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Japanese foreign minister is due in Havana this week
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida arrives in Havana on Thursday for a four-day visit to strengthen diplomatic and commercial ties with Cuba.
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French NGO marks 20 years of helping the people of Cuba
On Thursday, a trailer containing 50 hospital beds left the city of Ergué-Gaberic, in southern France, for Cuba, via the port of Brest. The beds will be delivered to a retirement home…
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Analyst: French president needs to be tactful in Cuba
Caroline Roux, a longtime political reporter in France, active on radio and TV, gives some insight on President François Hollande's upcoming trip to Cuba.
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Russia and Cuba agree on 5-year development plan
Russia and Cuba have signed far-reaching agreements that will benefit a five-year plan for the socioeconomic development of Cuba, the Russian media reported lavishly on Thursday.
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European officials may be pushing regime change in Greece
The most common tale is that this is a game of brinkmanship, with the Germans and their allies pushing for “reforms” that the Syriza government in Greece doesn’t want to adopt. Most of…
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France wants ‘a privileged partnership’ with Cuba
Transcript of statement made Tuesday by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius after meeting in Paris with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla.
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Castro will view massive parade in Moscow and meet with Putin in May
The chairwoman of the Russian Federation Council revealed on Monday that President Raúl Castro of Cuba will attend the Victory Day Parade in Moscow on May 9 and will meet with Russian…
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A painful confluence: Eduardo Galeano and Günter Grass have died
Progreso Weekly pays homage to Galeano and Grass with words from Cuban writer Leonardo Padura who, in a few lines reviews the most important facets of these creators, who transcended…
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Yemen: the big picture
As usual, western media are deliberately confusing in communicating on the latest Mid-East conflict which eventually led to the recent atrocious bombing of Yemen by the US-directed…
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Iran: A historic agreement; can it survive?
In exchange for Iran submitting to specific limits to their nuclear development and a strict inspection regime, the harsh international sanctions against that nation would be lifted.
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