Tuesday 19 March 2019 | 03:45:05 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 18 (acn) Cuban Yoandy Beltran won last Sunday a bronze medal in the men´s squat event of powerlifting of the 2019 Special Olympics Summer World Games, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where the also powerlifter, but woman, Yaritza Parrado won two gold and same amount of silver medals last Friday, first Cuban medals in this major competition.
Monday 18 February 2019 | 05:16:03 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 15 (ACN) Havana City Historian Eusebio Leal Spengler received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in International Relations this Thursday at a gala held in the capital's Martí Theater and in the presence of Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of States and Ministers.
Friday 15 February 2019 | 02:36:56 pm.
A process with room for improvement and that seeks to update according to international trends is the hiring of Cuban athletes, always with the premise of protecting the athlete, transcended today in this capital city.
Friday 15 February 2019 | 02:33:52 pm.
Havana City Historian Eusebio Leal Spengler received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in International Relations this Thursday at a gala held in the capital's Martí Theater and in the presence of Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of States and Ministers.
Tuesday 12 February 2019 | 02:37:12 pm.
Havana, Cuba, Feb 11 (acn) Victims once again of their unproductive offensive, the Cuban team of Las Tunas Leñadores lost 1-3 to the local of the Herrera Toros, in the final of the 2019 Caribbean Baseball Series, based in the Rod Carew Stadium, in Panama.
The Cuban side only amounted five hits, two of them to the account of LF Alfredo Despaigne, who scored the only run in the fifth frame, after batting a double and being propelled by Carlos 2B Benitez, all against the starter and winner, Harold Arauz.
Tuesday 12 February 2019 | 02:19:08 pm.
Havana, Cuba, Feb 12.— The best political and ideological work we can do is to work well every day, said President Miguel Diaz-Canel when he spoke on Monday at the annual meeting of the Ministry of Justice, which evaluated the results of the work during 2018 and projections for 2019 to raise the quality of legal services.
The president said it is a priority the monitoring of the policy of cadres, intrinsically linked to the efficient management of the skilled workforce. With the complexities that we are experiencing, he said, no problem has a single solution, we have to work with several alternatives and that capacity falls on highly qualified people.
When we talk about human resources management, he clarified, it is not a question of waiting each year for university graduates assigned by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. We have to take good care of those who arrive, charm them, commit them and make them feel useful; but we also have to go out and look for qualified people who are not currently employed.
Friday 08 February 2019 | 05:19:20 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 8 (ACN) The Ministry of the Interior reports that the Cuban authorities, in cooperation with those of Costa Rica, proceeded with the return to the island-nation of Cuban citizen Neftaly García Testa.
This action takes place in response to the international arrest warrant issued by the Interpol office in Havana and the extradition request submitted by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic, in conjunction with the Supreme People's Court and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
As a result of the investigations carried out by the Ministry of the Interior, García Testa was identified as an organizer of frustrated drug shipments to Cuba between 2011 and 2016, activities for which 16 people - seven of them Costa Ricans- were sanctioned by the Cuban courts with prison sentences of between ten and 20 years for the crime of International Drug Trafficking, in correspondence with their participation in the facts.
Cuba reaffirms its willingness to continue strengthening international judicial and police cooperation with other countries, in accordance with the multilateral and bilateral agreements adopted.
Likewise, it reiterates that there will be no impunity against those criminals, inside and outside its borders, who try to profit from the lives of people and encourage drug trafficking and consumption, which is why it will maintain its irreversible policy of zero tolerance and strict compliance with socialist legality.
Friday 08 February 2019 | 05:16:42 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 8 (ACN) As part of the activities foreseen in the context of the Joint Commission for Collaboration between the Government of the Republic of Cuba and the Eurasian Economic Commission, on Thursday afternoon the Vice-President of the Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, held a meeting with Mr. Tigran Sargsyan, President of that entity.
The meeting addressed issues of mutual interest, including the main aspects identified that promote the development of bilateral links and the participation of the member countries of the Eurasian Economic Commission in Cuba's Economic and Social Development Program until 2030.
