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Weather in Havana, Dec. 13-19

Some scattered showers are expected starting at the beginning of the period, while temperatures are likely to dip slightly at the end. For the rest of the period we will have good weather with sunny days. Maximum temperatures will fluctuate around 25°C (77°F), while the minimum ones will be around 19°C (66°F).

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Chavez out of the Operating Room

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez fourth operation to fight cancer in the “pelvic region”, concluded Monday night with satisfactory results noted TeleSur TV. With many Venezuelans and Latin Americans praying for success, VP Nicolas Maduro made the announcement.

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US Researchers Say Cuban Model More Damaging than the Embargo

The study “The New Economy of Cuba and the International response” was distributed to the media Monday by the Brookings Institution, a self-described independent American think tank based in Washington, D.C. In the document, researchers allege that Cuban economic model is more harmful than the US blockade of the island.

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Suicide: A Major Cause of Death In Cuba

More than 12,000 Cubans took their own lives in the last eight years in Cuba, according to official statistics published by the National Bureau of Statistics and Information (ONEI). This confirmed suicide as the ninth leading cause of death in the country – though it is still less than in countries such as France, Japan and the United States.

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Cuba: Chavez in the Operating Room

At 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday the Venezuelan government announced that President Hugo Chavez was being operated on in Havana. This is the fourth operation since June 2011 in the recently reelected leader’s fight against cancer.

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