Raúl Castro

Raúl Castro met for an hour at the Cuban mission with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who in April headed a trade mission to Cuba. He also attended the pope's address at the U.N.…
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On the occasion of Pope Francis' visit to Cuba, Sept. 19-22, the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba has issued a message to the Cuban people that the Communist Party daily Granma…
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On Wednesday (July 15), President Raúl Castro addressed the plenum of the National Assembly of the People's Powers. Some of the specifics of his speech have been translated by Progreso…
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A book about President Raúl Castro's life was released today (June 15) in Moscow and none other than the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, launched it.
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The Cuban government is assessing the effectiveness of non-agricultural (urban) cooperatives after one year and seven months of their implementation.
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Cuba's retraction of an invitation to China to host its warships and conduct joint exercises in the Caribbean is a prime example of geopolitics at work.
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Cuba has reversed a decision made three years ago to host Chinese warships and hold joint military exercises in Cuban waters, Japan's largest newspaper revealed today.
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President Tomislav Nikolic of Serbia is scheduled to arrive in Havana on Monday to meet with President Raúl Castro. They met in Moscow on May 8, when they both attended the ceremonies…
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Italy's deputy Foreign Minister Mario Giro and Vice Minister for Economic Development Carlo Calenda will head a trade mission to Cuba, July 6-8, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced in…
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The Vatican has offered little explanation for this Sunday's meeting between President Raul Castro and Pope Francis, apart from Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi's comment that it was…
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