The commitment to Haitian health care made by graduates of Havana’s Latin American Medical School (ELAM) after the January 12th earthquake entered a second phase today as more than 250 doctors fanned out to take up their new posts at health centers and hospitals around the country.
Read MoreWhat forces hip hop underground are not the issues dealt with in the songs or whether it fuses with other types of music, but the fact that it’s not marketed. Rappers can’t live off their art. All hip hop in Cuba is underground because no record company will record a hip hop CD.
Read MoreCuba sent to Haiti a brigade of 50 visual arts, theatre and music representatives with the aim of mitigating the suffering of the victims of the quake that devastated that Caribbean nation last Jan. 12.
Read MoreThe game was actually a close pitching duel with a 1-0 score until the bottom of the fifth when Santiago sent losing pitcher Freddy Asiel Alvarez to the showers after allowing five more runs including a grand slam by right-fielder Alexei Bell, his eighth of the season. Bell had six RBIs on the evening.
Read MoreThe victims of the La Coubre steamship bombing 50 years ago were remembered Thursday in Havana. The tragedy occurred in the Port of Havana with almost a hundred killed and another two hundred injured.
Read MoreIndustriales came from behind to defeat Sancti Spiritus 8-3 on Friday to win their best-of-seven quarterfinal series four games to one. The victory by the favorite of the Cuban capital was played before a packed stadium of over 53,000 fans.
Read MoreSpanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos will mediate to avoid the death of Cuban opposition member Guillermo Fariñas, who began a hunger strike to demand the release of political prisoners, announced diplomatic sources in Madrid.
Read MoreThe current winter season in Cuba could last until April, forecasted Evelio Alberto García Valdés, specialist with the Weather Forecast Centre of the Institute of Meteorology. According to the expert, in February the number of cold fronts doubled the average, which is of 3.38 fronts.
Read MoreBoth the Cuban and US governments have seen it in their interests to continue their adverse relationship. For decades Cuban leaders have ranted against the US blockade and used it as a catchall excuse for internal problems of all sorts. Sometimes the justification is accurate, other times it’s a cover for a poorly designed economy and harsh internal controls. Meanwhile, back in the USA, countless US politicians have received and continue to receive campaign donations from the powerful Miami exile community.
Read MoreI returned to my house this past Monday after a meeting to nominate candidates to become delegates (municipal authorities) and reread an interview with sociologist Aurelio Alonso. He pointed out that the great challenge Cuba faces is institutionalizing the Revolution, making those institutions work, seeing that each person plays their role and moving the country forward as a united whole.
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