• FIDEL LAUNCHES TWO VOLUMES OF GUERILLERO DEL TIEMPO
"Our duty is to fight until the last minute"
February 9,12
"Good day," Fidel cheerfully greeted the audience in one of the International Convention Center’s smaller halls, and with these magical words the launch of the memoirs of the leader of the Cuban Revolution began.

• RESPONSIBLE MOTHERHOOD AND FATHERHOOD
Space for two… still to be achieved
February 9,12
Although Decree-Law 234 granting fathers paternity leave and the right to take care of their babies in the first year of life, barely 100 men have taken advantage of this opportunity

• It has been a grand Summit
February 6,12
CARACAS, Venezuela.— Solidarity, cooperation, complementarity, reciprocity, sustainability, technological sovereignty and economic union, are the fundamental principles behind the work of ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America) for more than seven years.

• Raúl’s words
February 6,12
Comments by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers during 11th ALBA-TCP Summit of heads of state, Venezuela, February 4, 2012. Year 54 of the Revolution.

• Vatican Museum loans Havana oldest example of New World indigenous Christian art
February 2,12
THE Vatican Missionary Ethnological Museum has loaned to Havana its oldest example of New World indigenous Christian art, to be exhibited for 12 months in a temporary exhibition hall in the Havana City Museum.

• Brazil highlights its relations with Cuba
February 2,12
BRAZILIAN President Dilma Rousseff began the second day of her official visit to Cuba by honoring José Martí, Cuba’s national hero. Accompanied by Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra, Rousseff placed a wreath at the foot of the monument in Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución.

• COMMUNIST PARTY OF CUBA FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE
A profoundly democratic process
February 2,12
"THE objectives approved here were discussed throughout the country in a profoundly democratic spirit," emphasized President Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Central Committee, during the closing session of the Party’s 1st National Conference, held January 28-29 at Havana’s International Convention Center.
- Resolution outlining work objectives approved by National Conference

• Cuba: Reform or Revolution – a book for the battle of ideas
February 2,12
THIS is essentially a book for battle, for the fight against Cuba’s adversaries, according to intellectual Rolando González, a José Martí scholar and current rector of the Institute of Art, upon introducing the most recent work by renowned Cuban researcher, essayist and journalist Enrique Ubieta Gómez, Cuba: ¿revolución o reforma? In Havana’s Casa del ALBA Cultural.

• Raúl receives Brazilian President
February 1,12
PRESIDENT Raúl Castro received in the morning of January 31 President Dilma Rousseff of the Federative Republic of Brazil, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

• Brazilian and Cuban Presidents visit Mariel Port
February 1,12
IN the afternoon of January 31, President Raúl Castro Ruz accompanied Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to the port facility of Mariel. There they were given an account of the investment process and the strategic importance of this future container terminal, both for Cuba and the region.

• Our responsibility is to promote greater democracy in our society, beginning by providing an example within the ranks of the Party
January 30,12
Speech by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Councils of State and Ministers, closing the 1st National Conference of the Party, in the International Conference Center, January 29, 2012, "Year 54 of the Revolution"

• Raúl presides over Communist Party Conference
January 28,12
THE 1st National Conference of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), presided over by Army General Raúl Castro, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Party, began this morning.

• Communist Party Conference begins tomorrow
January 27,12
THE 1st National Conference of the Communist Party of Cuba begins this Saturday, as agreed by the 6th Congress. It has been called to objectively and critically evaluate the organization’s work. Its opening on January 28 is a tribute to from Cuban communists to the national hero José Martí on the 159th anniversary of his birth.

• Panama: Luis Posada Carriles extradition sought
January 26,12
PANAMA.— A Panamanian attorney recently applied to the Supreme Court of Justice for the extradition to Panama of Luis Posada Carriles.

