Cuba reduced by over 78 percent the relative risk of amputation due to diabetic foot ulcers, thanks to a comprehensive program of care for these patients that includes the use of the drug Heberprot-P.»
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met on Sunday with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, who is heading the island’s delegation to the 69th Session of the General Assembly, to open September 24th.»
Cuban antiterrorist fighter Cuban Fernando Gonzalez received in Madrid on Friday, a commemorative medal to honor Dolores Ibárruri, the Passion Flower.»
Russia’s Trade Union of Nuclear Industry Workers condemns all unilateral sanctions, particularly the US unjust economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba, a leader of that organization said.»
Cuba President Raul Castro met with the Vice-President and Foreign Minister of Panama, Isabel de Saint Malo, who’s currently paying a working visit to the island.»
Fernando Gonzalez, one of the Cuban Five, thanked the support they received from Spain to their cause, after arriving in Madrid to attend a party organized each year by the Communist Party, diplomatic sources reported.»
Solidarity demonstrations in support of the Five Cuban anti-terrorist Heroes, three of whom are still held in US prisons, took place last weekend in Washington and several cities of Spain. On September 13th, the headquarters of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), in Washington D.C., was the venue of a night of solidarity with the Cuban 5. Fernando Grateful for »
The sixty-ninth session of the UN General Assembly opens today with its priority the establishment of a post-2015 sustainable development agenda.»
The Deputy Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Ibrahim Thiaw, began an official two-day visit to Cuba.»
Hero of the Republic of Cuba, Rene Gonzalez and his wife Olga Salanueva concluded their tour of Europe today in Paris, having denounced the injustice surrounding the case of the Cubans who remain incarcerated in the United States for having fought terrorism. “It is impressive to witness how the solidarity movement for the Cuban Five (as they are known internationally) »
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