The World Health Organization (WHO) stressed the advancement of Cuba’s biotechnology to fight cancer, which is the second major cause of death on the island after cardiovascular diseases.»
Radio Havana Cuba
Over 8 Million Cubans to Vote on Sunday
Over eight million Cuban citizens will go to the polls tomorrow, Sunday, to elect 612 Parliament deputies, said the president of the National Electoral Commission Alina Balseiro.»
Fidel Castro Holds Meeting with Lula da Silva
Former Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva meets with Fidel Castro.»
Cuba Tests Electoral System Prior General Elections
Cuban electoral authorities are testing the voting system on Sunday throughout the country in order to get everything ready for next February 3 general elections.»
US Blockade of Cuba Rejected at CELAC-EU Summit
The First Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, and the European Union expressed its rejection of the over 50-year US economic, financial and commercial blockade of Cuba.»
Chile Hosts Meetings Prior to CELAC-EU Summit
Meetings prior to the first Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) got underway Thursday in Santiago de Chile, with the Fourth Meeting of National Coordinators of the regional group.»
Venezuela Rejects False Photo of Hugo Chavez Published in Spain
Venezuelan Communications and Information Minister Ernesto Villegas called “false” and “grotesque” a photograph published by Spain’s newspaper El País, which shows a man with tubes lying in a hospital bed. »
Hugo Chavez Presidential Inauguration Postponed
The Venezuelan National Assembly has approved a request by President Hugo Chavez to postpone his inauguration for a new term in office, which was scheduled for Thursday.»
Cuban Tax Regime to Foster Private Sector, Agriculture
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.»
New Cuban Vaccine for Lung Cancer Treatment
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.»