Cuban songwriter Silvio Rodriguez will offer several concerts in this capital, two of them at the National Auditorium and a third at the Zocalo Plaza, as the local press said here Saturday.

A new Habano House, selling the best of Cuban cigars, was recently opened in China in the hotel Westin in Beijing, with the presence of many local business men and Cuban embassy officials.

Musical brand Graffiti Records launched the special album called Como los peces by Cuban singer song-writer Carlos Varela as people close to the author of the song Guillermo Tell announced.

The Cuban power industry produced the economy´s most outstanding achievement in 2006: the elimination by 90 per cent of damaging and annoying electricity shortages.

Freshwater turtles twice the average size (7-10 inches and around 13 pounds) of those aquatic animals are being studied in the Zapata Swamp in Cuba, the largest and best preserved marsh in the Caribbean.

Shiny buses and trucks from China. Lada-and Volga-brand cars from Russia. Ambulances assembled from parts made in Brazil and Argentina.

Havana is considered the most important cultural plaza in Latin America and The Caribbean.

Cuban Oil Enterprise -CUPET- and the Indian company ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), signed a shared-production contract for exploration and extraction of oil in Cuban waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

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Great success achieved concerts recently offered in Baja California, Mexico.

The eastern Cuban province of Holguín has several sites in the province that qualify as ecologic trails, due to their high socio-cultural values.

Every time a hurricane or tropical storm passes through or near the island, agricultural production and the availability of food supplies at markets diminishes in proportion to the magnitude and impact in each particular territory.

THE 24th edition of the Havana Trade Fair (FIHAV) takes place from October 30 to November 4 at its usual venue, Expocuba

MORE than 100 people attended the August 21 opening of a photographic exhibition on revealing moments in the life of President Fidel Castro at the International Press Center in Havana.

Cuban and Chinese officials met in Havana to evaluate new ways to enhance cooperation in the field of transportation.

“We’re reaching a historical step in the preservation of the Municipal Concert Bands in the country by constituting the 13 ones of the Villa Clara territory”, affirmed Cuban Culture VM Abel Acosta, at the graduation ceremony of the band schools in that central Cuban province.

British airline Virgin Atlantic described its first year of operations in Cuba as satisfactory

The Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) is expanding production of DVDs as a way to promote the country’s film industry. Up until recently la majority of Cuba’s vast film library has only been available on VHS.

Chilean wine label Concha and Toro can boast a very successful relation with the Cuban market, despite this being a country preferring rum and beer over wine.

The island's trade exchange grew over the first months of the year by 19 percent respect to same period last year.

Chocolate lovers, take heart: Dutch research suggests that eating or drinking cocoa appears to lower blood pressure and even reduce the death risks for older men.

THE Cuban sugar industry is about to embark on an accelerated program of alcohol production, increasing productive capacity fivefold by modernizing existing distilleries and installing new sugar cane fermentation plants.

COLOMBIAN businesspeople have been in contact with Cuba’s pharmaceutical institutions proposing production in that South American nation, the Colombian Minister of Social Protection Diego Palacio Betancourt

Pediatric hospitals across all of Cuba will soon be offering a new service: endoscopic surgery.

Cuba and Dominican Republic mango producers met in Santiago de Cuba, 860 km from this capital, to exchange ideas and strategies on how to market this fruit with efficiency and competitiveness.

Cuba is investing in its ethanol refineries with hopes of increasing its production of the renewable fuel fivefold as it bets on growing ethanol demand in the face of rising petroleum prices, a leading sugar expert said Wednesday

Comercial fair EXPOCARIBE 2006 opened its doors Sunday at the Heredia Convention Center in Santiago de Cuba.

Venezuela has agreed to share technology with Cuba for oil exploration, production and refining, Venezuela's state oil company said Wednesday.

The Cuban-Brazilian company BRASCUBA, founded ten years ago, plans to increase its presence in the international market.