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Raul Castro Awards Naval Academy with Antonio Maceo Order

Cuba President Raúl Castro presided over in Havana the military ceremony and political act on occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Granma Naval Academy, upon which he bestowed the Antonio Maceo Award, as reported by national television. The Antonio Maceo Award is among the highest acknowledgments granted to military centers in the island. The Academy was also given a »

Cuban Health Workers Arrive in Sierra Leone to Fight Ebola

A Cuban brigade of 165 health specialists arrived Thursday in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to join the fight on Ebola, according to the webpage of the Cuban embassy in Ghana. The brigade was welcomed by Deputy Health Minister Madina Rahman, who said that the Cubans left their homes and families to come to her country in order to fight the terrible »

Cuban Youth Condemns Terrorism, Supports Cuban Five

Cuban youth will take to the streets again this Tuesday to demand justice for the victims of terrorism, and freedom for Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino and Antonio Guerrero, who are still kept in US prisons for fighting terrorist acts. “I’m Cuba”, will be the proclamation of the young marchers all over the island, who will this way reaffirm their commitment »

Cuba Looks Forward to Modernity in Orthopedic Components

The XXV International Congress of Orthopedics and Traumatology closed this Saturday, in Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus, with confirmation of the steps to modernize Cuba orthopedic components. The initiative is going to refinement, modernity in orthopedics and to turn Cuba into continental leader in the coming years, stated Dr. Rodrigo Alvarez Cambras, president of the Cuban Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology.»

Ortopedia 2014 Congress Kicks off in Trinidad, Cuba

Criteria around the challenges and achievements of the spinal surgery treatment were the focus of discussions among specialists who attended the first pre-congress course carried out this Tuesday morning at Ancon Hotel, in Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus. Dr. Horacio Tabares Neyra’s presentation on lumbar spondylosis was one of the attractions of the first theoretical session. This disease is an age-related continuous »

Trinidad: Venue of International Congress Orthopedics 2014

Cuban ancient city of Trinidad is currently hosting the International Congress Orthopedics 2014, which Dr. Rodrigo Alvarez Cambra, head of the Organizing Committee, expects to be a success taking into consideration the quantity of nations and companies to be present. “The attendance to this 25th congress, said the also president of the Cuban Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology, is already »

Solidarity Demonstrations with The Cuban Five in US, Spain

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 »

Sixteen Years of Injustice

Members of the National Union of Jurists of Cuba (UNJC) in Sancti Spiritus, delivered a lecture “Sixteen years of injustice” at the local Pedagogical University, which was attended by students and professors, and by one representative of the foreign students in the territory. Ibrahím Elizalde, president of the Sancti Spiritus Chapter In defense of humanity, of that institution, referred to »

Venezuelan President Highlights Meeting with Fidel Castro

President Nicolas Maduro stressed in Caracas his meeting with the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, during his recent visit to Cuba. During the meeting of the National Commission to Fight Smuggling, Maduro mentioned the exchange, during which food supplies were one of the topics discussed.»

Cuba Celebrates Fidel Castro’s 88th Birthday

Cuba celebrates today the 88th birthday of Fidel Castro, historic leader of a Revolution that since January 1, 1959, opened the doors of national emancipation and became a beacon for Latin America and the world. UNASUR Representives Recall Fidel Castro’s Birthday Young Artists Celebrate Fidel Castro’s Anniversary Fidel Castro: Leader Revolutionary, Survivor Fidel Castro Through the Lens of Roberto Chile »