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22 August, 2017 Timochenko Will Return for FARC-EP Congress

The leader of demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-the People’s Army, FARC-EP, Timoleon Jimenez, aka Timochenko, returned to Bogota to lead the organizing tasks of the Constituent Congress of the new political party the insurgent movement will become.

22 August, 2017 A Tuning Going to 95

The ancient Chinese wisdom of, which invites us to reflect through objects and comparisons, has left us the proverb praying that “one image is worth a thousand words”. And that is true when the word is wasted in banalities and squandered in clumsiness, for who speaks much err enough … But the ancient Chinese knew neither the radio nor cinema nor television, where the lack of talent of filmmakers makes us waste time in images and texts loaded with futility and nonsense.

22 August, 2017 Lula: I Would Like To Be a Carrier of Dreams and Hopes

The former president of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said goodbye this Tuesday to the people of Sergipe expressing his eternal gratitude for the affection received and assuring he would like to be a bearer of dreams and hopes.

22 August, 2017 Cuba Reaffirms Solidarity with the Venezuelan People

In the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples, this Monday it was held an act of solidarity reaffirmation with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which faces the imperial threats and criminal actions of the right-wing opposition and oligarchy.

22 August, 2017 Cuba Hosts Eyeife Electronic Music Festival

Havana, Cuba.-Organizers of the first edition of the international electronic music festival, Eyeife, scheduled here for September 26-30, hope to turn the Cuban capital into one of the main venues of that music genre in the world. The Eyeife poster invites the participants to mix electronic music with rhythms associated with the African musical origins […]

22 August, 2017 Caribbean Health Authorities Monitor Conjunctivitis Outbreak

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.-The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) restated the warning on conjunctivitis, also known as Pink Red Eye, outbreaks that today affect several countries of the region. Dr Virginia Asin-Oostburg, Director, Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control assured that they are monitoring the epidemic situation. Besides, she urged people to take necessary precautions to […]

22 August, 2017 Twelve Years of Cuba’s Medical Cooperation with Venezuela

Caracas, Venezuela.-Venezuela”s President Nicolas Maduro today saluted the 12th anniversary of the signing by Cuba and Venezuela of the Sandino Commitment, which started a massive eye health care plan. Signed by Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez on August 21, 2005, the agreement was part of the so-called ‘Vision Now’ mission (Misión Milagro), thanks to which […]

22 August, 2017 Cuba Supports Struggle of Venezuela against Hegemonic Forces

Havana, Cuba.-Cuban organizations have ratified their support for Venezuela, whose government is facing the fury of hegemonic forces to overthrow democracy. The ceremony at the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples in Havana was attended by representatives of the International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity to the People and the Cuban Movement for Peace […]

21 August, 2017 Timorese Ambassador Honors Cuban Veterans

Loro Horta, Timorese Ambassador in Cuba, honored this Monday the martyrs buried in the Pantheon of Veterans in Cristobal Colon Necropolis Columbus, on the 42nd anniversary of the Armed Forces of National Liberation of his country.

21 August, 2017 They Consider Absurd Lessons of Democracy by Temer

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva considered ridiculous that a coup government, illegitimate and enemy of his own people like that of Michel Temer want to give lessons of democracy to Venezuela.

21 August, 2017 Self-Employment Means Responsibility

Last August 1st the extraordinary edition of the Official Gazette published a resolution by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, MTSS, aimed at the improvement of self-employment in Cuba.

21 August, 2017 In October, Symposium on the Cuban Revolution

Convened by the Institute of History of Cuba, from October 24 to 26 will take place in the Convention Palace of Havana the Second International Symposium on the Cuban Revolution, titled Genesis and Historical Development.

21 August, 2017 Some 11,000 Patients Treated in Two Days of Health Fair in Bolivia

Chapare, Bolivia.-About 11,000 free medical consults have been provided by Cuban collaborators and their Bolivian colleagues in the first two days of the Cochabamba Tropic Health Fair, which ends today. The most demanded specialties so far are Comprehensive General Medicine, Ophthalmology, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Gynecology, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Allergology, Otorhinolaryngology and Dermatology. Thousands of low-income […]

21 August, 2017 Exhibition in El Salvador Reviews Fidel Castro’s Life

San Salvador, Salvador.-Fidel Castro never visited El Salvador, but his legacy is deeply rooted in this Central American nation, where a photographic exhibition reviews scenes in the life of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution. ‘Fidel, Always in the Memory’ is the title of this month’s exhibition at the Nuestra America Cultural Center, which […]

21 August, 2017 Cuban Collaborators in Bolivia, Examples of Solidarity

Chapare, Bolivia.-With the satisfaction of the mission accomplished, the collaborators of the Cuban Medical Brigade are returning today to their daily activities after providing more than 21,000 free medical consults during the Cochabamba Tropic Health Fair. More than 100 volunteers and their Bolivian colleagues consulted low-income people living in rural areas, among them children with […]