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The emergence of Soberana 1 is not a chance event

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Since the beginning of the Revolution, the priority granted to scientific progress, with emphasis on the training of highly qualified human capital and the creation of research centers in dissimilar branches of knowledge, were essential prerequisites that allowed Cuba to venture into the promising sector of biotechnology in the decade of the 1980s, practically at the same time this industry was emerging in a small group of nations with greater technological development.

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Redemption song

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The song of all Cubans, yesterday of Bayamo, today the National Anthem, will always enjoy the greatest respect among the people who sing it with our heads held high and voices afire; because with it we declare our principles, intone our culture, and reaffirm our sovereignty. Among the dates key to the nation’s founding is October 20, 1868, when the Cuban soul was captured in song, when in a burst of emotion the lyrics of an anthem sounded, like a bugle.

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Good health to art!

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President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez tweeted his congratulations “to our young artists and creators” in the Hermanos Saíz Association (AHS), which this October 18 celebrated its 34 years of healthy existence. Deputy Prime Minister Roberto Morales Ojeda likewise welcomed the anniversary of “the Association of the intellectual and artistic vanguard… the standard bearer and guide of young art,” and “a key part of the cultural life of our country.”

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All scientific work must have an impact on the nation’s progress

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As part of the Cuban government’s proactive insistence on increasing links between scientific work and the rest of the country’s productive sectors, to make concrete contributions to the national economy, the government visit led by President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez to Santiago de Cuba included in a discussion with directors, researchers, graduates and students at the Universidad de Oriente. The President learned how the institution of higher learning is playing a leading role in the province’s strategy to increase the food supply.

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Monetary restructuring: Essential to transforming Cuba’s economy

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The complexities and objective conditions that make monetary and exchange rate re-ordering essential, were explained recently by Marino Murillo Jorge, Party Political Bureau member and head of the Policy Guidelines Implementation Commission, and Alejandro Gil Fernández, deputy prime minister and minister of Economy and Planning, during an appearance on the Mesa Redonda Cuban television program.

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U.S. pays a high price to finance its mercenary opposition in Cuba

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The U.S. Agency for International Development has made several payments in recent weeks to “institutions” that the State Department uses to spearhead its subversive policy against the island. If the allocation of a single dollar by the U.S. government, to finance subversive projects in Cuba, is sufficient reason for outrage, how can hundreds of thousands every day, millions over the years for such purposes escape condemnation?

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For Cubans, unity is survival

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Any time is a good time to remind our enemies that the slightest offense or threat, against Cuban artists or intellectuals, produces only more national pride, and commitment to the defense of the homeland. An overwhelming sentiment assails viewers of an installation by visual artist Sándor González. The piece is a map of Cuba, created with thousands of matches.

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Party leadership meets

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Led by its First Secretary, Army General Raul Castro Ruz, the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee met yesterday, October 13. Of special interest among the topics analyzed were the general and sectorial principles on which Cuba’s foreign investment policy is based, as well as issues associated to the functioning of party organization.

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Cuba elected to Human Rights Council by 88% of UN Members

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U.S. manipulation and coercion have once again failed. Their desperate efforts to organize a boycott of the election of Cuba as a member of the UN Human Rights Council went nowhere and Cuba was elected, for the fifth time, yesterday, with the votes of 170 countries, to occupy a seat within this body, among the eight reserved for the Latin American and Caribbean group of member states.

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BioCen develops secure medium to transport viral samples, a first in Cuba

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Researchers at the National Biopreparations Center (BioCen) have developed Cuba’s first secure medium to transport viruses, created for use in the collection and transfer of patients’ nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal samples for the diagnosis of SARS-COV-2, the COVID-19 causal agent. BioCen achieved and industrially scaled the product in only seven days and, subsequently received its Sanitary Registration from the State Center for the Control of Drugs, Equipment and Medical Devices (Cecmed).