Cuba qualified for the semifinals of the Intercontinental Cup on Friday with a 4-1 win over Japan. Yulieski Gonzalez struck out 12 rivals in seven innings and reliever Yadier Pedroso added four more in the final two for a whooping 16 total.
Read MoreTropical Storm Shary formed in the South Atlantic south of Bermuda on Thursday night, the 18th such weather system during the current season, reported Cuba’s Meteorological Institute (INSMET). The projected path of the storm takes it far north and then east of Cuba.
Read MoreCuba plays its first match in the Women’s World Volleyball Championships Friday against Croatia in Matsumoto, Japan. The highly popular “Morenas del Caribe” will be closely followed by fans back home.
Read MoreThe 22nd International Ballet Festival of Havana will begin today with the premier of the piece Impromptu Lecuona, the most recent choreography of Alicia Alonso, director of the National Ballet of Cuba. The event will last until next November 7.
Read MoreRepresentatives of public health in Cuba expressed their backing for the reorganization of the labor force, greater economic efficiency and improving services for the population when speaking at the 10th Congress of the Public Health Trade Union, being held in the island’s capital, reported IPS. The Cuban authorities have begun a program of cutting back on spending on health care to face the economic crisis.
Read MoreDeputy Marshal Ri Yong Ho, chief of the General Staff of the People’s Army of Korea, arrives Thursday in Cuba, where he will visit military installations and higher level teaching institutions of the island’s army, states a note by the Ministry of the Armed Forces.
Read MoreCuba managed a come-from-behind 6-3 win over Holland in its first Round Two game of the Intercontinental Cup taking place in Taiwan.
Read MoreDalier Hinojosa pitched a perfect game for Team Cuba over Hong Kong in Intercontinental Cup Baseball on Wednesday won by a score of 20-0 in a five-inning mercy rule shortened contest.
Read MoreCuba ranked 69th among 178 countries studied in the 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index, carried out by the Transparency International global network. The island, with a result of 3.7 on 10, ranked in 9th place in the Americas, where the list of less corrupt nations is headed by Canada, with 8.9.
Read MoreThe Cuban government rejected the possibility of improving relations with the European Union (EU) while the Common Position is maintained, a policy in force since 1996 that conditions bilateral relations on certain reforms on the island, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez affirmed. “We do not recognize the moral authority or any policy (of the EU) to criticize in terms of human rights,” the Cuban foreign minister said when speaking before the UN General Assembly.
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