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Cuba Announces Team to World Baseball Classic

Sancti Spiritus players Yulieski Gourriel, Frederich Cepeda, Ismel Jimenez and Eriel Sanchez, and pitching coach Juan de Dios Peña  are part of the Cuban baseball team announced for the upcoming World Baseball Classic.»

Hugo Chavez Shows Favorable Clinical Evolution

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has shown a favorable general clinical evolution over the past few days, as the respiratory infection is under control, the minister for Communication and Information, Ernesto Villegas, said on Sunday.»

Cuban Infant Mortality Rate: Sancti Spiritus “Miracle”

When only one year ago Sancti Spiritus province closed 2011 with one of the highest infant mortality rates in Cuba, 5.9 deaths per thousand live births, not even local authorities in charge of reversing this situation could have calculated that twelve months later the territory would halve that figure and become a reference for the entire nation.»