On occasion of the apostolic visit of Pope Francis to Cuba from September 19th to 22nd, the Foreign Ministry of the island announced the activation of an official website to provide coverage to such an event.»
Fernando Gonzalez, vice president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and Hero of the Republic of Cuba, participated in the events to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the bombing to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.»
Cuba has been prevented from receiving 117 billion dollars in profit because of the US economic blockade imposed for more than half a century, according to ECLAC, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.»
The weather event that affected Tuesday afternoon the central Cuban territory of Jatibonico, in Sancti Spiritus, was indeed an F 1 category tornado, according to the classification scale for tornadoes.»
Cuba President Raul Castro expressed the deepest condolences to Vietnam for the death of 17 people until now, and material losses, after heavy rains in the northern province of Quanh Ninh.»
President Dilma Rousseff appreciated the contribution of thousands of Cuban doctors to improve health care in this South American nation.»
Sancti Spiritus Botanical Garden, located just a few kilometers away from the historic center of the city, owns a singular collection of species and unique specimens of the island’s flora.»
Highly effective pregnancy tests produced by the Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center (CIGB) of Sancti Spiritus, are available since this week in the network of pharmacies of this central Cuban province.»
The constant inflow of travelers from all over the world and their predilection for places of nature and history, are significant elements that make Cuba be trendy within the travel industry.»
After more than 15 years of research by Cuban and foreign specialists, it’s been confirmed that the material found in the region of Fomento, central Cuba, was the result of a giant meteorite that impacted against the Earth at the end the Cretaceous period, causing one of the greatest extinctions in our planet. Dr. Reinaldo Rojas Consuegra, geologist and curator »
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