A total of 78 former politicians, businessmen and members of the Cuban-American community on Monday sent an open letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, asking him to work with Congress to move forward on normalizing relations with Cuba.
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Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez met on Monday with a group of U.S. congresspeople who visited the island over the weekend.
President Obama will tell members of Congress at tonight’s State of the Union he has done all he can do to normalize relations with Cuba and only they can lift the 50-year-old blockade, an official source told ABC News.
The Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, has applauded the important decision made by the U.S. administration and Cuban government, with the view toward resuming diplomatic relations, according to Angola Press news agency.
Cuba''s main victory in more than 50 years is that the U.S.
The Caravan for Freedom, which annually reissues the passing of the rebels after the revolutionary triumph on January 1st, 1959, arrives today in this province in western Cuba.
The Director of United States Affairs at the Cuban Ministry of Foreing Affairs, Josefina Vidal will head the caribbean delegation for the coming round of conversations with the United States.
Cuban ballet company Prodanza reached a great success in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, with full theater and a standing ovation with three curtain calls to receive the applause.
Congos National Defense Minister Charles Richard Mondjo expressed interest to reinforce relations with Cuba, especially between the two armies, Granma newspaper reports today.
The implementation of new U.S. measures regarding Cuba was reported today by Granma newspaper, stating that Washington is still maintaining the economic, commercial and financial blockade on the island.
The Cuban Workers’ Federation (CTC) has convoked a nation-wide discussion of the 2014 Economic Plan and State Budget recently approved by the National Assembly, to take place in assemblies in each and every workplace.
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The progressive growth of Cuban sugar production needs better exploitation of the lands and available resources, said Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura during a visit to sugar mills in eastern Holguin and Las Tuna provinces.