• Mariela Castro: "The United States government is preoccupied with the LGBT movement in Cuba"
January 26,12
JANUARY 23-26, Havana’s Convention Center hosted the 6th Sexology Congress, focused on the central theme ‘Sexual education within processes of social change.’
On the occasion of this event, and given the educational work undertaken for years by the National Center for Sex Education, Mariela Castro Espín, director of the institution, agreed to an interview with CubaSí.

• EDUCATION IN CUBA
Figures speak for themselves
January 26,12
IF anyone should ask how much it costs the country to provide children, youth and adults full access to education, the answer would be simple: millions.

• Cuba: 2.7 million tourists in 2011
January 26,12
THE National Statistics and Information Office (ONEI) confirmed the arrival of 2.176 million foreign visitors in 2011, a record for Cuban tourism.

• Reflections of Fidel
The fruit which did not fall
January 25,12
CUBA was forced to fight for its existence facing an expansionist power, located a few miles from its coast, and which was proclaiming the annexation of our island, which was destined to fall into its lap like a ripe fruit. We were condemned not to exist as a nation.

• Torchlight march for Martí and Cuba
January 24,12
THIS Friday, thousands of torches will illuminate Havana’s streets in honor of José Martí, Cuba’s national hero, on the eve of the 159th anniversary of his birth.

• Editorial
Cuba’s truths
January 23,12
OVER the last few days, the media and representatives of certain governments traditionally committed to anti-Cuba subversion have unleashed a new campaign of accusations, unscrupulously taking advantage of a lamentable event: the death of an ordinary prisoner, which possibly only in the case of Cuba, is converted into news of international repercussion.

• 3,000 Cuban benefit from regenerative therapy
January 20,12
REGENERATIVE therapy has benefited 3,000 patients in 10 Cuban provinces with promising results, according to Professor Porfirio Hernández, the pioneer of this innovative treatment.

• Cuba seizes nine tons of drugs in 2011
January 19,12
HIGH demand in the United States, the world's largest consumer of narcotics, which stimulates shipments along international drug routes in the vicinity of Cuba’s borders, contributed to the dramatic increase in drugs washed up on national coasts, comprised the bulk of the 9,181 kg seized in 2011.

• Sentences given to Posada and accomplices upheld in Panama
January 19,12
THE Second Appellate Court in Panama has upheld the 5th Criminal Court sentences handed down to terrorists Luis Posada Carriles, Gaspar Jiménez, Guillermo Novo, Pedro Remón, César Matamoros and Panamanian José Hurtado for crimes against collective security.

• In photos: Fidel’s meeting with Ahmadinejad
January 19,12
THE Iranian Presidency has circulated images of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s meeting in Havana with the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro.

• Scientists confirm commitment to the Revolution
January 19,12
SANTA CLARA.— Cuban science will rise to the challenge posed by updating the country's economic model, assured José Miguel Miyar Barruecos, Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA), while presiding over celebrations for Cuban Science Day in the central province of Villa Clara.

• Population of 31 and under protected against acute hepatitis B
January 19,12
THE Cuban population of 31 years and under is vaccinated against acute hepatitis B, a severe infectious liver disease caused by a virus transmitted by direct exposure, usually infected blood or body fluids such as semen.

• SUBISDIES FOR HOME CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR
To benefit low-income families
January 19,12
GRANTING subsidies to people who need to undertake home construction or repairs, and who do not have the means to do so, is the essence of a new measure which went into effect in Cuba January 15.

• Death of our compañera Gisèle Bulwa
January 19,12
WITH profound sadness we have received news of the death on January 8 after a painful illness, of our compañera Gisèle Bulwa, a translator since 1974 with the French department of Granma International.

• Raúl receives Brazilian Foreign Minister
January 18,12
PRESIDENT Raúl Castro Ruz received January 17 Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

• Cuba and Brazil: excellent bilateral relations
January 17,12
DURING a visit to Cuba, Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota had official talks on January 16 with Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla.

• Cuba exceeds electricity generation tenfold since 1959
January 17,12
HAVANA.—The triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 made it possible to initiate a transformation of the electricity system of the country, which currently generates tenfold the power existing then.

