USA pitching dominated the quarterfinals game against rival Cuba on Monday, striking out a sensational 13 batters in the 4-1 win that kept them undefeated in the World Cup/Pan American Games qualifier.
Read MoreTropical Storm Paula formed in the southwestern Caribbean on Monday and Cuba’s weather experts say they will “keep a very close watch on the evolution and path” of the weather system.
Read MoreCuba doubled the number of intermediate-level technical careers linked to the agricultural sector to around 19,500, with a network of educational centers that covers almost all the country’s municipalities, Kenelma Carvajal, deputy minister of education, announced. The official also stressed the increase in the income of specialists related to construction. Both increases correspond to a government strategy to reduce the workforce deficit in those sectors.
Read MoreCuba (5-1) shut out Puerto Rico 4-0 on Sunday and plays its arch rival, USA (6-0), on Monday in the quarterfinals of the World Cup/Panamerican Games qualifying tournament being held in Puerto Rico.
Read MoreThree prisoners sentenced in different cases will be released soon, with which “the number of prisoners who have accepted the proposal to leave prison and travel to Spain amounts to 42,” the Archbishopric of Havana announced this Saturday. They are Ciro Pérez Santana, Arturo Suárez Ramos and Rolando Jiménez Posada, the latter being the only one recognized by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience, although he is not included in the group of 75 dissidents sentenced in 2003-
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The young Cuban squad, with an average age of 22.5 years, had defeated Brazil 3-2 in the first round of competition but the tables completely turned in the finals.
Read MoreCuba lost its undefeated status on Saturday in a surprise loss to the Dominican Republic 9-6 at the World Cup/Pan American Games baseball qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico.
Read MoreCuba’s men’s volleyball team has returned to the top of the pack in the World Championships taking place in Rome. After getting by Serbia three sets to two on Saturday (22-25, 25-17, 31-29, 22-25, 16-14) the Cubans now face Brazil on Sunday for the title.
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.
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