Archive - Dec 1, 2006
Garcia Marquez in Cuba to honor Fidel
World renowned Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a Nobel prizewinner in literature,es in this capital to celebrate the 80th birthday of Cuban President Fidel Castro.
Only one director for a Coral
Something that has drawn much attention is in the competing film line-up at the 28th International Festival of the New Latin American Cinema is the fact theres only one female director candidate for a Coral in the Best fiction film category. Precisely its Brazilian director Tata Amaral.
Bajans-Trinis in Digicel clash
Barbados will clash with host country Trinidad and Tobago in the opening match of the 2006-2007 eight-team finals, now kicking off at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain, on January 12, just over two weeks before the original starting schedule.
Coins aid mission church in Cuba
An initiative to help the Episcopal Church of Cuba that was started by a single Anglican church in Milton, Ont. now has its own Web site and organizers hope to take it nationwide.
Submitted by editor on Fri, 2006-12-01 23:15.
Cuba is a monument to education
Francisco Lacayo, the UNESCO representative in Cuba, spoke to the press in Havana on occasion of Cuban President Fidel Castro's 80th birthday celebrations. The Nicaraguan professor said that Cuban society is "pregnant" with culture and education, "You people have gone far ahead, going beyond many of the UNESCO standards."
Submitted by editor on Fri, 2006-12-01 23:09.
March of 300,000 saturday in Havana
About 300,000 people from Havana will stage a rally on Saturday, December 2, in front of the Jose Marti National Monument at the Revolution Square
New research in Ataxia Center in Holguin, Cuba
At the Center for the Research and Therapy of Congenital Ataxia in Holguin province, new studies are being developed to provide patients and relatives with a better quality of life.
Santiago de Cuba commemorates half a century anniversary of Nov.30th uprising
With a political-cultural ceremony and Military Parade, the people from Santiago of Cuba commemorate Thursday the historical uprising, that 50 years ago took the streets to back up the Granma Yacht landing led by Fidel Castro.
Submitted by editor on Fri, 2006-12-01 22:39.
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PanAm Health values Cuba-Venezuela plan
The Pan American Health Organization recognized the Barrio Adentro Mission, a product of Cuban-Venezuelan joint agreement, is a world paradigm that has stimulated massive medical attention with quality and efficiency.
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Haitian President René Préval in Cuba. Evo Morales and Daniel Ortega expected
Mr. René Préval, president of the Republic of Haiti, arrived Cuba yesterday to take part in the tribute organized by the Guayasamín Foundation