• Molecular Immunology Center increases exports
January 16,12
THE Molecular Immunology Center (CIM) had a positive year in 2011, exceeding its annual export plan and immunizing a larger number of patients suffering from advanced lung cancer with the therapeutic vaccine CIMAVAX–EGF.

• Raúl receives President of Iran
January 12,12
ARMY General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, received in the evening of January 11 Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who was on an official visit to Cuba.

• For a world in which all human beings are respected
January 12,12
"CAPITALISM is in decline. The world needs a new outlook which shows respect for all human beings," the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said during a master lecture given at the University of Havana within its Aula Magna, where the visiting leader was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Political Science.

• The first day of freedom
January 12,12
IT was night in Santiago de Cuba. Not one more soul could squeeze into Céspedes Park or the surrounding streets. For the first time in quite a while people were breathing easier in the indomitable city – no more sirens announcing crimes, no more mothers mourning in funeral processions through the streets, no more fury unleashed by the dictatorship against youth.

• DECEMBER 31, 1901: FIRST ELECTIONS IN CUBA
"Democracy" inherited from the yankees
January 12,12
THE process of Cuba's "Americanization," formed in U.S. thinking during the 19th century, expressed itself with absolute disdain toward the Cuban people.

• Jamaican Prime Minister receives Cuban Vice President
January 12,12
THE new Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson-Miller, received on January 6 Esteban Lazo Hernández, Vice President of the Council of State, who headed the Cuban delegation to the swearing in of the Jamaican leader.

• BUENA CALETA
Favored by Nature
January 12,12
THE Girón settlement, on the southern coast of Matanzas province, is far behind us and only seen through the car’s rear-view mirror, as we proceed over a road that leads to the town of Guasasa. This is not, however, our destination this time. Moved by curiosity, we intend to visit for the first time the small settlement of Buena Caleta. It’s preceded by its reputation, since we’ve often heard that it is one of the best beaches in the Zapata wetlands. Thus we are compelled to come; we can’t resist the temptation.

• Order of Solidarity for Liu Yuqin
January 12,12
THE Order of Solidarity awarded by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba was presented to the ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Liu Yuqin, who is ending her diplomatic mission on the island.

• EPIDEMEOLOGY IN 2011
26 communicable diseases eradicated or controlled
January 12,12
IN developing surveillance and prevention programs for communicable diseases, Cuba demonstrated positive results in 2011, taking into account that 26 infectious diseases remain eradicated or have been controlled, as have some of their clinical forms.

• International appeal for the return of the Five
January 12,12
THE call from the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5 to send messages to President Barack Obama asking him to release the five Cuban anti-terrorists found a response in many parts of the world.

• Lazo heads Cuban delegation to swearing in of Jamaican Prime Minister
January 5,12
VICE President Esteban Lazo Hernández is heading the Cuban delegation participating in the swearing in of the elected Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson Miller, today, January 5, in Kingston.

• October 1962 Missile Crisis
January 5,12
President John F. Kennedy did not react with common sense to the U.S. defeat at the Bay of Pigs. He sought revenge. The Taylor Commission, established by the President to analyze the fiasco, recommended initiating new political, military, economic and propaganda measures "against Castro." The report led to the preparation and implementation of a new undercover operations plan, known as Operation Mongoose, which beginning in November 1961 unleashed thousands of terrorist acts, sabotage, assassination attempts and armed attacks.
- If the United States presumes to humiliate our country, this it will not achieve!
- A people like this is invincible!
- Let the United States start giving evidence of good faith, not with promises.
Action not words!
- Differences with the Soviets
- Five Points

• 4.9% infant mortality rate in 2011
January 5,12
FOR the last four years Cuba has achieved an infant mortality rate of below 5.0 per 1,000 live births, the lowest in the Americas together with Canada – sustained by the revolutionary government’s health policies which guarantee equality of access to medical services for mothers and children.