Havana, Cuba, May 17.- Cuba has very good transplant programs in spite of the blockade imposed on the island by the United States for over half a century now, asserted in this capital Doctor Robert Janus, president of the Latin American Society of Transplant of Organs.
Havana, May 17.- Cuba is celebrating the International Day against Homophobia today with events around the country, where the sixth annual symposium against that discriminatory conduct is part of the activities scheduled for the month of May.
Havana, Cuba, May 17.- Cuba achieved four medals in the Caixa Athletics Grand Prix in Uberlandia, the second stop of Brazil’s circuit.
Rose Mary Almanza, who recorded 2:03.41 minutes, won in the women’s 800 meters, surpassing her compatriot Sahily Diago (2:03.72) and local Flavia Maria de Lima ( 2:03.81), the online edition of the sports publication Jit told.
Havana, Cuba, May 17.- Thailand’s women's volleyball team beat today its counterpart of Cuba, on the opening day of the International Tournament of China, played in Beilun, Ningbo, in the eastern province of Zhejiang.
Camagüey, May 17.- With the attendance of high political and ecclesiastical authorities, the cancellation ceremony of the First Day Cover dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Camagüey Diocese and the establishment of the Cathedral of this city took place in the Archdiocesan Museum “Monsignor Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera”.
Havana, Cuba, May 17.- Members of Canada’s Ernesto Che Guevara Solidarity and Voluntary Work Brigade toured the western province of Matanzas as part of their 21st visit to the island.
Havana, Cuba, May 17.- Cuban farmers mark National Campesino Day on Friday as they reaffirm their commitment to an increasing production of food for the people.
Buenos Aires, May 17.- Argentinian Estela de Carlotto, President of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, said today that history will try late dictator Jorge Rafael Videla for genocide.
Havana, Cuba, May 17.- China’s Acrobatic Company will perform in this capital on May 30 and 31, in a program entitled La noche de Beijing (The evening of Beijing).
Havana, May 18.- Havana-based center Prodanza will host the International Practical Course of the Cuban Ballet School (ECB), Cubaballet, on July 8-Aug.4, expected to be attended by ballet dancers and professors from different countries.
By Yamylé Fernández Rodríguez/ Radio Cadena Agramonte
The observance on May 15 of the International Day of Families calls us to reflect about the case of the Cuban Five –antiterrorists unjustly condemned to disproportionate sentences by US courts; an issue which goes beyond the US hostile policy against the island nation and violates fundamental rights present in the Bill of Rights of the northern nation, and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.