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September 15th

Experts Research Ataxias in Eastern Cuba

Research works on a disease known as ataxia have shown good results in the eastern Cuban province of Holguín, where clinical trials have been carried out. Read More

Good Performance by Cuban Swimmer in Canada

Cuban swimmer Grisel Tendero excelled at the Junior Pan-American Synchronized Swimming Championship held in Canada, where she finished sixth in the 13-15 year category. Read More

Cuba, Tourism Recovers after hurricane Ike

Cuban Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) reported last week Thursday to have resumed operations with the arrival of flights from America and Europe after hurricane Ike left the Island. Read More

The 23rd Havana Contemporary Music Festival

Organized by the Cuban Writers and Artists Association –UNEAC- and Cuba ´s Music Institute, the event will be dedicated to Cuban maestros Harold Gramatges and Alfredo Diez Nieto on occasion of their 90th birthday. Read More

Cuban Musicians Perform at Paris Festival

Cuban musicians, including Eliades Ochoa and the Ignacio Piñeiro National Septet participated in the Ile de France Festival in Paris. Read More

Cuba’s Central Highway Reopens

After an intense around the clock effort, by midday Wednesday the country’s Central Highway was reopened after it had been rendered impassable due to 22 fallen trees at the entrance of the city of Florida, Camaguey. Read More

UNICEF brings relief to hurricane-ravaged Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands

Preventing outbreaks of infectious disease is now the top priority in the wake of Ike, UNICEF's deputy representative in Cuba, Viviana Limpias, said yesterday from Havana. Read More

Events Organized in Cuba and around the World to Commemorate Ten Years Imprisonment of Cuban Five in US Prisons

The Cuban Five and their families have been supported and fortified by the actions of nearly 350 campaigns around the world in claiming the release of the five Cuban heroes and their return to their families, people and country. Read More

Cuba Produces Vaccine against Leptospirosis

Cuba's health system produces a vaccine against leptospirosis, which has a 78-percent efficacy, similar to that of other vaccines in the world. Read More

More Youngsters from Saint Lucia to Study in Cuba

A group of youngsters from Saint Lucia, who will soon be studying in Cuban universities, participated in a meeting at the Cuban embassy in that Caribbean island. Read More