Fifteen people have been detained for their alleged involvement in the massive theft of fans and refrigeration units from the Empresa Productora de Utensilios Domesticos (INPUD), a manufacturer of electrical household appliances located in Cuba’s central province of Santa Clara.
Read MoreA fire destroyed a Statistics Center (Centro de Cálculo) of the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) early Saturday, located at the intersection of Boyeros Avenue and La Rosa St., a few blocks from the Plaza of the Revolution in the Cuban capital.
Read MoreThe Cuban doctors who work in Brazil as part of the agreement signed by the Brazilian government with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and try to stay in the country when the contract expires will not be granted political asylum, warned attorney general Luís Inácio Adams.
Read MoreA first contingent of 206 Cuban doctors arrived today in Brazil, of a total of 4,000 to participate in a Brazilian government program “More Doctors” designed to compensate for the lack of physicians in the poorest regions of the country, reported dpa news.
Read MoreDespite being the top news item internationally all week regarding Cuba, the widely reported renewed presence of cholera on the island remains off-bounds for local journalists to report. It has long been government policy to keep the population in the dark as to unfavorable news items as long as possible.
Read MoreThe Ciego de Avila Tigers (6-1) of the Cuban baseball league won the championship game of the World Baseball Challenge on Thursday in smashing style with a 14-4 knockout over Japan’s JX-Eneos (4-4). Yander Guevara went the route for Cuba allowing four runs while striking out eight.
Read MoreBrazil’s main medical associations harshly criticized the Brazilian government on Thursday for its decision to “import” 4,000 Cuban medical doctors to try and compensate for the deficit reported in over 700 municipalities around the country, DPA reported.
Read MoreThe US Interests Section (USIS) in Havana has issued an alert to US citizens for a possible outbreak of cholera in Cuba. The Cuban authorities “maintain a strict and active clinical-epidemiological monitoring of acute diarrheal diseases, studying every possible case,” the Pan American Health Organization recognized.
Read MoreSome 4,000 Cuban doctors will arrive in Brazil by the end of this year to serve the population of 701 cities facing a shortage of health services, the Brazilian government announced today. The agreement comes after it appeared in July that such an effort to “import” Cuban MDs had failed.
Read MoreHigh temperatures will maintain above 32 ° C (90 F) and the low around 24 ° C (75 F). There will be some afternoon rains through Sunday. Winds will be moderate easterly. The sea surface temperature will reach 29 ° C (84 F).
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