Cuba qualifies semis and faces Brazil at FIBA

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Osmany González Tocabens. Bogotá, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuban women's team is ready to face its counterpart of Brazil in semifinals of the Basketball Olympic Qualifying Tournament, held in the city of Neiva, while having a recess on Thursday. On Wednesday, Cuban women defeated Chileans 62-42 in the competition group A, while totaling seven points to qualify for semifinals Read More

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Leo Brouwer at 3rd Guitar Festival in Sao Paulo

<p style="text-align: justify;">BY. Jennifer Socorro Ramon. Havana, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuban famous musician Leo Brouwer will be in Brazil at the end of October in order to preside the 3rd Guitar Festival named after him. Cuban musicologist and director of the Leo Brouwer Office, Isabelle Hernnadez told Prensa Latina that Leo will conduct the Sao Paulo municipal orchestra in two symphonic concerts. Read More

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President Chavez says he is fine

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Osmany González Tocabens. Caracas, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) President Chavez asserted this Thursday to be in good health, and added the current phase is awkward because is cumulative, especially on his case, which took four chemotherapy cycles. He is right now recovering from fourth preventive chemotherapy cycles after a surgery to remove a carcinogenic tumor. Read More

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Agreement reached between Cuba and China on Vaccine development

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.29 - 10:03:20 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu.HAVANA, Cuba.- The joint project strengthens bilateral bonds in one of the most active fields of cooperation –biotechnology-, as agreed by the two parties, the Prensa Latina news agency reported. Cuba and China signed on Wednesday in Beijing an agreement for the development of a vaccine against whooping cough. Read More

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Cuba closes Sugar Ministry, replaced by a holding company

<p style="text-align: justify;">Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:11pm IST.By Marc Frank. HAVANA, Sept 29 (Reuters) -Plans to create the new sugar corporation and revitalize the industry by, among other things, allowing foreign investment and closing inefficient sugar mills were first reported by Reuters more than a year ago. The ministry's demise is the last chapter in the dramatic decline of the sugar industry in a Caribbean island country where sugar was once king but now accounts for around 5 percent of foreign exchange earnings. Read More

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Cuba's vintage cars are a window to the past

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba's old cars have been the attraction for many Americans who have come to the island nation to admire the well preserved cars that still go through cities in Cuba. Now the island&nbsp; has legalized the sale and purchase of automobiles for ordinary citizens. New rules also say Cubans who leave the island can transfer ownership of their car to a relative or sell it outright. Read More

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Pablo Santamaría: An authentic musician from Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.28 - 09:11:03 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu / Havana, Cuba.- Pablo Santamaría has become, thanks to his own merits as a musician, in one of the most universal and authentic Cuban artists who has always defended our sonority. His wide successful career includes the Cultura National distinction, the Nicolás Guillén order as well as some international prizes. His perform through the Cuban music has left indelible memories in the musical history of our nation. Prestigious orchestras such as the Astros, The Violentos and the Irakere received a wide influence from this virtuoso singer and percussionist in some periods of his musical work. Read More

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New Formulas with Scorpion Toxin are being tested at Cuban Laboratory

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Glenda Pardo. Havana, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) The institution, as part of its continuing research activity, works the line of natural products for human health, specifically anti-angiogenic drugs that reduce blood vessel formation.New formulations from scorpion venom are being studied in Cuba, said Jose Antonio Fraga Castro, director of the Pharmaceutical Biological Laboratories (Labiofam), leading this product. Read More

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Chancellor Bruno Rodríguez Meets with His Syrian Peer in New York

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.27 - 13:35:58 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. HAVANA, Cuba.-&nbsp; Both foreign ministers are in New York for the 66th session of the UN General Assembly.The Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez, recently held a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Walid Moallen, in New York, in which both officials coincided in their interest of strengthening bilateral bonds. Read More

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Cuba and Bhutan settled Diplomatic Relations

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.27 - 11:27:06 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. HAVANA, Cuba.-&nbsp; In the framework of the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly underway in New York, Cuba and the Kingdom of Bhutan established diplomatic relations. The Cuban Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez, and the Acting Foreign Minister of Bhutan, Daw Penjo, penned on Monday at the UN headquarters, the agreement marking the official beginning of bonds between their countries. Read More

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