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 World Health Organization Praises Cuba Maternal-Infant Health Care |
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 29. Authorities from the World Health Organization praised Cuba’s advances in the maternal-infant assistance area and described the island’s work in this regard as an example for the world.
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| Fidel: KNOWING THE TRUTH TIMELY |
Reflections by comrade Fidel
As I was writing every one of my previous Reflections, and a catastrophe was quickly zeroing in on humanity, my major concern was to fulfill the primary duty to inform our people.
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| ALBA Members Agree to Create Permanent Commission |
Cuba, Jun 25. Participants in the 10th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) agreed to create a Permanent Commission of the organization.
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| Fidel: I WOULD SO MUCH LIKE TO BE WRONG |
Reflections by comrade Fidel
When these lines are published in the Granma newspaper tomorrow, Friday, the date of July 26, when we proudly remember the honor of having resisted the imperialists’ attacks, will be felt distant, despite the fact that it is only 32 days away.
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| Cuba, Vice President of the HRC |
Geneva, Jun 21, Cuba was elected on Monday as Vice President of the Human Rights Council, the main UN body specialized in promoting and protecting human rights.
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| Vatican Top Minister: Positive Meeting with Raul Castro |
Havana, Jun 21, Vatican Foreign Minister Archbishop Dominique Mamberti termed positive the meeting on Sunday with Cuban President Raul Castro.
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| Case of the Cuban Five Is a Breach of Justice, Says US Retired Colonel |
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 19, Larry Wilkerson, Colin Powell’s former chief of staff, said the case of the five Cuban antiterrorists who remain unjustly imprisoned in the United States is “an egregious breach of justice.”
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| Villa Clara to Host Main Activities of July 26 Celebrations |
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 19 (acn) The central province of Villa Clara has been chosen to host the main activity to mark the 57th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada Garrison on July 26, 1953.
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| Vatican´s Foreign Minister Expresses Admiration of Cuba´s Special Schools |
HAVANA, Cuba, June 18, The Vatican´s Foreign Minister Monsignor Dominique Mamberti, expressed on Friday in Havana his admiration for the work carried out by the special schools on the island.
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| Cuban Medical Cooperation in 77 Countries |
HAVANA, Cuba, June 17—Cuba´s Deputy Health Minister Dr. Luis Estruch Rancaño said on Thursday in Havana that a total of 37 041 Cuban health professionals are currently offering their services in 77 countries.
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| Cuba Rejects US Accusations of Trafficking in Persons |
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 15 (acn) The head of the North American Department at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Josefina Vidal, categorically rejected the inclusion of Cuba in a report released on Monday by the US State Department accusing the island of human trafficking.
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| Foreign Minister of the Vatican Arrives in Cuba on Tuesday |
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 15 (acn) The Vatican’s Foreign Minister, Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, arrives in Cuba on Tuesday for an official and pastoral visit at the invitation of the Cuban Government and Catholic Church until Sunday, June 20.
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| UNICEF: Cuba is an example in children protection |
It is a never ending story. The US authorities don’t know what else to come up with in their efforts against Cuba.
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| Cuba and the European Union hold political dialogue. |
CUBA, Jun 10, 2010.- The Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, in response to an invitation conveyed by the European side, attended a political dialogue with the European Troika at the ministerial level, as a follow up on the dialogue started on October 2008.
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| Cuba willing to dialogue with EU |
| PARIS, June 10.—Cuba today reiterated its disposition to maintain a dialogue with the European Union (EU) on a basis on reciprocity, sovereign equality and non-interference in internal affairs, reported PL.
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| FM Bruno Rodriguez Urges European Union to End Obsolete Policy towards Cuba |
| HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 10 (acn) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez called on the European Union on Thursday to put aside its obsolete stance toward the island saying that it amounted to meddling in Cuba’s internal affairs.
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| Fidel: A SWIPE WAITING TO HAPPEN |
Reflections by comrade Fidel
On Tuesday, June 8, I wrote at noon time the Reflection “On the Brink of Tragedy.” Later, I watched Randy Alonso’s TV program Roundtable, usually aired at 6:30 pm.
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| Fidel: IMPERIALISM AND LIES |
Reflections by comrade Fidel
I had no choice but to write two reflections on Iran and Korea explaining the imminent danger of a war with the use of nuclear weapons.
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| Fidel: The Empire and the War |
Reflections by comrade Fidel
Two days ago, I said in a few words that imperialism was unable to solve the extremely serious problem of drug abuse, which has become a scourge for the people all over the world. Today, I wish to deal with another issue that I consider of major significance.
