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The Molecular Immunology Center of Cuba (CIM) has just patented a new therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of lung cancer, said Ana Maria Vazquez, a specialist of that institution.»

Over 1 600 friends of Cuba came to visit Sancti Spiritus this year as members of solidarity brigades from 24 countries. The Nordic Brigade (Europe), the Cruz del Sur Brigade (Australia and New Zeland), and groups from Norway and Uruguay are just a few examples.»

Sancti Spiritus Botanic Garden has been included in a local development project intended to attract the attention of Cuban and foreign visitors.»

The prime ministers of Jamaica, Portia Simpson Miller, and Antigua and Barbuda, Winston Baldwin Spencer, sent messages of congratulations to Cuban President Raul Castro, on the occasion of the 54th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution.»

Sancti Spiritus’s Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center (CIGB, in Spanish) produced half a million pregnancy test strips this year.»

The prime ministers of Jamaica, Portia Simpson, and of Antigua and Barbuda, Winston Baldwin sent Cuban President Raul Castro messages of congratulations on the occasion of the 54th  anniversary of the Revolution.»

The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, “experienced a slight improvement in his condition, with a progressive trend,” said today the Minister for Communication and Information, Ernesto Villegas.»

The Cuban National Assembly of People’s Power (Parliament) agreed today to send a message of solidarity to the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, who is recovering from surgery.»

Cuban Minister of Informatics and Communications, Maimir Mesa, said today to the Parliament that studies and projects to enhance the social use of the Internet and reduce costs in the mobile phone service are in progress.»

The visit, over the past few hours, by Ecuador’s Rafael Correa to Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez in Havana made headlines in the Ecuadorian media. Chavez is in high spirit, Correa said.»