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Cuban Neonatal Surgery Services Grow

Cuba develops regional centers for neonatal surgery, and introduces the videoendoscopy service nationwide, to meet the needs of the population, an expert affirmed here.<br /> Read More

Cigar aficionados scramble for Cuba's most expensive smoke

It is being lauded by aficionados as the finest cigar ever to come out of a country already famed for producing the best cigars in the world. Read More

A reminiscence of a Cuban excursion

Freshmen in the FOCUS class Stranger than Paradise: Cuban Experiences of Revolution explored Cuba during spring break. Read More

Replica of U.S. slave ship sails into Havana

A replica of the 19th century slave ship Amistad, made famous in a Stephen Spielberg movie, sailed into Havana Bay on Thursday with U.S. and Cuba flags flying side by side in a hopeful display of friendship. Read More

Mammography Ineffective to Detect Breast Cancer

Mamographies for the diagnosis of breast cancer might not help to reduce mortality, according to the British Medical Journal. Danish and Norwegian investigators suggested that of each 2,000 women submitted to such a diagnosis test by images, only one could have overcome the disease, while unnecessary diagnosis possibilities are higher. Read More

Cuba's Fishing Book, Tradition and Tourism

An emblematic book for Cuban tourism is the volume Cuban Sport Fishing, History and Tradition, by Ismael Leon, whose recent appearance confirms the strength of sport and recreation. Read More

Chucho Valdes Ties Music Strings Between Cuba and Southeastern Asia

Music was proved to be an excellent bond to bring peoples together, as demonstrated by Cuban pianist Chucho Valdes and his jazz quintet in his recent concerts in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Read More

Canvas of a woman in waiting

The company from Pinar del Rio Rumbo Theater presented a season in Adolfo Llaurado room of the Cuban capital as part of its national tour 2010. Among the proposals, a solo performance of Jorge Lugo: Canvas of a Woman in Waiting. Read More

Calle 13 says good bye

Under the trail of the spectacular concert of Tuesday at the Antimperialist Tribune, the duet Calle 13 says farewell to Cuba. They and the Cuban Kelvis Ochoa visited on Wednesday the primary school &quot;Carlos Muñiz Varela&quot;, in the municipality of Bauta, located to the Southwest of the Cuban capital. Read More

Project to dream

The World Down Syndrome Day was marked in Vueltabajo by the members of Grabadown Workshop House, a celebration where the magic of costumes and the joy of the faces inspired in other characters, reflected the achievements of eight years of work. Read More