Havana - The American company Alaska Air Group began commercial flights to Cuba with the transfer of about 170 passengers from Los Angeles to this capital.

Guantanamo - The recovery process in eastern Cuba, severely damaged by Hurricane Matthew in early October, continues unabated.

Havana - Cuban enterprise CUBAEXPORT signed an international selling-buying contract with US company Coabana Trading Llc, for the export of handicraft vegetal carbon made from marabu plants, starting this month.

Havana - Cuba has maintained, for the ninth consecutive year, an infant mortality rate of less than five deaths per thousand live births.

Sancti Spíritus - The Cuban Electric Enterprise in the province of Sancti Spíritus undertook a range of investments during 2016 with great economic and social impact, including those aimed at sustaining and increasing the food production in the territory.

Havana - Cuba will never bow to the pressures and threats of the USA, confirmed today thousands of Cubans who marched through the mythical Plaza, José Martí, to celebrate the 58th anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution.