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January 18th

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in Haiti

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon travelled to Haiti on Sunday to boost help tasks and reinforce international aid coordination after a powerful tremor devastated that Caribbean country on Tuesday. Read More

Cuban Doctors staff ceaseless work day and night

Cuban medical personnel continue providing health care in four points in the capital of Haiti and also in several facilities in the outlying areas of the city. Read More

January 17th

Las Tunas's Sanlope Publishing House Offers Valuable Cultural Contribution

The publication of about 19, 200 books during 2009, by the Sanlope Publishing House, constitutes a valuable contribution of Las Tunas province to the culture in Cuba. Read More

US Center for Cuban Studies Consultants on US/Cuba Trip

The Center for Cuban Studies in New York will be providing program consultation on a research delegation of full-time teachers to be held in Havana and Pinar del Rio from March 28th to April 4th 2010. <br /> Read More

Genetic Mutation can predict prostate cancer aggressiveness

A genetic mutation could become an indicator of the aggressiveness of prostate cancer, thus contributing to fight the disease effectively reports the magazine Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Read More

Havana's Copacabana Hotel reopened

The Copacabana Hotel in Havana, operated by Cubanacan Group, recently reopened some 70 rooms that remained closed for remodelling for more than three years.<br /> Read More

Drought reduces hydro energy supply in Granma

Granma reduced in six percent the electricity produced by means of water energy in 2009, although the province has kept as priority the electric service to mountain range communities. Read More

Splendour and weakness of the Latin American Cinema

The Latin American film is in good conditions, states Frank Padrón in this interview, despite crisis and other problems. It is expected to enjoy even greater success in the recently started year of 2010.<br /> Read More

Guanajay town in Havana's outskirts to host Cuban Rock Festival

The Seventh Cuban Revolution Rock Festival will take place January 16 and 17 at the recreation centre of the Havana municipality of Guanajay featuring bands such as Chlover, Congregation, Kill the fish, Estigma DC and Hot Zone. Read More

Cuban Lawmakers in Solidarity with Haiti

The People’s Power National Assembly of Cuba expressed sorrow for Haiti’s tragedy, after a devastating earthquake that resulted in thousands of deaths, missing people and huge material damage. Read More