Archive - Jan 2009

Holguín, Cuba to Apply Diagnosis Blend Against Toxoplasmosis.

A diagnostic blend with specific antibodies, antigens and fluorescent markers to detect human toxoplasmosis has been developed in the Cuban province of Holguin in 2008.

Chess: Cuban Domínguez Back on Top in Ámsterdam

Cuban Great Master Leinier Dominguez beat Armenian GM Levon Aronian Friday, and with this, he went back to the top place of the international chess tournament of the Dutch city of Wijk ann Zee.

Plastic Arts Deliver Prize Guernica in Las Tunas, Cuba

For the coherent and precise use of recycled materials, become a work of strong conceptual content, the installation without title, by the author Jose Israel, was the first prize of the second edition of the territorial Encounter of Plastic Arts Guernica 2009 that was held in this city.

New Cuban Software at Computer Event

Eros software, whose aim is to monitor the functioning of over 200 generators existing in Cuba, is one of the 23 national products that will be presented in the conference "Informatica 2009."

Drummer Ming to Cuba Jazz Plaza 2009

Barbadian drummer Ming will play in February at the Jazz Plaza 2009 Festival with UNIT Band, sponsored by Barbados' Arts Council.

Cuba Develops Allergenic Vaccines

Researchers of the National Center for Biopreparations (BIOCEN) developed the first allergenic vaccines in Cuba, which are currently produced in a standardized way to diagnose and treat asthma, said the National News Agency.

In Ciego de Ávila, Cuba: New Anaesthesia Equipment Favours Quality of Surgical Services

The setting in operation of four anaesthesia machines of modern technology in the operation wards of the Dr. Antonio Luaces Iraola favoured the conduction of 475 operations during the first fortnight of 2009.

Important events for the movies in the 50th anniversary of the ICAIC, in Cuba

Important national and international movie events, from now until April, are being organized by the Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (Cuban Institute for the Arts and Movie Industry) (ICAIC in Spanish), which is celebrating its 50th birthday.

In Villa Clara, Cuba, communitarian influences in video club rooms to be consolidated during 2008

The assistance of more than 370 thousand people to the educational offers of the video club rooms in Villa Clara during 2008 turns out to be an example of the influence of those places in the life of the community.

In Cuba: World Heritage Site to be announced

The area of the city of Camaguey declared a World Heritage Site will be officially proclaimed with that condition on February 2, the 495th anniversary of the traditional founding date of the city.