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A baseball match for the visually impaired will be held between teams from Cuba and Italy during the second half of November, which will be the first international event of this type involving Cuban athletes. Cuban blind people first practiced this sport in 2000 with Italian teachers Alfredo Mellit and Patricia Bombardieris, twelve years before the Italian Baseball League for »

Remains of a Nesophontes, a mammal that became extinct hundreds of years ago in Cuba, were found during recent explorations in Pico San Juan, the highest point of the Guamuhaya mountain range, central Cuba. Alejandro Romero Emperador, president of the Speleological Society of Cuba and founder of the Samá speleology group, said that the research results allowed to confirm that »

Once again the international community will support Cuba when it submits on Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly the resolution “Need to put an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States of America.”   Sancti Spiritus Women Denounce US Blockade against Cuba»

Members of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) in Sancti Spiritus mobilized this Sunday all over the province to denounce the damages caused by the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the U.S.A., and the real background of this government’s recent policy towards the island. Belkis Diaz Jimenez, general secretary of the organization in this territory, told Escambray that »

Despite economic restrictions faced by a great deal of Cubans, over 41 870 national tourists were reported to have visited local hotels this year. So, at present moment, domestic market is considered third, behind Germany and France, taking into consideration the number of visitors. According to Gean Trocones Duran, from the Delegation of the Ministry of Tourism in Sancti Spiritus, »

Cuban President Raul Castro presided over a working meeting to learn about the details of the recuperation works underway in the Cuban easternmost city of Baracoa, severely affected by Hurricane Matthew. Raul arrived in eastern Cuba before the powerful Matthew hit the island as a category four hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 220 kilometers per hour, and stronger gusts »

Telecommunication Company (ETECSA) workers from Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, arrived in Eastern Guantanamo to contribute to the recovery of the considerable damages caused to such services by Hurricane Matthew. According to Misladys González, head of the Marketing and Communication group of that Company, these workers left Wednesday along with several others from different territories of the island. Cuban Electric Workers »

Hurricane Matthew is moving away from Cuba after lashing the eastern region of the country, according to the latest weather forecast, although strong winds and rains will persist. The category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale was at six o’clock local time at 21.3 degrees north latitude and 74.6 degrees west longitude, about 120 kilometers west of the city of »

Due to the large area of clouds, rain and tropical storm winds, hurricane Matthew is likely to affect the northern coast of the Cuban central provinces. That’s why, the Civil Defense National Staff issued and informative note which established the cyclonic alert phase from three in the afternoon on Tuesday for the northern municipalities of the island, including Yaguajay, in »

More than 800 workers of the Electricity Union (UNE) coming from western and central Cuba are gathered in Sancti Spiritus since this Monday afternoon on their way to the eastern territories, where they will support the recovery of damages caused by hurricane Matthew. The contingent, made up of linemen, operators, and support personnel, most of them with enough experienced from »