HAVANA (Reuters) - The 50th anniversary of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba on Tuesday was met with little fanfare on the island, where Cubans said it was a failed policy that had succeeded only...

Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban cigars Vegas Robaina, ratify their worth after 15 years in the domestic and foreign market, said promoters of the hallmark made from leaves grown in...

Managua, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Experts from the Cuban Institute of Meteorology are working with their Nicaraguan counterparts on a strategy that will enable this Central American country to better...

HAVANA, Feb 7, 2012 (IPS) - More than a decade ago, solar electricity changed the lives of several mountain communities in Cuba. Now this and other renewable power sources are emerging as the best...

HAVANA — When it started, American teenagers were doing "The Twist." The United States had yet to put a man into orbit around the Earth. And a first-class U.S. postage stamp cost 4...

Washington's 50-year-old economic embargo of Cuba, which the island's leaders refer to as a "blockade," has its supporters and detractors. Here's what some people have said...

The world is much changed since the early days of 1962, but one thing has remained constant: The U.S. economic embargo on communist-run Cuba, a near-total trade ban that turned 50 on...

The world is much changed since the early days of 1962, but one thing has remained constant: The U.S. economic embargo on communist-run Cuba, a near-total trade ban that turned 50 on...

QUINCY, Ill. - After posting a Southeast Conference victory at Fairfield Friday night, the Keokuk Chiefs were back on the bus Saturday morning to face Havana in the Superfan Shootout at Quincy Notre...

Cuba n people without ever dislodging the Fidel Castro or his brother Raul. In announcing the ban, President John F. Kennedy said it would undermine an alliance betwen Cuba and "the subversive...

The US trade embargo with Cuba is 50 years old and Washington shows no sign of ending it. In Havana, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford asks how Cubans have learnt to adapt. The classic American cars...

Q. We are a family of two adults and four boys: six, 13 and two 16-year-olds. We're thinking about Cuba for our summer holiday in July and wondering if this is a good time to go...

HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 7 (acn) The president of the Latin American Network of Hospital Pedagogy, Dr. Silvia Riquelme, said in Havana that this regional organization is ready to receive Cuba as one of...

HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 6 (acn) New business opportunities to boost a greater commercial flow between Cuba and the Dominican Republic are analyzed as of Monday in this capital by a group of...

HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 6 (acn) The Cuban President Raul Castro arrived in Cuba Monday morning, February 6, after attending fruitful working sessions of the 11th ALBA Summit that took place in Caracas,...

Geneva, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuba ratified on Tuesday the importance of nuclear disarmament to the international community. Speaking at the Conference on Disarmament, the Cuban delegate Yusnier...

Havana, Feb 7 (PL) The economic, commercial and financial U.S. blockade against Cuba has now been in force for 50 years, and its harrasment and siege mechanisms are being strengthened, the cuban...

Cuba Elementary will hold Family Literacy Night from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13. The theme for the event is "For the Love of Reading." There will be treats, games, prizes, and other fun...

Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes has been granted a visitor's visa to travel from the Dominican Republic to the United States and is likely to meet with...

Six Cuban nationals have been rescued from a raft found floating off the coast of Mexico. They were found near the island of Isla de Mujeres according to authorities. The men said that they were...

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 17 (acn) Municipal Housing Administration Offices across Cuba accepted more than 1,300 applications for subsidy, out of nearly 5,000 requests, on the day the measure came into ...

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 17 (acn) The National Association of Construction Architects and Engineers of Cuba (UNAICC) announced that...

CIEGO DE AVILA, Cuba, Jan 12 (acn) The President of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce, Estrella Madrigal Valdes reaffirmed the growing trend of commerce between Cuba and Latin American countries,...

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 12 (acn) Orchids coming from Jamaica enrich today the collection of ...

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, Jan 12 (acn) The arrival in Santiago de Cuba of the Braemar ship sailing from Jamaica on a Caribbean cruise marked the beginning of the season of this tourism modality in...

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 12 (acn) After assessing the results of the program of urban and suburban farming in every municipality of the country, the National Group in charge of this agricultural activity...

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 11 (acn) The Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad spoke up in Havana for a new world order to be fairer, equitable and cooperative, where all humans are respected as...

The former Cuban leader has painted a bleak picture of the world in a two-hour broadcast during which he ranted about Britain's claim to the Falklands, the security situation in Syria,...

Havana, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Six works by the renowned Cuban playwright Virgilio Piñera (1912-1979) will be released during the International Book Fair 2012, which will be held here from 9 to...

The U.S. government has restricted travel to Cuba for a half-century. However, the Obama administration has gone back to a Clinton-era policy that eased some limitations, and some 400,000 Americans...

SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Nov 10 (acn) The Cuban Research Center on Tropical Tubers is developing clones of cassava, papaya, and banana short varieties (maximum height around one meter) to reduce the ...

PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba, Jan 27 (acn) Carrying 34 German students on board, the school-sailing vessel Thor Heyerdahl will arrive in the westernmost Cuban province of Pinar del Rio on Sunday, January...