Namibia Donates One Million Dollars to Cuba

Namibia`s gov`t donated one million dollars to Cuba to help in the recovery action underway throughout the island from hurricanes Gustav and Ike. Read More

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Operation Miracle Launched in Barbados with Cuban Assistance

Operation Miracle, a program that provides free vision correcting surgery, was launched in Barbados with the treatment of 450 patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Read More

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Cuban Expert Nominated for Gourmand World Cook Book Award

Cuban gourmet expert Yamir Pelegrino has been nominated for the Gourmand award, considered the Nobel Prize in gastronomic literature, which will be granted on October 14 in Frankfort, Germany, the Cuban Sommeliers’ Club announced. Read More

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The 5th Encounter of Cuban Artists in Guatemala concluded

The 5th Encounter of Cuban Artists in Guatemala concluded with a concert in honor of Cuban- Argentinean guerrilla Ernesto Che Guevara in Guatemala City. Read More

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Argentinean Workers Donate to Hurricane-Ravaged Cuba

The Argentinean State Workers Association `ATE` gave the Cuban ambassador to their country, Aramis Fuentes, a $50,000 check as a donation to the recovery effort in the Caribbean nation in the wake of hurricanes Gustav and Ike. Read More

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Baseball: Cuban Pitcher Announces Retirement

Cuban left-handed pitcher Adiel Palma, several years national team member, announced his official retirement form active baseball. Read More

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Cuba Explains Blockade Damages at John Hopkins University

The head of the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, Jorge Alberto Bolaños Suarez, outlined the effects of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States over 50 years, opening a seminar on the western hemisphere at John Hopkins University. Read More

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Cuba Graduates Latest Crop of Technicians

Close to 1, 800 young people from different universities and technical schools across Cuba will soon begin working under the Ministry of Basic Industry Read More

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Havana Run Set for Friday

The world track calendar for this weekend is absorbed with long distance races – and Cuba is no exception. Read More

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