Next Aló Presidente will be in Santa Clara. Chavez, honoring Che, gives Venezuela doctors 60 percent raise

Venezuelan doctors working for the public health system will get a 60 percent pay raise in honor of Cuban revolutionary hero Ernesto ``Che'' Guevara, who was a trained physician. Read More

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Colombia and Cuba for energy cooperation

The Colombian delegation will have contacts with Cuban representatives as part of the mutual cooperation on rational use of energy and use of renewable energy between the Cuban Basic Industry and the Colombian Energy and Mining Ministry of Colombia. Read More

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Ibero-American Conference on Critical Thinking to be held in Holguin

Scholars and experts from Venezuela, Ecuador, Mexico, United States and Cuba have confirmed their participation at the event which will debate some137 research papers in 4 different forums. Read More

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The Van Van will invade Colombia

Los Van Van, group that has been on the top of the fame for some decades, is characterized by his cuban taste, contagious rythm and mainly by his proximity to the cuban daily life Read More

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Cuban doctors restore sight of Che's killer

Mario Teran entered history as the young army sergeant who was chosen to execute the captured guerrilla on October 9 1967, an act which marked him as a villain to those who revered Che. Almost four decades later the ageing, retired executioner had his cataracts removed by a Cuban-run medical programme which showcases the benefits of the island's socialist revolution. Read More

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Cuba at a regional Book Fair in Brazil

Cuban writers, filmmakers, musicians and artists are attending the 11th Pan-Amazonia Fair in Pará, Brazil, where the Cuban culture has melted in with that of the north region of that South American country. Read More

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Venezuela-Cuba cable set for 2009

The planned cable would run an estimated 1,552km from La Guaira, Vargas state, in northern Venezuela to Siboney in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, and support 20 million simultaneous voice calls. Read More

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Chavez values Cubas collaboration with Venezuela

Analyzing the state of Cuban-Venezuelan exchange during his televised Alo Presidente program, Chavez said that 30,000 Cuban doctors and nurses working in Venezuela for a little more than five years have saved more lives than the entire history of the countrys health services. Read More

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Che Guevara: an ever-lasting symbol

At forty years of his killing in battle occurred in Bolivia on the fatal October 8, 1967, his executioners and foes learned his death did not at all lay a veil of oblivion over his legacy. Read More

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Venezuela lends Cuba USD 100 million

The new railroads will make Cuban trains travel as fast as 100 kilometers per hour, instead of 40 kilometers per hour at the present time. Read More

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