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| Cuba Slams Israeli Attack on Flotilla |
| Havana, Jun 1 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has condemned the attack in international waters of the Israeli navy on a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid for Palestinians in the blockaded Gaza Strip.
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| PAHO Calls to Follow Example of Cuba, Venezuela |
| Port au Prince, May 31 (Prensa Latina) Chilean Cristian Morales, in charge of the Pan-American Health Organization''s Development Program, has encouraged the world to follow the example of Cuba and Venezuela in providing medical attention for Haiti.
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| Fidel: IMPERIALISM AND DRUGS |
| Reflections by comrade Fidel
When I was arrested in Mexico by the Security Federal Police, which as fate would have it found some of our movements suspicious even though we took every precaution to avoid being hit by Batista’s bloody hand, –as it was the case on January 10, 1929 when Machado’s agents murdered Julio Antonio Mella in Mexico’s capital-- the law enforcement agents thought that ours was one of those smugglers’ organizations acting illegally along the border of that poor nation in their commercial dealings with the mighty, industrialized and rich neighboring power.
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| Alarcon Criticizes Silence of the US Media on the Cuban Five |
| HAVANA, Cuba, May 28 (acn) Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon affirmed on Friday that if the US people knew the truth about the case of the five Cuban antiterrorists, they would
force President Barack Obama to release them from prison.
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| World Health Organization Praises Cuba’s Health Assistance to Haiti |
| HAVANA, Cuba, May 28 (acn) The representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Haiti, Henriette Chamouillet, praised the assistance that Cuban health professionals have been providing to the Haitian people for several years.
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| Cuban Five: Cuba Doubts on US Government |
| Havana, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Parliament president Ricardo Alarcon denied Thursday that US President Barack Obama is representing the advocated change in his electoral campaign without at least releasing the Cuban Five.
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| Digital Site of Cuban Music Opened |
| Havana, May 25 (Prensa Latina) A site about the creation, dissemination, teaching and research of Cuban music was opened with texts of scholars specialists on that matter, the Cuban News Agency reported.
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| Cuban Tourism Boosts Development |
| Detailed information by Cuban Minister of Tourism, Manuel Marrero, disclosed why the growing spiral of this industry in the Island, despite the hard impact of the global economic crisis.
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| Cuban Researcher Receives the Green Nobel |
| HAVANA, Cuba, May 20 (acn) The representative of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Havana, Ana Maria Navarro, congratulated Cuban researcher Humberto Rios Labrada who on Monday became the first Cuban to receive the Goldman Environmental Prize, sometimes called the Green Nobel and the largest prize in the world given to grass-roots environmentalists.
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| New Cuban Treatments on Vascular Diseases, Diabetes |
| Havana, May 19 (Prensa Latina) Several studies on how to treat vascular diseases associated with diabetes are capturing the interest of those attending the Ninth Congress on Angiology "Angiocaribe 2010," underway in Havana until May 21.
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| Cuba Leader in Diabetic Foot Treatment |
| Havana, May 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is currently leading worldwide in treating diabetic foot ulcers with Heberprot-P, a Cuban medication that has benefited more than 10,000 patients from many countries.
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| Cuba Contributes to Strengthening Health System in Haiti |
| Havana, Cuba, May 17.- Cuba continues to develop several actions as part of a Program to Rebuild and Strengthen the Haitian Health System.
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| Fidel: THE HATEFUL TYRANNY IMPOSED ON THE WORLD |
| Reflections by comrade Fidel
Our times are characterized by an unprecedented event: the threat to the survival of the human species imposed on the world by imperialism.
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| Cuban FM: Europe Lacks Moral to Question Cuba |
| Madrid, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez affirmed here Monday that the European Union (EU) lacks moral authority to talk about human rights regarding his country.
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| Two Cubans among the world's most outstanding experts in the field of vaccine production |
| CUBA, May 13, 2010. Doctors Luis Herrera Martinez, director of the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (IGBC) and Gerardo Guillén Nieto, director of Biomedical Research of the prestigious institution, appear in the selection of top industrial experts in vaccine production worldwide.
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| Millions of Cubans take to plazas and avenues this May Day |
| FROM an early hour, millions of Cuban men and women have been invading the principal plazas and avenues of the island’s municipal and provincial cities, where parades for International Workers Day are taking place this Saturday.
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