Wildfires have destroyed 2.47 million acres in Paraguay, causing irreparable harm to the parched South American country's biodiversity, it was reported Monday.

HAVANA - The Cuban government named a new transportation minister this week in the second Cabinet change since Raul Castro took temporary control of the nation while his brother Fidel recovers from surgery.

By The Associated Press HAVANA - Cuba's Communist government tried to impose a sense of normalcy Tuesday, its first day in 47 years without Fidel Castro in charge. A senior Cuban official insisted Castro's final moment was "very far away," despite his handing over power to his brother after surgery.

Cuba builds new power plants to ease energy shortages HAVANA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Cuba is building new power plants in its capital Havana to save energy and ease the pressure of electric power shortages in summer, Cuban state news agency Prensa Latina reported on Saturday.

Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website on 15 March Havana, Cuba: Cuba says it has developed a treatment against the hepatitis C virus that would contribute to a long-term cure of liver damage caused by the disease.