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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Pestano´s Homer Takes Villa Clara to theTitle in Cuban Baseball Championship

Santa Clara, Cuba, Jun 19.- The veteran catcher Ariel Pestano dressed himself in glory when hitting a timely grand slam in the 8-5 win over Matanzas, thus allowing Villa Clara to reach the Cuban baseball title after 18 years of waiting.

China’s Xi Jinping Meets Cuban First Vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel

Havana, CUBA, Jun 18.- Xi Jinping, head of state of the People’s Republic of China received visiting Cuban first vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel, who is also member of the Political Bureau of Cuba’s Communist Party’s Central Committee.


Cuban Swimmer Excels A Gain in Mare Nostrum Circuit Last Phase

Havana, Cuba, Jun 19.- Cuba's Hanser Garcia excelled again in the third and final phase of Mare Nostrum swimming circuit, which was held at the French city of Canet, by winning a silver and a bronze medal.

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U.S. Scholar Prevented from Attending Event in Cuba

Havana, Cuba, Jun 19.- Victor Margolin, professor at the University of Illinois, USA, couldn’t fulfill his wish to attend the Seventh International Design Conference FORMA 2013, after receiving no response from the Treasury Department to his request for permission to travel to Cuba.

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Cuba: New Urban Organic Garden of Camagüey Harvests its First Crops

Camaguey, Cuba, Jun 19.- A new urban organic garden located on the outskirts of this city, harvested its first produces from sowings that began in late March, and has already more than 10 tons of vegetables collected.

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Cuban Reservoirs at Half Capacity at May’s End

Havana, Cuba, Jun 19.- Cuba’s reservoirs stored 5 168 million cubic meters of water at the end of May, representing 56.6 percent of the total fill capacity and 52.1 percent of the usable one.

Havana Hosts International Forum on Industrial Design

Havana, Cuba, June 17.- The 7th International Forum on Industrial Design “Forma 2013” opens doors in Havana, in which nearly 400 Cuban and foreign experts will debate actions and initiatives to make design available to all.

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Thanks Cuba for Cooperation

Havana, Cuba, Jun 18.- Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Konstantin Grishchenko thanked Cuba for its medical cooperation on the occasion of the nuclear accident of Chernobyl, in 1986, y and highlighted historic bilateral bonds.

More: Cuba


Pentagon to Send Women to Dangerous Missions

Washington, Jun 18.- Pentagon plans to send women to high risk combat missions aim at counteract a rise in sexual crimes en the United States (U.S.) Army.

Human Rights Council Adopts Cuba-sponsored Resolutions

Havana, Cuba, June 18.- The UN Human Rights Council adopted four Cuba-sponsored resolutions during its 23rd session, held May 27 to June 14 in Geneva.

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Camagüey | Cubitas | Florida | Guaimaro | La voz del Bayatabo | Nuevitas | Santa Cruz | Vertientes

Two persons die in a car accident in Camagüey province.

With the Same Courage of Maceo and Che

By Raysa Mestril Gutiérrez/ Radio Cadena Agramonte

Antonio Maceo saw the first sunbeams in the 19th century; Ernesto Che Guevara, did it in the 20th, but a happy coincidence made possible that these two men of great courage were born on the same date: on June 14th.

Belorussian Journalists Denounces Injustice against the Cuban Five

Havana, Cuba, June 6.- The legal process held in the United States against the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters entailed a violation of the basic human rights of those men and the cruelty of US justice, Belorussian journalist Vasily Malashenko denounced in the capital Minsk.

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Cubans Win First Awards in International Jazz Festival in Ukraine

Havana, Jun 17.- Cuban musicians Alexis Bosch (piano), Yissy García (drums) and Roberto García (trumpet) obtained, each one in his (her) instrument, the first award at the Master Jam of Odessa, Ukraine, as confirmed by local sources here Monday.

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Cuba, Ecuador Hold Scientific Cooperation Event

Quito, May 27.- Academic lectures by recognized experts, exhibitions of medical equipment and a round of negotiations are part of the agenda of the 1st Scientific Day of Technological Exchange on Health between Ecuador and Cuba.

More: Science