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August 18th

Liuba María Hevia's disc 'Secretos cantados'

Travesía Mágica (2001) is Hevias first disc with songs for children now followed by Secretos cantados (Bis Music), a sort of tour de force because it rejoices those themes we all remember from childhood. Read More

World Youth Championships cancelled

Venezuela will make an appeal to the Executive Committee of the IBAF regarding the unilateral decision made by that organizations president, Harvey Schiller, to cancel the championship Read More

Bulletin Hurricane Dean intermediate advisory number 21a, core of Hurricane Dean passes well south of Puerto Rico

At 800 am ast...1200z...the center of hurricane Dean was located near latitude 15.4 north longitude 67.9 west or about 615 miles-990 km east-southeast of Kingston Jamaica and about 250 miles-400 km south-southeast of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Read More

Osvaldo Mitat realesed from a Miami prison

Osvaldo Mitat and Santiago Álvarez Fernandez-Magriñá, were convicted in the United States for illegal possession of arms and explosives. Read More

Scorpion toxin used in Cuba to fight cancer

They have the technology to have them reproduce in captivity to obtain the toxin, and that once their toxin based product is patented they will increase prudction so as to meet domestic and foreign demands. Read More

Cuba looks at Orthopedics

Issues like invasive minimum surgery, osteoporosis, asthroscopy, tibia osteothomy will be on the table of the event. Read More

Bulletin Hurricane Dean advisory number 19, Dangerous Hurricane Dean racing westward across the Caribbean

At 500 pm ast 2100 utc the government of Cuba has issued a tropical storm watch from the province of Camaguey eastward to the province of Guantanamo. A tropical storm watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area generally within 36 hours. Read More

August 17th

Bulletin Hurricane Dean Advisory number 17, Dean moving away from Lesser Antilles and strengthening

The 1100 am position is 14.6 N and 62.6 W. Movement toward west near 21 mph. Maximum sustained winds 105 mph. Minimum central pressure 964 mb. Read More

Cuban laureate pianist Frank Fernández to perform in Panama

Fernández shall interpret Rachmaninov Concert No. 2 with the Symphonic Orchestra of Panama , conducted by maestro Jorge Ledesma. Read More

Rogelio Riverón won the Julio Cortázar Award

The award will be presented next August 29th, as a tribute to the birth of the great Argentinean writer, and it will be held at the Dulce María Loynaz Cultural Centre in Havana City. Read More