Both leaders reviewed the agreements adopted by the Joint Commission for Collaboration between the Government of the Republic of Cuba and the Eurasian Economic Commission, which reiterated the interest in continuing to strengthen bilateral economic ties between them.
Particular emphasis was placed on the existing export potential in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical branches.
Mr. Tigran Sargsyan was accompanied by Mrs. Tatiana Valovaya, member of the College (Minister) of Integration and Macroeconomics; the Director of the Department of Integration Development, Mr. Sergey Shukhno, and the Ambassadors of the Russian Federation, Mr. Andrei Guskov and of Belarus, Mr. Alexander Aleksandrov.
Also present on the Cuban side were Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz and Ileana Núñez Mordoche, Minister and Deputy Minister, respectively, of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, and other officials of this body.
Friday 08 February 2019 | 05:14:13 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 8 (ACN) The International Book Fair (IDF), Cuba 2019, a cultural event considered the most significant of the Cuban publishing movement, was inaugurated this Thursday with the presence of Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Councils of States and Ministers.
La Calle de los Artilleros of the San Carlos de La Cabaña fortress hosted the opening of the event, in its XXVIII edition, dedicated on this occasion to the Cuban writer and professor Eduardo Heras León, winner of the National Prize for Editing (2001) and Literature (2014), who was present at the event.
The meeting was attended by Alpidio Alonso, Minister of Culture; Eusebio Leal Spengler, historian of the city of Havana; Frei Betto, theologian and social fighter, and Azzedine Mihoubi, Minister of Culture of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, guest of honor.
This African nation is represented by a delegation of 31 intellectuals and 200 titles, as well as by numerous attractive cultural proposals at the stand opened after the inauguration.
The literary festival, which will conclude on Sunday, February 17, will pay tribute to the 500th anniversary of the founding of the City of Havana and the 60th anniversary of the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution, while Casa de las Américas will take advantage of the great event to celebrate six decades of socio-cultural integration with Latin America, the Caribbean and the rest of the world.
Friday 08 February 2019 | 05:12:13 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 8 (ACN) The International Book Fair (IDF) is a bridge to enhance cultural cooperation between Cuba and Algeria, the guest of honor at this XXVIII edition, according to Azzedine Mihoubi, Minister of Culture of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, at the opening of the event today in this capital.
The popular literature festival is an opportunity to expose facets that distinguish civilization, history and the humanist contribution of the North African nation, through a rich program which includes several artistic manifestations, he highlighted in the opening ceremony held at the San Carlos de La Cabaña fortress.
Our relationship is strengthened by this cultural imprint, and also by sharing with the Cuban people and their leadership the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Revolution over tyranny, he said.
Azzedine Mihoubi thanked the Cuban Ministry of Culture, the Book Institute, and the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry for the translation into Spanish of a series of books and films by intellectuals and historians of that African nation, which will be exhibited at the stand dedicated to Algeria at FIL.
Titles such as Un mar sin gaviotas, Tierra de mujeres, La casa andaluza, Eterno Azul, and Senderos de Argel, which are part of the 19 texts translated and published by the Cuban publishing house Arte y Literatura, will allow the people of the Island to know the diversity and richness of this culture.
The Minister of Culture of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria stressed that Cuba and his country are united by a firm friendship, invariable over the years and based on the common principles of the two revolutions, whose brotherhood is also due to men like Fidel Castro and Ernesto Guevara.
Cuba was the only country in the Western Hemisphere to have recognized the then provisional government of the Algerian Republic since 1961, and established diplomatic relations the following year, based until today on mutual trust and common interest, as the journalist and intellectual assured.
Among the Algerian delegation's proposals for the Book Fair is an exhibition of more than 70 photographs that will be exhibited in the Casa de África and the Casa del Árabe in Cuba, and show different aspects of life in that country.
Cuban audiences will also be able to enjoy the films Aroma de Argel, Madre and Zabana, which will be screened in the Infanta multiplex.
The opening ceremony of the International Book Fair was presided over by Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of States and Ministers of Cuba; Alpidio Alonso, Cuban Minister of Culture; and Eusebio Leal Spengler, historian of the city of Havana, among others.
