Cuba

Havana, January 11, 2011 (IPS) - Cuban health authorities will market a therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer developed by the island’s Center for Molecular Immunology, said Gisela…
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 “They have been looking down on us as fifth class citizens”. A reporter´s notebook By Manuel Alberto Ramy ramymanuel@yahoo.com During his closing speech at the sessions of the Poder…
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By Elsa Claro Collective blunders, such as not producing enough nickel or sugar when both products could be sold for a lot on the world market, or individual mistakes, like the ones…
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By Jesús Arboleya Cervera About to be inaugurated as chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Relations, the Cuban-American representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has made clear what…
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By Manuel Alberto Ramy ramymanuel@yahoo.com From his Correspondent's Notebook A couple of days ago, Francisco Aruca, director of Radio Progreso Alternativa, wrote to me inquiring…
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Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra make the scene in Havana for a spicy Afro-Cuban musical treat.  
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Dept. of Transportation examines variants for citizen transport By Aurelio Pedroso One in every five residents in the Cuban capital gets to board a bus in the hours of greatest demand.…
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A reporter’s notebook By Manuel Alberto Ramy Ninjas aspire to become a cooperative, but they will look for legal assessment. They are moderately hopeful with ongoing changes They are…
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Learning to be a doctor in Cuba – for free. More than 10,000 students from all over the world are studying in Cuba – including about 100 from the U.S.
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Respect private workers By the Staff of Progreso Semanal Many are the clues provided by Raúl Castro Ruz in his closing speech to the Cuban Parliament, which we promise to examine in…
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