawmakers discuss production and distribution of medicines
By ACN
BioCubaFarma presented a report to one of the commissions of the Cuban Parliament on its management and the deficiencies that still exist in the production of medicines in charge of that business group.