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Díaz-Canel expresses Cuba’s readiness to cooperate with the Bahamas

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Given the loss of human life and devastating damage caused by Hurricane Dorian in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the President of Cuba´s Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, extended condolences to “the people of the Bahamas and families of the victims,” in a message to the Prime Minister of the island nation.

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Díaz-Canel receives Canadian Foreign Minister

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The President of Cuba´s Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, yesterday August 28, received Canada’s Foreign Minister, the Honorable Christya Freeland, who is making a working visit to our country.

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Despite the blockade, three million tourists have visited Cuba

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Despite campaigns organized and directed by the United States government to prevent the arrival of tourists to our country, as of August 15, Cuba had welcomed three million international visitors, thus far this year. That so many people have chosen the island is evidence of the confidence and recognition Cuba has achieved as a travel destination, offering not only natural and cultural attractions, but also security.

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Díaz-Canel tours recently renovated facilities in Havana

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Early this morning, August 28, The President of Cuba´s Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, today toured recently renovated educational facilities in Havana.The school will open its doors September 2 with an enrollment of 360 students and a full staff.

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A great effort to ensure the successful opening of 2019-2020 school year

A great effort to ensure the successful opening of 2019-2020 school year

The country has made a great effort to provide essential resources to guarantee a successful opening of the academic year. “Given the economic situation we face,” Education Minister Ena Elsa Velázquez Cobiella stated during a press conference, “we have insisted on savings, careful use of resources, and extending the useful life of everything we have in our schools, as tasks of the highest priority.”

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Fear of the “other” Argentina

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Trump, Bolsonaro and Macri are trying to coordinate efforts to ensure that on election day, October 27, there will be no “birth of another Argentina”. “Better to walk alone than in bad company,” could be the advice friends give Mauricio Macri these days, the Argentine incumbent President who had a poor showing in the country’s recently held primary elections.

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Some 200 young Colombians travel to Cuba to study medicine

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On August 13, a group of young Colombians traveled to Havana to begin their studies at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM), as part of an initiative of the Cuban government to support reintegration of participants in the country’s long conflict, with the signing of a Peace Agreement. The selection of the date was not a random decision; but rather intentional, to honor a person who conceived a new way of seeing medicine and turned a profession, which, like others under capitalism, was seen as a safe route to financial success for those who could pay for medical school, to a profession of service, dedication, and solidarity.

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An assignment for all

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“Cuban pedagogy is consistent with the legal system established in the Constitution of the Republic,” said Dr. Eugenio González Pérez, deputy minister of Education, in a dialogue with Granma on classroom studies of Cuba’s new Constitution proclaimed April 10, and recently approved laws on national symbols and elections.

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Dignity sanctioned

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With an old trick, the U.S. sanctions other countries by targeting Presidents or officials not subservient to their interests. Now the total blockade of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is “against Maduro” and not meant to harm the people. Shameless!

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Revolutionizing our thinking about employment issues

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A total of 57 measures to be implemented immediately, in the short and medium term, proposed by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and the University of Havana’s Economics Department were recently evaluated by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, during a review of employment programs.