The Chamber Choir of Matanzas, conducted by Dr. Jose Antonio Mendez Valencia, won the Public’s prize and the third place in Polyphony at a contest ended last Sunday at Torrevieja, Spain.
Nearly 130 Guatemalans studying at Havana’s Latin American Medical School (ELAM) decided to volunteer their services for two weeks of their summer vacations at home.
After a fruitful visit to Cuba, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igro Sechin returned to his country on Friday.
On the final day of his stay in the island, the minister toured the energy installations on the north coast of the province of Havana,…
Some 26, 649 health professionals from 20 nations of the world graduated from Cuban medical universities during the 2007-2008 school year.
Suriname’s Foreign Minister Lygia Kraag- Keteldijk, arrives in Cuba on Saturday for a four-day visit at the invitation of her Cuban counterpart Felipe Perez Roque, with whom she will hold talks.
The leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro congratulated the Cuban team (AAA Class) taking part at the 23rd World Junior Baseball Championship, underway in Edmonton, Canada.
The discussion by all Cuban workers of a draft bill on social security proposed during the First Period of Sessions of the Cuban Parliament, held last month, will strengthen the legislation.

The battle for the release of five Cuban men held as political prisoners in
the United States continues with an information campaign to raise the awareness of a case where the US authorities have perverted justice, said Ricardo Alarcon,…

Cuban prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso received the first of two honorary degrees from the Bolivarian University of Venezuela on Friday in Caracas.
Members of the Gambia-Cuba Friendship Association sent a letter to US president George W. Bush and to that nation’s Attorney General demanding the release of the five Cubans incarcerated in the United States for fighting against terrorism.
Members of the Gambia-Cuba Friendship Association sent a letter to US president George W. Bush and to that nation’s Attorney General demanding the release of the five Cubans incarcerated in the United States for fighting against terrorism.
Fifty five years is a short period of time in the life of a nation but enough to confirm that July 26 marked the beginning of a new era in Cuban history.