Cuban medical brigade saluted in Guatemala

Siglo Veintiuno newspaper elects its Personality of the Year. The solidarity and voluntary assistance provided by Cuban health workers in Guatemala has earned the brigade the 2006 Personality of the Year recognition from the editors, journalists and photographers of Siglo Veintinuno newspaper. Read More

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Chinese health minister visits China-Cuba

Chinese Health Minister Gao Qiang visited the China-Cuba Friendship Ophthalmologic Hospital in Xining, Qinhai and praised the dedicated work of Cubas medical personnel and the state-of-the-art technology used at the center. Read More

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Latin Americas extraordinary present time

Cuban singer song-writer icon Pablo Milanés termed as "extraordinary" the present time that Latin America leftist wing experiences at the time his recital held in Teatro Nacional de La Habana was over. Read More

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Living memory

Taking a look back at the peoples' cultural traditions contribute to recovering the intangible heritage that relates oral traditions registering popular cultural expressions comprising the living memory essence. Read More

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Social security supporting thousands in Las Tunas, Cuba

Based on the premise that nobody is left unprotected in Cuba, some 23,790 families received more than 35,500,000 Cuban pesos in social security benefits in the eastern province of Las Tunas in 2006. This represents the largest sum of social benefits ever spent in Las Tunas. Read More

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Camagüey: panamanian ambassador to Cuba visits Vertientes

His Excellency the Panamanian Ambassador to Cuba, Anel Omar Rodríguez Barrera visited on Thursday educational establishments in the municipality of Vertientes, some 38 kilometres from Camaguey city. Read More

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Vietnam, Cuba to boost economic cooperation

Vietnam and Cuba are making efforts to bring bilateral economic and trade cooperation on a par with their political relations, Cuban Ambassador to Viet Nam Jesus Aise Sotolongo said. Read More

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Haiti's president returns from medical treatment in Cuba, says health is fine

Haitian President Rene Preval returned to the country Friday from Cuba, where he said doctors told him he did not have prostate cancer. Haitian National Television broadcast images of Preval's arrival at the airport greeting the prime minister, Cabinet members and the police chief as he stepped out of a Cuban jet. Read More

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