The 36th International Tourism Fair, FITCuba 2016, begins today here with a wide expectation in the travel market for this island. The event begins with the 60th World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Commission for the Americas, on May 3 and 4, at the Habana Libre Tryp Hotel, in this capital.

Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party (CC of the PCC) and President of the councils of State and Ministers, attends the parade for May Day at Havana's Jose Marti Revolution Square.

The Cuban Search and Rescue team that offered its help to the victims of the devastating earthquake that took place in Ecuador on April 16, returned to Havana almost at midnight on Wednesday.

Guantanamo workers and their families are ready to parade this May 1^st and turn that day into a day of commitment and conscious participation during which they will demand the return of the territory illegally occupied by the US in Guantanamo.

A change in the electric power matrix will allow Cuba to increase its own energy production from 4 to 24 percent of the total by 2030, said an expert from the Cuban Energy and Mining Ministry on Wednesday.