Author: Circles Robinson

A. Despaigne Wins 2nd Straight Cuba MVP

Boasting his second consecutive home run title and barely missing a rare and coveted “triple-crown” season, Granma outfielder Alfredo Despaigne has walked off with repeat Cuban League MVP honors and thus joined Wilfredo Sánchez and Yulieski Gourriel as the only back-to-back outstanding player honorees in league history.

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Cuba-Angola Analyze Cultural Links

The Cuban and Angolan authorities will analyze the implementation of a cultural agreement that will allow young people from the African country to study in art instructor schools in the island, announced Cuban Minister of Culture Abel Prieto, who met in Luanda with the governor of that capital

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Swine Flu Vaccine Tops Million in Cuba

The Cuban Ministry of Public Health announced on Monday that a total of 1,015,857 persons had been vaccinated against the A HINI virus, equaling 90.5 percent of the target group. Cuba seeks to vaccinate a tenth of the overall population, concentrating on the most vulnerable groups.

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Non-valid Votes Up in Cuba Election

The percentage of blank or annulled ballots increased from 7.01 per cent in the 2007 partial elections to 8.91 per cent in the elections of last April 25, representing more than 731,000 persons, according to data by the National Electoral Commission (CEN). The official instance reported that the turnout for the elections was 94.69 per cent of the persons registered to vote.

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Cuba Kids Reach Out to Haiti Peers

Five girls and five boys are taking time to remember the hurricane that devastated their home town of Gibara in eastern Cuba two years ago, mingling their memories with their dreams, and filming images to make a video message for children in Haiti.

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A Reader’s Response to: “No False Promises in Cuba’s Elections”

Seeing as that the author of the article seems to be interested in the US electoral system, please note that normally only 50-60% of the possible electorate votes there, and once the votes are divided between the Republicans and Democrats, the president of the US (which IS NOT elected directly elected but rather by electoral colleges – remember Bush vs. Gore, etc,) gets about say 20% of the votes: a very far cry from the minimum 50% required for any Cuban elected citizen. And so Cubans, through the 2007-08 elections of the municipal assembly delegates and the National Assembly deputies do indeed have a say as to who should be the president.

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Cuban Women in Music Space

Taking the title from a Jose White song —“La Bella Cubana”— a program has been organized to discuss the work of women connected to the universe of music. When creating this space, professor and musicologist Alicia Valdes intended to give light and voice to such females. (13 photos)

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Unauthorized March Blocked in Cuba

For the second straight Sunday, the Ladies in White, a small group of wives and mothers of political prisoners in Cuba were prevented from carrying out what had been their weekly march in Havana to demand their loved ones release.

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