HEALTH-CUBA: Tasty Mango Also Fights Diseases

A Cuban pharmaceutical laboratory hopes a medication made from mango peel will be a success on the international market as the product has proven effective against oxidant stress and is recommended for everyone, healthy or sick, who wants to improve the quality of his or her life.

POPULATION-CUBA: More Young Couples Shun Marriage

Divorce continues to be the most common way in Cuba to put an end to matrimonial differences, while the younger population is increasingly turning to common-law unions for their long-term romantic relationships.

TRADE-CUBA: Spain, Top Source of Direct Foreign Investment

Spain remains one of Cuba's top trading partners, along with Canada and Italy, despite concern raised among Spanish entrepreneurs by Havana's decision to freeze new real estate transactions.

CUBA-RUSSIA: Making Up for Lost Time

Cuba and Russia are seeking to restore their economic and trade ties, badly weakened since the break-up of the Soviet Union, Havana's top trading partner until 1989.

CUBA-US: Havana Seeks to Build on Momentum Built by Elian Case

In the wake of the return of six-year-old shipwreck survivor Elian Gonzalez, Cuban President Fidel Castro's new "patriotic crusade" will involve weekly demonstrations at different spots around Cuba to protest the nearly four-decades-old US economic embargo as well as US immigration policy toward Cubans.

POLITICS-CUBA: Castro’s New Crusade Against United States

A demonstration of 300,000 people in the eastern Cuban city of Manzanillo Saturday celebrated the return of shipwreck survivor Elian Gonzalez, and launched a new stage of President Fidel Castro's "patriotic crusade" against United States policy towards this Caribbean island nation of 11 million.

POLITICS-CUBA/US: Castro Appeals for Calm upon Elian’s Return

The Cuban government called on the island's population Wednesday to maintain "the utmost serenity and discipline" as it responds to the imminent return of six-year-old Cuban Elián González, after the United States Supreme Court denied an extension of the court order that has kept the boy in that country.

ECONOMY-CUBA: Government Restricts Fuel Consumption

The Cuban government will restrict fuel supplies over the next few months due to high international oil prices and a major slump in the country's revenues from sugar.

MUSIC-CUBA: Stars’ Solidarity Recording to Benefit Schools

Cuba's music schools, hard hit by the island's decade-long economic crisis, are soon to get a boost from Spain's Joan Manuel Serrat, Argentine Fito Pßez and Cuba's own Pablo Milanis, who have joined forces with other Spanish-language musicians in a solidarity recording project.

POLITICS-CUBA: Succession Will be Smooth, says Castro

Fidel Castro, who turns 74 on Aug 13 and has spent more than 40 years governing Cuba, feels his time is running out, works practically around the clock, and rules out a political upheaval when it comes time for his succession.

POLITICS-CUBA/USA: Delays in Elian Case Upset Migration Pact

The case of the six-year-old Cuban shipwreck survivor, Elián González, may be pushing the migration accords between the United States and Cuba down the road to ruin, after being the only issue in 40 years of hostility that could bring the two countries to the negotiating table.

POLITICS-CUBA: Defecting Doctors in Zimbabwe Accused of Disgrace

Two Cuban doctors detained in Zimbabwe after attempting to seek political asylum there "have not committed a crime," but their conduct was "shameful" because they had abandoned their patients, declared the Fidel Castro administration Thursday.

POLITICS-CUBA: Defecting Doctors in Zimbabwe Accused of Disgrace

Two Cuban doctors detained in Zimbabwe after attempting to seek political asylum there "have not committed a crime," but their conduct was "shameful" because they had abandoned their patients, declared the Fidel Castro administration Thursday.

COMMODITIES-CUBA: Modest Sugar Growth Feeds Hope for Recovery

This year's sugar harvest of 4.06 million tonnes could be a catalyst for Cuba's economic recovery, say political leaders, though the government-run media itself describe the increase in production as "modest."

TRADE-CUBA/US: Wave of Entrepreneurs Hits the Island

Three delegations of entrepreneurs and legislators visited Cuba, confirming the interest of the United States to pursue trade with the island, despite Washington's nearly 40-year ban on any such transactions.

CUBA: Elian ‘One Step Closer’ to Return, Says Government

The Cuban government saw the change of residence in the United States by shipwreck boy Elian Gonzalez and his family as a sign that the case had moved a step closer to some kind of outcome.

POLITICS-CUBA/GERMANY: Development Aid Boosts Relations

Germany's Foreign Aid and Development minister wrapped up a visit to Cuba Tuesday that underscored her government's desire to improve relations with the island after maintaining its distance for decades.

POPULATION-CUBA: Gov’t Considers Signing Treaty This Year

The Cuban government may decide this year on whether to adhere to the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, the ministry of foreign relations said Monday.

ECONOMY-CUBA: Food Still Expensive Despite Recovery

The Cuban economy shows signs of reactivation, but most people still hold that their income is insufficient to meet their families' basic nutritional needs.

POLITICS-CUBA/US: Muted Response in Havana to Elian Hearing

The first hearing by the 11th US District Court of Appeals in the case of the shipwrecked Cuban boy, Elián González, came to a close Thursday without a word of commentary from the Cuban government, even though president Fidel Castro has been immersed for more than five months in a campaign for the boy's repatriation.

CUBA: Elian’s Grandparents Protest US Refusal of Visas

The grandparents of Cuban shipwreck boy Elián González said Wednesday that the US State Department's refusal to issue them entry visas on the eve of the boy's political asylum hearing was unfounded and inhuman.