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Notes on middle school

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JUST a few weeks before the 2016-2017 academic year draws to a close, the Ministry of Education Middle School National Directorate released information on how schools at this level have performed.

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Can you cover a parade of thousands of people in Cuba with an unhappy person and a flag?

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Cuba surprises the world every May 1st., with parades that bring together millions of people all over the island. It is a disturbing image for the centers of power, which try to tarnish it through its powerful propagandistic mechanisms.

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How can be that the number of rafters from Cuba declines by 90% and now… is not a news?

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“Cubans are going to keep throwing themselves into the sea”, they told us in Univision, as in so many other international channels, after the repeal of the so-called “policy of dry feet, wet feet” by Barack Obama last January, which welcomed all Cuban migrants that arrived to the United States .

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Cuban Foreign Minister begins official visit to Greece

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Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, arrived in Athens this Friday, April 21, on an official visit to the European nation, reported Prensa Latina.
Rodríguez was received at the airport by the Director of the Department of Protocol of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aglaia Balta.

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Brazil: In the aftermath of a coup

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A year after what various sectors of society referred to as the “Day of Infamy”, Brazil is suffering the dire consequences of the parliamentary-judicial coup perpetrated against constitutional President Dilma Rousseff.

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The same old accusations

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Once again, the U.S. State Department has included Cuba, together with North Korea and Iran, on its list of countries where human rights are being “disregarded” (previously they were “violated”).

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Machado Ventura highlights importance of neighborhood debates

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Speaking in Havana on April 19, José Ramón Machado Ventura, second secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Central Committee, expressed his confidence in the success of the second phase of the National Debate on Patriotic and Anti-imperialist Duty, set to begin over the coming days.

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Cuba and the magic of its cities

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It is the architectural diversity of Cuban cities which make them so magical; with a wide array of styles spanning five centuries; featuring colonial and pre-baroque buildings as well as others from the modern and post-modern era.

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Fidel’s role in Playa Girón recognized

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Fidel’s example of integrity and morale, the determining factor in Cuba’s triumph at Playa Girón, was recognized during an act celebrating the 56th anniversary of this historic event which has come to symbolize the heroism of the Cuban people.

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Chronic non-communicable diseases remain the leading cause of death in Cuba

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“The mortality rate due to chronic non-communicable diseases is the highest, with 731.4 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants,” states the Health Statistics Yearbook, in its 45th edition, with updated information until 2016, and recently published by the Directorate of Medical Records and Health Statistics of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba.