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Cuba to Host International Meeting on History, Art and Medicine

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Health curiosities and their links with history and art will be the main topics of the international colloquium Histarmed, which will bring together researchers from some 10 countries in Latin America and Europe, said organizers today. Specialists from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Spain and Italy, as well as the host country Cuba, will participate in Histarmed, organized by the Medical Sciences University of Havana, from March 8th.

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Cuba, a diver’s paradise

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April through November is the best time for scuba-diving in Cuba. Temperatures begin to rise and the water gets warmer, explained Yail Martínez, customer services representative at the Diving Center of the Meliá Cayo Guillermo Hotel in Jardines del Rey.

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Elections in Cuba Without Campaigns or Politicking, Says a Candidate

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The Cuban electoral process takes place in a clean manner and without the hustle and bustle of the political campaigns, said Carlos Rafael Fuentes, one of the 605 candidates for the Cuban Parliament. In statements to Prensa Latina, the official of the National Assembly of the People’s Power stated that these days the candidates for deputies make tours of the country.

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Greek Citizens Against US Blockade on Cuba

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The Greek-Cuban Friendship Association with Cuba in Thessaloniki rejected the economic blockade the United States has maintained on the Caribbean island, during an event for the 59th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution and the 165th birthday of José Martí.

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Habanos, First Line on Experts’ Debate

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The beginning of debates and exchanges of experiences on the Cuban tobacco industry favors today the opening of the International Seminar during the 20th edition of the Habano Cigar Festival.

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Cuban Electoral Authority Finalizes Details for General Elections

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The Cuban National Electoral Commission (CEN) is finalizing details to hold the general elections, which are scheduled for March 11, CEN Vice President Tomas Amaran asserted today. During a media conference, the official said they had almost decided the definitive number of electoral colleges, because some territories were still making adjustments, he explained.

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For the preservation of the thought and work of Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz

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DURING a meeting presided by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Party Central Committee, a working group was established to prepare proposals to create an institution for the preservation of documentary heritage and the study and dissemination of the thought and work of Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz.

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Roel Santos: I never give up or tire

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Just as happened to Alfredo Despaigne in Santiago de Cuba, Roel Santos was rejected at the provincial sports academy for being “too small,” despite some spectacular fielding in his debut for the school team. The “problem” of his size to one side, the young boy who a year before, at the age of nine, was brought by community sports facilitator Juan Luis Yuri to the Academy in the neighborhood of Miramar, shone on the field.

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President Raúl Castro honors Revolution leaders with Work Hero title

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Cuban President Raul Castro has decorated three leaders of the 1959 Revolution with the title of “Work Hero of the Republic of Cuba.” The ceremony, held over the weekend in Havana’s Capitol building, home of the National Assembly, commemorated the 123rd anniversary of the beginning of what National Hero José Martí called Cuba’s ‘Necessary War.’

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The strategic challenge of the Latin American left

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After the long and sad night of neoliberalism in the 1990s – which bankrupted entire nations like Ecuador – and ever since Hugo Chávez was elected President of the Republic of Venezuela at the end of 1998, the right wing and submissive governments of the continent began to collapse like a house of cards, as popular governments, committed to Good Living Socialism, extended across the length and breadth of Our America.