Railroad Training Courses Reopen in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.09.08. Santa Clara, Cuba.- About a hundred youths from the central provinces of Cienfuegos, Sancti Spiritus and Villa Clara have enrolled in course in railroad maintenance and exploitation starting next week at the Ramon Ribalta technical school, in the municipality of Sagua la Grande. Read More

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Native of Cuba brings ambition to practice medicine to America

<p style="text-align: justify;">When he was a boy, Gerard Dorta carried bandages with him in case of emergency. The Havana native hoped to pursue a career in medicine and often provided aid to classmates when needed. He also studied medical textbooks. Read More

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Vietnam, Cuba vow to deepen relations

<p style="text-align: justify;">Leading legislators from Vietnam and Cuba have resolved to deepen the friendship and multifaceted co-operation that exist between the two nations, both bilaterally and multilaterally. The Chairman of Vietnam’s National Assembly, Nguyen Phu Trong and his Cuban counterpart, Ricardo Alarcon, reached a consensus on the issue during their talks in Havana on September 6. Read More

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Cuba to send its best chess players to World Olympiad in Russia

<p style="text-align: justify;">16:51, September 08, 2010. Cuba will send its top ten players to the World Chess Olympiad, scheduled from September 21 to October 11 in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, said here on Tuesday a note from the National Institute of Sports and Recreation (INDER). The men's team on the island, with an average of 2,652 ELO points, will be headed by the great master Leinier Dominguez (2,716) and it is comprised also by Lazaro Bruzon (2,679), Yuniesky Quesada (2,614), Fidel Corrales (2,599), and Holden Hernandez (2,563). Read More

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SOUTH JOURNAL: Lucius Walker,The Man That Breached The US Blockade of CUBA

<p style="text-align: justify;">Lucius Walker never asked Cuba for anything but for keeping on with his solidarity efforts. Since he first came to the island heading a Friendship Humanitarian Caravan, in 1992, he strived to break the economic US blockade of Cuba. Read More

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Report: Castro says Cuban model doesn't work

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA — Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba's communist economic model doesn't work.The fact that things are not working efficiently on this Caribbean island is hardly news. Fidel's brother Raul, the country's president, has said the same thing repeatedly. Read More

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Cuban Vaccines Cross Borders, But Barriers Remain

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Sep 7, 2010 (IPS) - Even today, many years after it was proved effective, the Cuban vaccine against meningitis B is still ignored by industrialised countries, whose medical literature usually states there is no immunisation against that strain of the disease. Patricia Grogg interviews scientist CONCEPCIóN CAMPA, director of Cuba's Finlay Institute. "Above all, we are working for the good of human health," says Concepción Campa. Read More

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A fair trade: Opening Cuba to Texas rice, beef seems sensible.

<p style="text-align: justify;">Sept. 6, 2010, 7:45PM. If you need a reason to support dropping the remaining ban against travel to Cuba by American tourists, Texas rice farmers and cattle ranchers are happy to oblige. Read More

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In debuts, Mets' Gee is able to trump Maya

<p style="text-align: justify;">Wednesday, September 8, 2010.For non-contending major league teams, is mostly about promise and possibilities. It's a time for evaluating prospects and assembling a blueprint for what the club may look like next season, with pitchers often front and center in that process. Such is the condition of the Washington Nationals, and on Tuesday night, Yunesky Maya got his turn to make an impression. Read More

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IFCO Executive Director Reverend Lucius Walker Passed Away

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 7 (acn) Reverend Lucius Walker, Executive Director of the Inter-Religious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), and Pastors for Peace passed away on Tuesday in New York. Read More

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