Havana, March 20 (RHC) -- Thanks to worldwide support, Cuban anti-terrorist fighter Rene Gonzalez, who is on probation in US territory was granted permission to travel to Cuba.

Havana, March 20 (RHC) -- The Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) relaxed the rules governing the import and export of freely convertible currency by individuals as well as Cuban pesos and the currency called the convertible peso.

Washington, March 20 (RHC) -- U.S. lawmakers are discussing a new measure to levy 10 percent on companies in their country who have relationships with Cuba. This is another attempt to tighten the blockade against the island, according to disclosures released Monday.

Santiago de Cuba, March 20, (RHC), -- Cuba delivered to the Navy of Venezuela the first multipurpose cargo ship built for the South American country as part of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas integration project.        

Havana. March 20, (RHC), -- Cuba has been listed among countries with low rate of tuberculosis, with only seven cases per 100 000 inhabitants, just a few steps away form achieving the total elimination of this disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Havana, March 19 (RHC) -- Cuban Archbishop Monsegnor Dionisio García Ibáñez, also president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba, declared on Friday his belief that Pope Benedict XVI’s visit will strengthen relations between the Church in Cuba and the State.

Havana, March 19 (RHC) -- The website of the Cuban Foreign Ministry denounced the decision of the Treasury Department of the United States (US), which denied permission to Alan S. Hoffman, an American professor from Washington University, to give classes in a course on biomaterials, in Cuba.