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Before the World Trade Organization (WTO), Cuba denounced the damage the U.S. blockade has caused the island’s health sector, including blocking its ability to purchase medicines for its population.»

The President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Kenia Serrano, arrived in El Salvador for a three-day official visit.»

The Cuban textile industry specializing in the production of the traditional Cuban shirt, guayabera, will for the first time feature a collection of guayaberas for children, at Havana International Fair—FIHAV 2013,  scheduled to be held from November 3 to 9, 2013.»

The Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) wished prompt recovery to Argentinian President, Cristina Fernandez, who has improved after surgery.»

The website www.baseballdecuba.com, which last Tuesday released a false piece of news saying that Sancti Spiritus hurler Ismel Jiménez Santiago was in the Dominican Republic, offered an apology to the athlete and explained why the story was published.»

Over 2 300 cancer patients have been so far treated this year at Camilo Cienfuegos General Hospital’s chemotherapy room, in the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus.»

Over 4 500 children attending first grade of primary education in Sancti Spiritus, became members of the Jose Marti Pioneer Organization (OPJM).»

Far away from their home, in the Nguyen Van Troi park, the baseball players from Sancti Spiritus will start the 53rd Cuban Baseball National Season facing Guantanamo’s Indians on Nov. 3.»

Tributes to the Argentine-Cuban guerrilla Ernesto Che Guevara begin today in Santa Cruz, and will run until Wednesday, Oct. 9, on the occasion of the 46th anniversary of his death in La Higuera.»

Cuban sports, as every year since 1976, mourned the victims of the heinous crime that occurred on this date, when a Cubana airplane exploded in flight, causing the death of 73 passengers and crew.»