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If Cuba’s athletes are going to be present at this year’s Central American and Caribbean games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, depends little on that country’s authorities, but instead on the United States which controls Puerto Rico’s immigration and security.

Bolivian President Evo Morales met in La Paz on Thursday with Cuban VP Ramiro Valdez who is in the South American country for the inauguration of Morales for a another term in office. Cuba and Bolivia coincide in the need for action to revert the disastrous effects of climate change which they believe is worsened by the irresponsible consumption levels of the wealthy nations.

Cuba will install in the first half of this year a Chinese-made broadcasting system in real time for seismic signs to modernize its alert system in the face of the possible occurrence of an earthquake, announced Vladimir Moreno, director of the National Centre for Seismic Research.

The use of emergency contraceptive can save the lives of millions of women that undergo abortions under risk conditions or have complications during pregnancy and giving birth, affirmed Jorge Peláez Mendoza, president of the Children and Youth Section of the Cuban Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The history of racism in Cuba, the efforts of the Revolution to combat discrimination and prejudice, and the battles still to be faced is the topic announced for the primetime Round Table program on national Cuban television on Wednesday at 6:30 pm. local time.

Cuban baseball has once again been in the world news this last week with the signing of lefthander Aroldis Chapman to a US $30 million 6-year contract with the Cincinnati Reds of MLB. Back home on the island the current 90-game season reached the two/thirds mark on Tuesday with Sancti Spiritus (Western Division) and Guantanamo (Eastern) continuing to lead the pack by comfortable leads.

The U.S. Finca Vigia Foundation Inc. and the Cuban National Council of Cultural Heritage (CNPC) signed an agreement to advance in the conservation of Ernest Hemingway’s heritage, which will mainly make it possible to save the books by the writer in the Finca Vigia, his former house on the outskirts of the island’s capital.