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 Raul
Castro Meets with Brazil’s President
HAVANA, Cuba.- The Cuban President Raul Castro met Tuesday
morning with his Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff, who
is in Havana on an official visit. Related Notes:
Brazilian
President Dilma Rousseff Arrives in Havana
Brazilian
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 Self-employed
Workers Happy about Courses on Accounting and Tax Systems
HAVANA, Cuba.- Courses on the accounting and tax systems
offered by the National Association of Economists and Accountants of
Cuba (ANEC) have been widely welcomed by Cubans who are starting to
run their own businesses.
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 Eduardo
Galeano: Cuba Is Always Alive Inside of Me
Havana, Cuba.- “Cuba is always alive inside of me, in my words, in
my actions, in my memory,” said Uruguayan writer and journalist
Eduardo Galeano upon his arrival at Havana’s Jose Marti
International Airport on Thursday. |
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 Pope’s
Visit to Cuba Scheduled for March 26-28
HAVANA, Cuba.- A previously announced visit to Cuba by
Pope Benedict XVI has been scheduled for March 26-28, 2012,
according to a note published on Tuesday by Granma newspaper. |
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 Cuba:
Infant Mortality Remained Under 5.0 in 2011
HAVANA, Cuba.- For the fourth consecutive year, Cuba
maintained its infant mortality rate under 5.0 as it finished 2011
with 4.9 deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live
births.An article published by Granma newspaper on Tuesday reveals
that in 17 out of the country’s 168 municipalities the infant
mortality rate last year was 0.0. |
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 Cuba
Launches Two New Rums to Foreign Markets
HAVANA, Cuba.- The launching of two new dark rums, Cubay
Carta Dorada and Cubay Añejo Suave, increases the number of products
Cuba Ron S.A. will commercialize abroad in 2012.
Both beverages keep the traditional way of aging in their making,
like all Cuban rums, which make them among the most look for rums
worldwide. |
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 Solidarity
signed 2011
Havana.- American pacifist Cindy Sheehan touched
the hearts of those who defend justice in any part of the world:
unexpectedly, rose her right hand to her neck and took off her most
precious possession: a golden chain dedicated by her son: “To Mom
With Love” and gave it to our Five Heroe mothers, till they come
back to our homeland. |
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 Producing
Food And Doing It Well
Havana- During many years it has not been posible
to fulfill neither expectations in farming or stockbreeding nor the
needs in producing food. Even in the good times just some items
could reach the goal. Times have changed and substituting the
abundant importations is a real must today.
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Happy New
Year from the Cuban 5
HAVANA,
Cuba.- The five
Cuban anti-terrorists in US territory –four of them serving
severe sentences and one under supervised release- sent a message of
congratulations to the Caribbean island for the new year, in which
they express their gratitude for the international solidarity shown
in favor of their release. |
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Cuba
Announces Reduction in Price of Construction Materials
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 22.- A reduction of 20-30 % in the
price of 122
types of construction materials was announced on Wednesday by the
First
Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Odalys Escandell, during a
working
session of the Services Commission of the Cuban National Assembly
(Parliament). |
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 Members
of Cuban Parliament Meet in Plenary Session
HAVANA, Cuba.- After two days of meetings as part of the
twelve permanent commissions of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament),
on Thursday, the members of the legislative body begin their work in
plenary sessions to discuss and assess key social and economic
issues. |
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 US
Expert Interested in Exchanges with Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba.- US biologist Peter Agre, the winner of the Nobel
Chemistry Prize in 2003, expressed on Tuesday in this capital his
wish to establish relations of cooperation with
Cuba in spheres like public health, "in which the island is an
example to the western world." |
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Raúl Presides over Promotion Ceremony for Officers of the FAR
HAVANA, Cuba-. The President of the Councils of State and Ministers,
Army General Raul Castro Ruz, presided on Wednesday afternoon at the
headquarters of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), over the
promotion ceremony to the rank of colonel of 65 officers recognized
for their outstanding results in the strengthening the country's
defense capability and personal qualities. |
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 There
is No Socialism without the Communist Party
HAVANA, Cuba.- Fifty years ago, on December 1st, 1961, Commander in
Chief Fidel Castro made an appearance in one of the courses of the
TV-broadcasted Popular University to explain the reasons why it was
necessary to create the United Party of the Socialist Revolution,
which preceded the Communist Party of Cuba. |
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 Cuba will
have a team in the World Programming Finals
Havana.- The Cuban University of Havana Team will
be at the ACM-ICPC Computers Programming University Contest World
Finals to be held in Warsaw, Poland from May 14th to the
18th 2012. |
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 Promoting
Health Redoubled to Avoid AIDS
Havana, CUBA.- In Havana Province we find 53 % of
AIDS epidemics in the whole country. Its 15 municipalities are part
of the 45 more affected in all of our national territory; this
disease has reached 40 million people at world level.
