Cuba and Venezuela carried out the first transaction with the “Sucre”, a ledger book currency to be used for exchanges between members of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA). One Sucre is equivalent to 1.25 US Dollars.
Read MoreThe United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will assist Cuba to carry out research and observation projects and other actions aimed at preserving the protected marine and costal areas on the south side of the archipelago.
Read MoreCuba’s Beijing Olympic Champ Dayron Robles went virtually wire-to-wire to win the 60-meter hurdles in Dusseldorf, German on Wednesday in the PSD Bank Meet with a time of 7.50 seconds.
Read MoreThe Cuban La Colmenita Children’s Theatre Company will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its foundation starting next February 14 by climbing to Turquino Peak (the island’s highest), performances in the Ciénaga de Zapata lowlands and the premier of Elpidio Valdés and Los Van Van, announced its director, Carlos Alberto Cremata. La Colmenita is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Read MoreA Cuban government technical commission headed by Minister of Informatics and Communication Ramiro Valdes will provide advice to Venezuela to face the energy crisis the South American nation is going through. Cuba experienced similar situations that weighed down its economy in the early 1990s and later in 2004.
Read MoreSeven US doctors leave for Haiti on Wednesday to work alongside the Cuban medical brigade in the earthquake recovery effort, reported the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) in a press release.
Read MoreSome comrades speak of members of cooperatives and self-employed individuals as if they were capitalists. One should remember that capitalism is based on wage-labor and on someone exploiting another person’s labor power, from which comes surplus value. This is the dynamic law of capitalism.
Read MoreThe decision comes in response to the closing of the bilateral agreement signed in 2006, which has not been renewed by President Ricardo Martinelli. Up to now that free ophthalmologic care program had benefited close to 50,000 persons who had their vision restored or improved.
Read MoreThe Cuban medical contingent deployed in Haiti started up six rehabilitation wards for the victims of the January 12 earthquake, a type of healthcare service that did not exist in that Caribbean country, reported the local press. Up to now the island’s personnel, accompanied by students from Cuba’s Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM), have treated more than 50,000 persons.
Read MoreCuba’s chess senstion Leinier Dominguez finished eighth in the tough Wijk aan Zee 2010 tournament in Holland that ended Sunday. The winner was 19-year-old Norweigian Margnus Carlsen, considered before hand as the player to beat. Leinier drew in his final match against second place finisher Alexei Sirvov, ending with 6.5 points.
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