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President calls for work with intelligence, analysis, and decency

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The President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, emphasizing the firm conviction to continue the construction of socialism, urged deputies in the National Assembly’s standing committee on Economic Affairs, to consider new ideas to move forward, despite the difficult situation caused by the United States government’s tightening of the blockade.

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Oswaldo Guayasamín Fidel: Guayasamín was perhaps the most noble and human person I ever met. He created at the speed of light, and his dimensions as a human being knew no limits

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Excerpts of speech by Fidel during the inauguration of Guayasamín’s Chapel of man, Quito, Ecuador, November 29, 2002:
I remember the time very early in the Cuban Revolution, when, amidst hectic days, a man with an indigenous, tenacious, restless face, already well known and admired by many of our intellectuals, wanted to paint a portrait of me.

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Title III and the bitter drink of Bacardi

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Don Facundo Bacardi’s heirs crashed drinks on April 17, when both John Bolton and Michael Pompeo announced the full activation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act. It was the longed-for completion of their most perverse project against Cuba, to which they dedicated plenty of resources and lawyers.

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Trump knows about war, but nothing about solidarity

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President Donald Trump shows no signs of ending his unfounded accusations of Cuba. In a June 20 interview on Telemundo – his first on Spanish language television – he stated, “Do you see what is happening in Venezuela? It’s awful. And do you know who is primarily responsible for the problem? Cuba. They have 25,000 soldiers there.

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Cuba’s largest marble finisher expands export production

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The production this year of around 20,000 marble slabs destined to exports could mean the return to foreign trade of the Manuel Hernández Osorio industrial combine, the largest Cuban rock processing facility, located in this eastern town.

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To confront the Helms-Burton Act everyone must do their part

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The best response to the Helms-Burton is for everyone to do their part, stated
Esteban Lazo Hernández, president of the National Assembly of People’s Power, to conclude debate on the new draft Electoral Law among deputies from the provinces of La Habana, Mayabeque and Matanzas, as well as the Isle of Youth special municipality.

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Why Cuba needs a new electoral law

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What will the approval of a new electoral law mean for Cuba? What reforms will it include? What positive experience of previous electoral processes will be considered? What challenges will its implementation pose?

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Is Diabetes actually the eighth cause of death in Cuba?

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Although the data from the 2018 Statistical Yearbook of Health, place diabetes as the eighth cause of death in Cuba, specialists insist on not losing sight of the fact that this condition constitutes an important risk factor for the diseases currently topping the list.

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The Helms-Burton is also illegal within the United States

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The willingness of the Cuban government to find a solution to the issue of compensation for expropriated properties through a civilized dialogue and on the basis of the respect and sovereign equality of States, was reaffirmed on December 24, 1996

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Raúl Castro and Díaz-Canel participate in tribute to Cuban hero Máximo Gómez

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THE first Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, Raúl Castro, and President Miguel Díaz-Canel presided the political act and military ceremony commemorating the 114th anniversary of the death of independence hero Máximo Gómez, in Havana.