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 Elegant
Initiative in Elementary School in Havana
Havana, CUBA.- Educating setting an example
first, has been a premise for the elementary school “José Joaquín
Palma” workers, in Centro Habana municipality in this capital city.
The workers, leaded by the principal MSc Caridad Suárez have had the
elegant initiative of creating a uniform for the almost 30 workers
of the school. |
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Cuba:
Council of Ministers Session Focused on Economic Issues
HAVANA, Cuba.- An expanded meeting of the Cuban Council of
Ministers presided over President Raul Castro focused on the
existing
complex problems that have a negative impact on the Cuban economy
and the services offered to the population. |
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Havana’s
Int’l Trade Fair Wraps up on Friday
HAVANA, Cuba.- The 29th International Trade Fair of Havana (FIHAV
2011) will wrap up on Friday at Havana’s Convention Center, after
five successful days of exchanges among businessmen from 57 nations. |
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 Innovating
during 35 Years
Havana- Social prestige and acknowledgment back
up the Innovators National Association (ANIR), during a work of 35
years marked up by contributions in substituting imports. |
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 Last
Details to Celebrate XXIX International Havana Fair in Cuba
Havana- Cuban officials work on last details to
celebrate XXIX International Havana Fair (FIHAV) from October 31st
to November the 5th in EXPOCUBA fairground this year. |
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 René
Is Still a Hostage of the Empire
René González Sehwerert is still a prisioner of
the Empire. After an unjust conviction, he receives an additional
punishment of supervised conditional freedom for another three more
years.
Related Notes:
Statement
from the National Committee to Free the Cuban
Five on the Release
from Prison of René González
Cuban
Antiterrorist Should Be Freed, Returned Home
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 Free-lance
Working and Health Standards
Havana- Ministry of Health (MINSAP) 240
Resolution is established for six different working free-lance forms
in relation with food cooking and selling, this was informed in a
Press Conference by Dr. Mayra Martín, a Ministry of Health Food
Sanitation functionary. |
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 US
Blockade Against Cuba: Heavy Load for its Tourism Industry
The multilateral US economic blockade against Cuba has
been strengthened
throughout the years and constitutes a heavy load for the national
economy. |
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Terrorism against Cuba
 Venezuelan
Journalist Denounces Prevailing Impunity in Barbados Bombing
Venezuelan journalist Alicia Herrera spoke to Prensa Latina
about the terrible legacy of the terrorist attack against a
Cuban civilian airplane that killed all 73 people on board on
October 6, 1976 over Barbados
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 Prevention
as a target for inmune-test
At the beginning of its quarter of the Century of existence, The
Inmune-Test Center is consolidated as one of the Cuban scientific
institutions helping the most in diseases prevention. Thanks to the
work of the prestigious scientific Inmune-Test Center, located in
the Cuban Capital City, the birth of thounsands of malformated
children has been avoided and and also an early diagnosis of
cretinism has been possible, confirmed José Luis Fernández Yero, the
institution director.
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 Encouraging
savings: labor for innovators
Havana. - Encouraging savings in energy carriers and in all material
resources for production and services, is today the greatest
challenge for innovators, due to our present economic circumstances
and the impact of the world crisis.
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 Judge
Lenard’s Cruel and Bizarre Decision against Rene
On Friday, September 16, a federal district court judge
made a bizarre ruling concerning one of the Cuban Five
defendants who completes his jail sentence on October 7.
Judge Joan Lenard ruled that René Gonzalez, who has
already served thirteen years in a federal penitentiary
for being an unregistered agent of the Cuban government,
will be forced for the next three years to live in Miami
on what is called “supervised release". (Link to
Cubadebate)
Related Note:
Denied by the Judge Lenard Rene’s motion on his return
to Cuba(Link
to Cubadebate)
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Cuba Denounces Losses Close to One Trillion Dollars to
US Blockade
HAVANA, Cuba.- Cuban Foreign deputy Minister
Abelardo Moreno introduced at a press conference in
Havana a report that blames the 50-year long US blockade
of causing losses close to one trillion dollars. |
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