Today at 9:00 am, with an official welcome to attending authorities, will begin the Havana Extraordinary Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) on Ebola, to be attended by nine member delegations from Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Ecuador, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Santa Lucia.
october 20, 2014@ 14:10:21 | Granma
A message expressing deep sorrow in the wake of devastating fires in Australia was sent Wednesday by Esteban Lazo Hernández, President of Cuba’s National Assembly and Council of State, to Tony Smith, Speaker of the country’s House of Representatives
january 16, 2020@ 10:01:06 | Granma
On behalf of the Cuban government and people, the President expressed sincere condolences for the human and material losses suffered in Vietnam as a result of torrential rains
august 6, 2015@ 09:08:14 | Granma
The Council of State, following a proposal from its President, agreed to relieve compañero César Ignacio Arocha Macid of his post as Minister of Transport, which was up for renewal, and appoint in his place compañero Adel Yzquierdo Rodríguez, current first deputy minister of Economy and Planning
september 10, 2015@ 10:09:24 | Granma
TEXAS Governor Rick Perry announced the deployment of 1,000 National Guard troops to the Mexican border as of August, to contain the flow of undocumented immigrants, amid an unprecedented rise in unaccompanied and undocumented minors arriving to the U.S. from Mexico and Central America.
august 1, 2014@ 11:08:59 | Granma
Participants gathering at the Palace of the Revolution in the Cuban capital will analyze the regional situation and the group’s potential to work together, based on the capabilities and strengths of each nation
may 27, 2022@ 11:05:16 | Granma
The German airline, Condor, has increased its frequency of flights to Cuba, with a new weekly flight from the Cologne Bonn Airport direct to Varadero, Matanzas, commencing November 4, according to a statement from the Ministry of Tourism.
november 4, 2014@ 14:11:25 | Granma
Held June 9-21 in Havana’s Second Provincial People’s Penal Courtroom, was the public trial of Canadian businessmen Vahe Cy Tokmakjian, Marco Vinicio Puche Rodríguez and Claudio Franco Vetere, charged with the crimes of bribery; acts prejudicial to economic activity or contracting; falsification of banking and commercial documents; fraud; currency trafficking; and tax evasion.
june 30, 2014@ 14:06:20 | Granma
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PEOPLE’S POWER
With President Raúl Castro presiding, the National Assembly’s approximately 600 deputies, representing the country’s 168 municipalities, reviewed and approved the 2015 State Budget and Economic Plan, and expressed their gratitude to parliamentarians around the world who supported the cause of the Cuban Five. Raúl closed the final session reiterating that Cuba will never renounce the ideas for which it has struggled.
december 22, 2014@ 11:12:43 | Granma
He was received by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers, and Minister of Interior Army Corps General Abelardo Colome Ibarra
april 13, 2015@ 08:04:25 | Granma