In southeastern Peru, a message is circulating that has left some dubious, and others hopeful: “The Inambari hydroelectric dam will end illegal mining and coca crops, and bring development and jobs.”
Read MoreCuba began its quarterfinal play with an easy 7-1 win over Panama in the World Cup/Pan American qualifying tournament taking place in Puerto Rico on Friday evening. Undefeated thus far in the event, the Cubans face the Dominican Republic on Saturday afternoon.
Read MoreCuban First Vice President José Ramón Machado insisted during a tour of healthcare installations in the central province of Villa Clara on the need to make the Cuban health system sustainable through the rationalization of the use of human and material resources, to maintain the current state of the services for the population. The government has begun a program of adjustments in public health, one of the pillars of the socialist system, in response to the economic crisis.
Read MoreThe human immunodeficiency virus (HIV, which causes AIDS) has had a greater effect on persons aged between 20 and 24 living in the metropolitan areas of the central and western regions since its appearance in Cuba in 1986, according to a research published by the Revista Cubana de Higiene y Epidemiología medical journal. The study says that the rest of the island’s regions could behave in the same manner due to “the risk sexual behaviours and the little habit of practicing safe sex existing among the Cuban population, influenced by beliefs and taboos.”
Read MoreThe Cuban and Venezuelan governments increased cooperation in the field of higher education through an agreement that incorporates the areas of postgraduate studies, trainees and advisors; research, development and innovation projects; and the multinational ALBA-Education entity.
Read MoreSelf-medication is a common practice for the majority of persons in Cuba for ailments such as headaches, colds and fever, according to a study by the Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral medical journal. The survey, which included inhabitants from the island’s capital and provincial capital cities, detected that hypertension and non-steroid anti-inflammatory medicines and psychoactive drugs are the most used in the island.
Read MoreThe Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra opened its concert “Connections of Jazz between the USA and Cuba” on Wednesday with the “African-American Cuban Suite,” a piece by Cuban-born Chico O’Farril. It was played for the first time in our country and applauded enthusiastically by everyone present. (10 photos)
Read MoreThe radical restructuring of employment launched by President Razl Castro has Cubans, on the one hand, feeling anxious about possibly losing their jobs and, on the other, looking forward to testing the real scope of opportunities in the private sector, where an estimated 250,000 additional people may soon be working for themselves.
Read MoreWhile the Senator is “hopeful that the Administration will take additional steps regarding our policy”, he clarified that with the US involved in two wars and its economy in trouble “it was rather unrealistic” to assume that Cuba would be a priority for the Administration.
Read MoreThe workforce restructuring plan that will soon be implemented in Cuba is worrisome to everyone: State employees as well as retirees, homemakers, self-employed workers and students. In one way or another, they will all be affected by the half million who will shortly find themselves without jobs.
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