The nomination period for candidates for Cuba’s municipal assemblies (city councils) begins on February 24 and lasts for a month. Elections are set to take place on April 25th. The Cuban government hails its elections as being highly democratic while detractors believe that voters have no real choices. The voting age in Cuba is 16.
Read MoreConsistency took Arnold Alcolea to the lead of the Vuelta a Cuba cycling competition on Tuesday after the eighth stage of the 13-stage event crisscrossing the island.
Read MoreMy meals almost always consist of white rice (I hardly ever have brown rice), beans, root vegetables, a vegetable stew or a salad with fresh raw vegetables (sometimes both). My diet also includes fruits, milk products, pies and sweets.
Read MoreDefending Vuelta a Cuba champion Arnold Alcolea has quietly moved into second place in this year’s 13-stage event behind Canada’s Ryan Roth who won stage seven on Monday.
Read MoreThe Cuban authorities have imposed more than 20,000 fines on those who have not complied with the hygienic-health regulations in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba, as part of the drive to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits diseases such as dengue.
Read MoreThe application of the Cuban “Yo sí puedo” (Yes I can) literacy method made it possible to declare four Argentine municipalities free of illiteracy, announced Claudia Camba, president of the foundation “A better world is possible.” The illiteracy rate in those areas of the far province of Jujuy decreased from 8.89 to 1.32 per cent.
Read MoreThe Cuban health authorities urged the families of minors to go to healthcare centers as soon as symptoms of diarrheic diseases appear, in face of the increased occurrence of these cases reported in the island.
Read MoreThe Cuban National Assembly of People’s Power (parliament) is the legislative body with the highest representation of women in Latin America, with 43.2 per cent of its members, according to a study by the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The island ranks fourth in the world, after Rwanda, Sweden and South Africa.
Read MoreSpain is willing to receive five of the prisoners who still remain locked up at the Guantanamo Naval Base prison camp, located on Cuban territory, affirmed Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos during a press conference in Madrid. Some 200 persons continue under arrest and without legal rights on the US base located on occupied Cuban territory.
Read MoreThe president of the government of the Canary Islands, Paulino Rivero Baute, began today an official visit to Cuba, during which he will meet with state representatives and will attend the closing of a week for the training of judges, part of an agreement of that Spanish region with the Caribbean country’s Supreme Court. This morning Rivero met with the island’s parliament speaker, Ricardo Alarcón.
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