Cuba has made water resources and environment protection its environmental strategy priority

Cuba's Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment said that one of its main goals is to safeguard all water zones, including rivers and coastal zones, while also improving, recovering and preserving lands and their ambits. Read More

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US Treasury Department Fines Citigroup Bank for Violating Blockade against Cuba

According to Granma news daily, the sanction - a fine of 16.250 dollars - was imposed on Citigroup for not having a license to accept payments for goods sent through a Cuban company in 2004. Read More

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Cubans Speak from the core of Chinese vehicle in rush hour traffic.

An incredible range of transportation experiences provide a hard-earned point of view for Cubans, who have invented phenomenon like "marking" ones place in a huge waiting line, which this media worker did last Friday afternoon during the most hectic hour of the week. Read More

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Cuba guarantees specialized medical attention to children suffering from autism

In Cuba 127 children suffer from this condition and receive full medical attention. Read More

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In "Abel Santamaría" surgical hospital of Pinar del Río, Cuba, Over 6 000 patients have been operated in a first year

Over 6 000 patients have been operated for different eye conditions like cataracts and pterygium, at the Ophthalmology Center of Abel Santamaría surgical hospital of Pinar del Río during its first year of existence. Read More

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Celebrates Its 5th Year Cuban's Generalist Teachers Program

After more than five years of instruction, more than 1,870 young people have graduated as teachers from the José de la Luz y Caballero School in Havana. They will serve to guarantee the changes being introduced at the high school level in Cuba Read More

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Legendary Cuban musician Israel Lopez (Cachao), creator of the mambo, died on Saturday in Miami

Legendary Cuban musician Israel Lopez, known to the world as Cachao and credited with being one of the originators of the mambo musical style, died on Saturday in Miami, his spokesman announced. He was 89. Read More

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Delegation of 24 plastic artists from Québec is visiting Cuba and will made the first exhibition of contemporary art.

A delegation of 24 plastic artists from Québec is visiting Cuba and will made the first exhibition of contemporary art of that country in Cuba. Read More

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Angola will celebrate on Saturday for the first time the anniversary of the 1988 battle of Cuito Cuanavale

Angola will celebrate on Saturday for the first time the anniversary of the 1988 battle of Cuito Cuanavale which changed the region's political landscape, accelerating the independence of Namibia and the fall of apartheid in South Africa. Read More

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Communist Cuba has issued what appears to be the first public report on prices and inflation in the private sector.

Communist Cuba has issued what appears to be the first public report on prices and inflation in the private sector, in an unusually realistic acknowledgment of the key role the informal economy plays in island life. Read More

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