Cuba’s health authorities will administer 900,000 doses of the vaccine against the winter flu virus starting next November 9. The medicine, which does not protect against the A H1N1 influenza, will be administered to persons over 75 and others suffering from diabetes, kidney failure and asthma.
Read MoreThe Cuban League Baseball Season got underway on Sunday with the inaugural game between last season’s champs, Havana Province and runner-up Villa Clara. Miguel Alfredo Gonzales pitched seven innings of four-hit shutout ball to get the win 1-0 with relief help from closers Jose Angel Garcia and Miguel Lahera.
Read MoreHere is the schedule for the 2009-2010 Cuban Baseball League Season courtesy of Peter C. Bjarkman and his site baseballdecuba.com. The first full week of play begins on Tuesday, Nov. 3 after Sunday’s innaguration where defending champion Havana Province defeated runner-up Villa Clara 1-0.
Read MoreThe tiny Pacific Island nation of Palau, population 20,000, has been in the news twice in the last week both times involving Cuba, another much larger island in the Caribbean, 90 miles from Florida.
Read MoreFor the sixth year in a row Cuba achieved the figure of two million tourists, announced the Ministry of Tourism. With two months to go in the year, tourist arrivals are up 3.9 percent over last year, reported IPS citing the Ministry. The growth has occurred despite the economic crisis and the international health situation.
Read MoreThe European Union (EU) commissioner for cooperation, Karel De Gucht, begins a visit to Cuba on Saturday during which he will evaluate the collaboration program with the island. He also expects to meet with President Raúl Castro
Read MorePressure over the last few days by the international community seems to have forced the de facto government in Honduras to sign the final point of the agreement to request that country’s congress to reinstate ousted president Manual Zelaya. Contributing to this development was the presence in Honduras of the US undersecretary of State for the Western Hemisphere, Thomas Shannon, as well as a new delegation from the Organization of American States (OAS).
Read More“Wisdom removes hate,” said US Congressman Bobby Rush, noting that US citizens have been denied the truth about today’s Cuba. The representative spoke on Capitol Hill where he, along with the Center for Democracy in the Americas, hosted a panel to discuss the appropriateness of Cuba being included on the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.
Read MoreThe deal, which is still subject to the approval of the Honduran Congress and a non-binding opinion from the country’s Supreme Court, finally resolved the one issue on which talks had stalled the past several weeks – the restoration of ousted president Manuel Zelaya to the presidency for the remaining two plus months of his term.
Read MoreAmnesty International responded to the resounding United Nations vote this week calling for an end to the US blockade on Cuba, requesting that the Obama administration stop putting Cuban lives at risk with the time-worn policy.
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