Cuba has announced plans to build biolarvicide factories in several African countries and Brazil in a bid to tackle malaria and dengue fever. José Antonio Fraga Castro, Director-general of Labiofam has told SciDev.Net that Cuba has been working to...

Euridis Rivero might not look like much of a role model for Cuba’s new economy: His tiny eatery selling fried pork and salami sandwiches on Havana’s crumbling San Rafael Street doesn’t even offer seats for its customers. It is...

A reinvigorated Fidel Castro marked his 84th birthday Friday after a recent return to the Cuban spotlight, insisting he remained true to the ideals of the revolution that brought him to power half a century ago.

The Cuban government plans to repair 6,000 kilometers (3,728 miles) of the island’s railway network and acquire new equipment for the sector, Communist Party daily Granma said Wednesday. The paper quoted Vice President Antonio Enrique Lusson as...

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro predicted that Latin America would be swept by a wave of military coups if Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was not returned to power after his ouster in a June 28 coup. Castro, in a column published late on Friday on...