The European Union (EU) should consider a change of policy toward Cuba if the United States changes its relations with the island, affirmed Catherine Ashton, the bloc of 27’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, during a press conference in Madrid. Relations with the Caribbean country will be one of the Spanish presidency’s priorities in that bloc during the first half of 2010.
Read MoreEl Salvador Vice President Salvador Sánchez Cerén will arrive today in Cuba on a working visit, reported IPS. Both nations re-established relations this year after the triumph of the left-wing Mauricio Funes in last March’s elections. Now the only country in the hemisphere without diplomatic relations with Cuba is the United States.
Read MoreWith more than a decade of experience working in the community, Zulema Hidalgo thinks that citizens in Cuba are vitally concerned about violence. Physical aggression is the type most noticed and suffered by people. However, Cuba has a major problem with psychological violence. Zulema believes that actions to counteract it must include the promotion of lifestyle changes.
Read MoreEditors who worked with renowned film directors such as Orson Welles, Ingmar Bergman and Rainer Werner Fassbinder are giving a series of lectures on that speciality in the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, reported sources from this teaching centre, which this year has an enrolment of 117 students from 28 countries.
Read MoreThe solution to the global economic crisis is not “to continue applying the failed neoliberal recipes, but rather to apply focuses that have human beings as their raison d’etre and centre of development, according to the Millennium Development Goals,” affirmed Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment when speaking during the seventh Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) being held in Geneva.
Read MoreCuban biotechnology and pharmaceutical products are already among the country’s major exports and the industry is on course to continue developing while maintaining a firm focus on making a real difference to the health of all Cubans and of people in the numerous countries where Cuba provides medical assistance.
The existence of market forces is a reality that has to be reckoned with because of production costs, but health decisions cannot be governed by business considerations alone, said Agustín Lage, head of the Centre for Molecular Immunology (CIM), whose anti-cancer product Nimotuzumab is currently undergoing clinical trials in the United States.
“We recognize that there are results in Honduras for this election…We recognize those results,” U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela told reporters Monday. “The U.S. takes note of the elections…we see that [National Party candidate Profirio Lobo Sosa] is the winner. We commend him on that. He will be the next president,” said Valenzuela.
Read MoreThe two-day 19th Ibero-American Summit got underway Monday in Estéril, Portugal with delegations from the 22 member countries. Cuba is represented by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez.
Read MoreDuring the festival, competitions in composition and interpretation took place in the cultural hall of the Amadeo Roldan Theater, as did trumpet workshops. The audience reveled in jazz, harmony and interpretation, as well as the performance of the two invited Norwegian groups, Pist and Listen.
Read MoreCuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez urged today the presidents meeting in the 19th Iberian-American Summit in Portugal that they not recognize the results of the elections held yesterday in Honduras because that gesture “would betray the proclaimed principles of peace, democracy and justice.”
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