During the first of a series of interviews with protagonists of Cuban history on the “Roundtable” television program, anti-terrorist fighters Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero and Ramón Labañino recall details of their release from U.S. prisons and their return to Cuba, after serving 16 years of their unjust sentences.
january 20, 2015@ 09:01:27 | Granma International news
The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, and the High Representative of the European Union, Federica Mogherini, inaugurated the CELAC-EU Business Summit held previous to the 2nd CELAC-EU Summit
june 11, 2015@ 09:06:58 | Granma International news
Vatican’s spokesman Federico Lombardi announced April 22 that Pope Francis will visit Cuba in September, prior to his tour of the United States, to become the third Pope to visit Cuba, following the historic visits of John Paul II in 1998, and Benedict XVI in 2012.
april 24, 2015@ 09:04:16 | Granma International news
Tourist arrivals had increased 6% by the end of April, with almost 44% of visitors coming from Canada
may 21, 2015@ 15:05:00 | Granma International news
U.S. EMBASSY IN HAVANA
Said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking before the ceremonial flag raising to reopen his country’s embassy in Havana
august 14, 2015@ 12:08:42 | Granma International news
The new European Union rescue plan is forcing Greece to submit its economic policies to foreign financial bodies for approval before they are considered by the nation’s parliament; sell hundreds of public properties; reduce salaries, jobs and pensions; increase income and value-added taxes; among other draconian measures, in a nation with an unemployment rate of 27%.
august 27, 2015@ 09:08:24 | Granma International news
WORLD ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Cuban gymnast gained 15.600 points on one of the most spectacular apparatus and was only surpassed by Japan’s Kohei Uchimura (15.833) and Danell Leyva (15.700) of the U.S.
november 3, 2015@ 16:11:52 | Granma International news
WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cuban discus thrower wins island’s first gold in World Athletics Championships. Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce race to victory in the men’s and women’s 100 meters sprint, respectively
august 25, 2015@ 17:08:57 | Granma International news
MORE than 650 works by authors from 24 countries in the Americas are competing in the 56th edition of the Casa de las Américas Prize for literature 2015
january 15, 2015@ 09:01:44 | Granma International news
U.S. EMBASSY IN HAVANA
The official ceremony opening the U.S. embassy in Cuba took place today August 14, while the embassy has been functioning as such since July 20. Hundreds within the grounds and surrounding the area witnessed what has been described as a historic event.
august 14, 2015@ 13:08:03 | Granma International news