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Sancti Spiritus: 607 Delegates Elected in First Round

According to a report released after the official closure of the first electoral round, 89.45% of Sancti Spiritus electors exercised their right to vote this Sunday, when 607 delegates to the Municipal Assemblies of the People’s Power were elected. Orelbe Jacomino Ramos, president of the Provincial Electoral Commission, said it was an intense day in which electors gave a lesson »

The Teacher I Had Was Sent by Fidel

Her joy promised an uneventful night. “Do you know who’s speaking?”, she said enthusiastically when she called me at approximately 7:00 pm. It was Neisa Fernández Rojas, the only person who owns a Diploma of Honor in her name signed by Manuel Ascunce Domenech giving account of the greater task he managed to bring to an end.   Neisa, Ascunce »

I Choose the Palm Tree Wood (+photos)

Among the plain truths said by combatant Gustavo Castellon Melian fighter, best known in Cuba as El Caballo de Mayaguara (The Mayaguara’s Horse), there is one that seems to be impossible to deny: there’s no other place in the island with so many royal palm trees as the area located between Yaguajay and Caibarien. The assertion remains fully valid even »

Cuba Welcomes Puerto Rican Independence Activist Oscar López Rivera

Happy to visit Cuba for the first time, whose leaders and people he thanked for their support for his release, the Puerto Rican independence leader Oscar López Rivera arrived in Havana on Sunday morning. He was welcomed by Fernando González Llort, Hero of the Republic of Cuba and president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), with »

Raul Castro Attends October Revolution Centennial Commemoration

Cuban President and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, Raul Castro, attended Tuesday in Havana the political-cultural gala for the Centennial of the October Socialist Revolution. Also attending the gala held at Havana’s Karl Marx Theater were, Vice President and Second Secretary of the Communist Party Jose Machado Ventura and First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel »

School Affiliated to UNESCO in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba

Like the rest of the teenagers of their generation, the students of the Urban Secondary School Mártires de la Familia Romero in Fomento, central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus, like to play soccer, dance reggaeton and talk about fashion. But something distinguishes them: they are better prepared and can see the world in a different way.   UNESCO Associated Schools »

Cuba to Present Resolution against US Blockade at UN

For the 26th time, the international community, in the United Nations General Assembly, will consider Cuba’s Resolution 71/5: The necessity of ending the economic, commercial, financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba. Despite the cruel and genocidal policy implemented by 11 U.S. administration, the Cuban people have not only resisted, but remained committed to development, and with its »

USA to Vote against Resolution Condemning US Blockade on Cuba

The United States will return to its traditional position supporting the blockade against Cuba and will challenge the international community by voting in the United Nations against the resolution that condemns this policy, said today the State Department. Spokesperson for the State Department Heather Nauert said today that U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley will vote tomorrow against the »

Tropical Depression Brings Rains Back in Cuba

Taking into consideration the weather forecast issued about the new tropical system that may affect western and central Cuba with heavy rainfall, measures have been adopted in Sancti Spiritus since yesterday aimed at protecting the people living in the south of the province, given the threat of sea penetrations and floods. Experts from the local Meteorological Center informed the Provincial »