Juventud Rebelde - Diario de la Juventud Cubana

Monday 20 November 2017 | 10:22:33 am.

Cuban event on the thought of Fidel Castro begins in Guantanamo

The University of Guantanamo (UG) hosts from this Thursday and until the 18th the 1st National Scientific Event Fidel Castro's thought in contemporary times, meant to promote the scientific exchange on the life of the Cuban leader and his international significance.
The event takes place almost a year after the physical disappearance of the Commander in Chief and more than 150 professors and university students from almost the entire country confirmed their attendance, Elcira Fa...

Culture

Monday 20 November 2017 | 10:18:24 am.

Cuban medical brigade returns from Mexico

The 40 Cuban health professionals, who helped the victims of the last September´s earthquakes in Mexico, returned today to Cuba after a moving good-bye filled with endless expressions of gratitude by the authorities and the population of the City of Ixtepec, in the state of Oaxaca.
 
Marcia Cobas, Vice Minister of Public Health, welcomed that brigade in Terminal Five of the José Martí International Airport, in Havana. This was the 27 group of...

Cuba

Monday 20 November 2017 | 10:16:55 am.

Esteban Lazo Exchanges with Baseball Star Alfredo Despaigne

The President of the Cuban Parliament and member of the Political Bureau of the Cuban Communist Party, Esteban Lazo Hernandez exchanged on Thursday in the city of Bayamo with baseball star Alfredo Despaigne who finished the season with an excellent performance in the Japanese Professional League.
 
“He is a tremendous baseball player, pride of the Cuban people”, said Lazo, with applause from all present in the main meeting room in the headquarters of...

Sport

Monday 20 November 2017 | 10:09:53 am.

Cuba-US hold meeting on people and goods flow´s safety

Cuban and US officials held in Washington DC  this November 16 the second meeting of the working group on the security of flows of people and goods between the two countries.
The working group met within the framework of the dialogue on the application and enforcement of the law that both parties maintain to coordinate the confrontation of transnational scourges that affect the two countries. The meeting took place in a climate of respect and professionalism, according to a...

World

Monday 20 November 2017 | 09:57:58 am.

Cuban Baseball: Las Tunas remains Leader

The powerful lineup of the leader Las Tunas amounted 12 hits, including four doubles, when defeating Pinar del Río 8-3 and remains as leader of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series.
There were offensive highlight to catcher Yosvany Alarcon, who batted 3 for 5, and OF Jorge Yhonson, 2 for 4 with a double and two RBIs.
The win went to reliever Yasmani Hernandez Rojas and closer Yosbel Alarcon earned his eleventh save of the season.
Meanwhile,...

Sport

Monday 20 November 2017 | 09:50:58 am.

Oscar Lopez Rivera Meets Alicia Alonso

Independence activist Oscar Lopez Rivera spoke on Friday in Havana with the prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso with an encounter in which both shined with mutual admiration and solidarity between Cuba and Puerto Rico.
 
“Comrade, you are a Hero, a Hero of Puerto Rico! Thank you because you have helped us all!”, were the words of Alicia Alonso. Oscar Lopez Rivera responded while embracing the Director of the Cuban National Ballet Company: “I...

Cuba

Monday 13 November 2017 | 05:43:23 pm.

Cuban Official appointed Chairman of WSB Commission

HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 9 (acn) Cuban Alberto Puig de la Barca, member of the AIBA Executive Committee and head of the Cuban Boxing Federation (FCB by its Spanish acronym), was appointed chairman of the Commission of the World Series of Boxing (WSB), which eighth edition will begin next January.
After Italian Franco Falcinelli was ratified at the head of AIBA, the management of the WSB Commission was vacant and has been now entrusted to the Cuban executive.

Cuba

Monday 13 November 2017 | 05:40:09 pm.

Gran Caribe’s Hotel Installations Ready for High Season

CIEGO DE AVILA, Cuba, Nov 8 (acn) Gran Caribe Hotel Chain is ready to welcome visitors with better tourism products in the Jardines del Rey complex, located north of the province of Ciego de Avila.
 
Vice President of the Chain, Alexander Alonso Cid told ACN that the travel agencies and tour operators are selling reservations in all of its installations across the country.
 
He added that they expect an excellent high season with hotels that have been refurbished in its infrastructure and improvement in services after Hurricane Irma.
 
Most of Gran Caribe’s installations in the northern keys were affected by the hurricane, where 7 tourism complexes were hard hit, said Alonso Cid.
 
The Vice President said that preventive measures were taken before the arrival of the hurricane and tourists were evacuated immediately from the keys.
 
Pullman Cayo Coco will open its doors to vacationers on November 15 th and is ready for the operation in all of its installations.
 
Guillermo Sastre, General Director of Sol Cayo Coco said that they were the first centers to receive visitors after reinitiating operations and confirmed requests from clients in upcoming flights.
 
Gran Caribe manages together with 11 foreign companies, 12 thousand 200 rooms in 40 hotels located in Cienfuegos, Havana, Varadero and Jardines del Rey.

Cuba

Monday 13 November 2017 | 05:37:27 pm.

Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar López arrives in Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 13 (ACN) Happy to visit Cuba for the first time, whose leaders and people he thanked for their support for his release, the Puerto Rican independence leader Oscar López Rivera arrived in Havana this morning.
At the José Martí international airport Oscar Lopez was met by Fernando González Llort, Hero of the Republic of Cuba and president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), with whom the Puerto Rican patriot s...

Cuba

Friday 10 November 2017 | 04:45:42 pm.

How can BTJ take part in the Cuban economic model update?

The 11th National Conference of the (BTJ) Youth Technical Brigades, having as a main topic the participation of the new generations in the national economic model update, initiated with the passing of documentary Fidel Castro, Caudal de Río, which recalls the leader’s participation in the UN Summit on Environment in 1992.

Cuba