When only one year ago Sancti Spiritus province closed 2011 with one of the highest infant mortality rates in Cuba, 5.9 deaths per thousand live births, not even local authorities in charge of reversing this situation could have calculated that twelve months later the territory would halve that figure and become a reference for the entire nation.»

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has been facing complications stemming from a severe lung infection, said Communications and Information minister Ernesto Villegas.»

A book of Fidel Castro addressing the independence struggle waged by the peoples of The Americas will be launched January 5 at a book presentation usually held on Saturday at the Old Section of Havana.»

The 612 deputies to Cuban Parliament, and the 1 269 delegates to the provincial assemblies of the People’s Power will be elected next February 3rd.»

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez’s health continues stable, amid a delicate condition, and he keeps fighting for his recovery, informed Wednesday Science and Technology Minister Jorge Arreaza on his Twitter account.»

Cuba will take part with five cyclists in the third phase of the World Track Cycling Cup, from January 17 to 19 in Aguascalientes, Mexico, confirmed the Cuban Cycling Federation in the Caribbean island Thursday.»

Cuba ended 2012 with an infant mortality rate of 4.6 percent per 1,000 live births, the lowest rate of America, according to the local press.»

“We need rationality in the sugar harvest,” said Machado Ventura during the exchange held in Tuinucu with the leaders of the sector and government in the Cuban central province of Sancti Spiritus.»

Cuba’s new tax regime became effective on January 1, 2013, following the enactment of the nation’s first comprehensive tax code since the triumph of the revolution in 1959.»

The Molecular Immunology Center of Cuba (CIM) has just patented a new therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of lung cancer, said Ana Maria Vazquez, a specialist of that institution.»