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Cuba prepared for Elsa and ready to begin recovery

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As tropical storm Elsa makes landfall this morning, Cuba’s western provinces, including Havana, are prepared, while Party First Secretary and President Miguel Diaz-Canel notes that recovery efforts in central and eastern regions have begun. Cuba is ready to confront tropical storm Elsa, under the special conditions created by the epidemic, and prepared to rapidly begin recovery work, stated First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of the Republic Miguel Diaz-Canel yesterday.

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Washington’s accusation in its report that Cuba engages in people trafficking is a lie

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It propagates yet another lie, by accusing Cuba of inadequate compliance with the minimum standards for eliminating trafficking in persons and of failing to make significant efforts in this respect. This accusation forms part of a campaign by Washington to discredit Cuba’s international cooperation efforts in the sphere of healthcare, for which Cuba has received recognition by dozens of governments and the gratitude of the populations which have benefited from it – almost entirely the humblest and most disadvantaged of the countries.

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Eighth Congress tours all of Cuba in one month

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The Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee Secretariat, led by its First Secretary and President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, held a series of meetings across the country to promote implementation of plans approved at the organization’s Eighth Congress. These took place between May 27 and June 25, and were guided by a document entitled “Ideas, Concepts and Guidelines of the 8th Party Congress,” which was examined and approved by the Political Bureau on May 22.

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Cuba celebrates the centenary of the Communist Party of China

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With a ceremony presided by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and First Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, Cuba commemorated the centenary of the Communist Party of China, and reaffirmed the indestructible ties of friendship shared by the two nations.In a message to the General Secretary of the Chinese Party, Cuba’s President emphasized, “We are pleased that relations between our parties “

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Isle of Youth vaccinated, hope grows on the big island

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The completion of the sanitary intervention here ,with Cuba’s Abdala candidate vaccine, qualifies as a milestone in the country’s battle against COVID-19, with the regimen of three doses administered to the Isle of Youth’s 50,503 inhabitants, 95.6% of the eligible population. Dr. Victor Doeste Hernandez, coordinator of the intervention, reported to Granma that this figure represents 77% of residents over 19 years of age and 60% of the total population on the Isle of Youth.

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Within the Revolution there continues to be room for everything and everyone, except those who seek to destroy the collective project

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Marked by the same spirit of transparency and emancipation, Cuba’s President recalled, “Sixty years ago, in a real, honest dialogue with the artistic and literary intelligentsia, the very young revolutionary leader Fidel Castro established the foundational principles of the Cuban Revolution’s cultural policy. “There is an unbroken thread that runs from that lively dialogue between Fidel and the country’s writers and artists at the National Library of Cuba – where he delivered his “Words to intellectuals”

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Words to intellectuals, 60 years later

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The passage of time requires new readings of Fidel’s “Words to Intellectuals.”e than a few members of younger generations are not familiar with this memorable speech by the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, delivered on June 30, 1961 at the National Library, or the circumstances in which it was presented, after many hours of conversation between the country’s leadership and representatives of Cuba’s artistic and intellectual vanguard, on the 16th and the 23rd.

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Cinicial trials of Soberana-Pediatria in children 3-11 years of age begin

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The study of the Cuban anti-COVID candidate vaccine will include 350 children and adolescents, 50 in Phase I and 300 in Phase II, conducted in an overlapping and gradual process, in strict compliance with protocols and best practices. Following verification of the candidate’s safety in a group of adolescents aged 12 to 18, clinical trials of Soberana-Pediatria continue with the inclusion of a second group of volunteers in the three to 11 age group, Yury Valdes Balbin, assistant director of the Finlay Vaccine Institute, reported.

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Cuba maintains its commitment to solidarity and international cooperation for the benefit of the region’s peoples

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“As we were 17 years ago, Cuba is among you,” Communist Party of Cuba First Secretary and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, in a message posted on Twitter, on the occasion of the 19th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Treaty, which is in underway in the Venezuelan city of Caracas. “200 years after the legendary Battle of Carabobo, Our America continues to bet on integration,” he wrote, and congratulated President Nicolas Maduro.

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Silvio Rodríguez speaks out

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Profound and passionate, Silvio Rodríguez, troubadour and symbol of the revolutionary Cuba that has inspired so many generations of progressive and leftist fighters in the world, has once again sent a message in support of just causes, this time through an interview with the Mexican newspaper La Jornada. The artist spoke about music and politics, and focused most of his comments on an effort he supports: the campaign advocating the Nobel Peace Prize for the Henry Reeve International Contingent of Doctors Specialized in Disaster Situations and Serious Epidemics.