The Cuban government expressed its disappointment over the performance of U.S. President Barack Obama, who has not used his prerogatives to modify the policy toward the island, especially the economic blockade, according to a communiqué of the Cuban mission to the UN.
Read MoreThe presence of high levels of lead in blood affects the behaviour and learning of Cuban students in primary education, according to a research carried out among children from the municipality of Centro Habana, in the Cuban capital.
Read MoreThe rains associated to tropical depression sixteen mitigated the difficult situation of the reservoirs in the centre and east of Cuba, depressed because of the acute drought, sources from the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources reported. Just the Zaza Dam, the country’s largest, incorporated around 133 million cubic metres, an amount that will increase in the next few hours with the water flowing in from the rivers that feed it.
Read MoreSixty-six per cent of the adolescents who answered a survey carried out in the schools of the municipality of San José de las Lajas, in the province of Havana, had consumed alcoholic beverages, a figure considered worrisome because it reveals the early beginning of “a possible addiction that unquestionably has an influence on and damages biological, psychological and social development.” The research, published by Havana’s Revista de Ciencias Médicas medical journal, also warned about the proportion of girls and female adolescents, “given that it is recognized in literature as the least tolerant and at greatest risk” for this population group
Read MoreMural in tourist installation HAVANA, Sept. 29 – The number of tourist arrivals to Cuba up to last August increased 1.8 per cent as compared to a similar period in 2009, but the principal tourist markets, headed by Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and Germany, reported a tendency to decrease, balanced out by the increase of other non-traditional markets such as Russia, according to a report by the National Office of Statistics.
Read MoreCuba has made efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to children and adolescents, despite limited resources, José Juan Ortiz, UNICEF representative in the island, highlighted. “The idea is political will more than technological development or monetary power; of awareness that the Millennium Development Goals are in our hands, from and by the new generations,” the official said.
Read MoreAmid new calls for Washington to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities if its diplomatic efforts at curbing Tehran’s uranium-enrichment program fail, the United States Wednesday.
Read MoreDuring the summer months we have brought you several photo spreads of daily life in the Cuban capital. As fall sets in this latest installment includes more pictures from around Havana capturing the routines and special moments of some of the city’s residents. (78 photos)
Read MoreWith a recent study warning that the Caribbean could lose six percent of its Gross Domestic Product annually to the ravages of climate change, some experts say that a combination of
adaptation funding and risk pooling is the region’s best hope for the future.
Cuban weather forecasters issued a new advisory late Tuesday afternoon on Tropical Depression No. 16, which they say could become Tropical Storm “Nicole” later tonight before crossing the island.
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