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Cuban industry to assemble nearly two thousand wheelchairs

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The Cuban iron and steel industry will assemble almost two thousand wheelchairs this year, for the public health system and to meet the needs of people with disabilities.This important work forms part of the import-substitution projects conducted annually by the Ministry of Industry, in accordance with guideline no. 87 of the Economic and Social Policy Guidelines of the Party and the Revolution.

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Intellectuals call to mobilize against right wing attacks in Latin America

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The Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in the Defense of Humanity ended its 12th encounter on April 11, with a Final Declaration expressing its resounding support for the people of Venezuela and its legitimate government led by Nicolás Maduro, and their solid resistance against efforts by the United States and domestic oligarchy to destroy the Bolivarian Revolution.

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Our Party was born during the historic days of Girón

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A gala cultural event will take place tonight, April 15, at the National Theater in Havana, to honor the 55th anniversary of the victory at Playa Girón and celebrate the opening of the 7th Party Congress. Delegates and guests at the Congress from across the country will attend the event, set to include performances by outstanding artists representing the most authentic expressions of Cuban culture.

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Cleber tractors, engines of change between Cuba and the United States

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“All our lives we have been used to being called revolutionaries,” Saul Berenthal and Horace Clemmons respond almost in unison, the founders of a tractor company seeking to build the first U.S. plant in Cuba since January 1959.

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Eighth imported case of Zika virus confirmed

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The eighth imported case of Zika virus has been confirmed, in a 58 year old Cuban cultural collaborator, a resident of Isabela de Sagua in the municipality of Sagua la Grande, Villa Clara province, who arrived from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on March 30.

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Raúl congratulates Central Army

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On the occasion of the 55th anniversary of this command – born amidst increasing enemy hostility, the heat of the struggle against bandits, and just a few days before the mercenary invasion at Playa Girón – I congratulate you on this date for the results achieved in your sacred mission of defending the homeland.

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Clinical trials of promising Cuban monoclonal antibody expanded

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Registered in Cuba to treat head, neck, brain (in children and adults), esophageal and more recently, pancreatic tumors, with encouraging life-extending results, the humanized monoclonal antibody nimotuzumab is currently subject to 27 clinical trials to ensure its safety and effectiveness in the treatment of a further 11 types of cancer

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Iberia names new airbus “La Habana”

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Spanish airline Iberia has named its latest Airbus A330-200 “La Habana”, to mark the 70th anniversary of its first flights to Latin America, the company reported on April 4.

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Worst U.S. defeat since 1812

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General Lauris Norstad, head of Allied Forces in Europe (1956-1963), stated “The Bay of Pigs is the worst defeat of the United States since the War of 1812,” in his analysis of the U.S. government’s failed invasion of Cuba at Playa Girón, on the Bay of Pigs, in 1961.

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Highway to Holguín International Airport expanded

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The widening of a stretch of the main highway linking the Frank País International Airport with this eastern city, is one of the major investment projects of the provincial highway administration center in Holguín this year.