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Cuba Parliament Holds Closing Session

With the presence of the five Cuban heroes who were unjustly held in US prisons, the closing session of the IV Ordinary Period of the 8th Legislature of the National Assembly of the People’s Power, took place this Saturday, presided over by Army General Raul Castro, president of the Councils of State and Ministers. Cuba Parliament President Esteban Lazo welcomed »

Raul Castro Confirms Liberation of Cuban Anti-Terrorist Fighters

Army General Raul Castro, president of the Councils of State and Ministers, addressed the Cuban people and the international public opinion this Wednesday, December 17th, to refer to recent developments in the relations between Cuban and the United States. In his speech, which was broadcast live by Cuban radio and television,  Raul Castro also confirmed the return to the island »

Raul Castro to Address Media about USA Issues

Army General Raul Castro, president of the Councils of State and Ministers, will address the Cuban people and the international public opinion this Wednesday, December 17th, at noon, to make an important announcement concerning the relations with the United States. At 12:00 hours, Cuban radio and television will simultaneously broadcast the president’s speech, which will be also transmitted by Cubavisión »

13th ALBA-TCP Summit Adopts Final Declaration

The 13th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the peoples of Our America-Trade Treaty of the Peoples (ALBA-TCP) was concluded this Sunday in Havana, with the approval of a Final Declaration which was read by Nicolás Maduro, president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The document, which was endorsed by the heads of state and government and by guests invited »

Cuba-Caricom Summit Calls to Strengthen Regional Integration

The 5th Caricom-Cuba Summit held in Havana on Monday concluded with a call on member nations to strengthen regional unity and integration with full support of the sovereignty of each nation. In the Final Declaration of the forum, the 15 member states reaffirmed their determination to strengthen South-South cooperation to boost development. CARICOM Members Adopt Declaration of Havana Cuba Reaffirms »

Chatting with Ronald Hernandez (+photos)

I cannot determine the moment in which Ronald and I became friends on Facebook. And I must confess that I was never inclined to tour his profile until I discovered that he could be a source of information about the work of the Cuban health brigade in Liberia. When I first began to follow the reports about Doctor Félix Báez, »

Félix Báez: Still Weak, but Improving

Cuban Doctor Félix Báez Sarría, who got infected with Ebola virus while fighting the disease in Sierra Leone, is still weak, but is gradually recovering, according to the latest report from the University Hospital of Geneva (HUG), where he was admitted. The statement, issued this Friday by the health institution, referred to the positive results of the tests made to »

Cuban Physician Felix Baez’s Progress Reported Satisfactory

Physician Félix Báez Sarría, the first and only Cuban co-operator so far stricken by Ebola virus in Western Africa, is satisfactorily progressing with the treatment being received at the University Hospital of Geneva (HUG), according to a statement from this Swiss health institution. The medical report, which was made public this Tuesday in a press conference, explains that the presence »

Cuban Ebola-Stricken Physician Felix Baez Well Assisted in Geneva

Cuban health collaborator, Felix Baez, infected with Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, is receiving first-level assistance at the University Hospital of Geneva (HUG), in Switzerland, Granma newspaper reported. In a brief phone contact with the daily, the director of the “Pedro Kouri” Tropical Medicine Institute, Doctor Jorge Perez, stated from Geneva that the Cuban physician “is being well assisted.” Ebola »

Trinidad Nurse in The Time of Ebola (+photos)

“Are you nuts? Those who go there don’t come back”. This was how he was openly addressed in the street as soon as people knew he would leave for Sierra Leone, to fight Ebola. But, when you hold firm convictions, nothing matters. He completed his military service in Angola, in the 90s, where he had to assist the wounded during »