Some 86,426 individuals work in Cuba’s science sector, 53% of whom are women, according to the President of the Cuban Academy of Sciences (ACC) Dr. Luis C. Velázquez Pérez speaking during the First International Science and Education Congress taking place in the Havana International Conference Center.
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Cacocum is a current municipality in the Cuban province of Holguin that has its geographical center on the railway lines, as the center of its daily activities.
Zirka Frómeta debuted successfully in the national final / Photos: jit and flickr.comThe Grand Master (GM) Zirka Frómeta, from Santiago de Cuba, marked a short-awaited triumph at the start of the Cuban Chess Championship, female branch, taking place in Holguin until February 9.
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Cuba is among the first 19 countries in the world with the lowest infant mortality rate with 4.0 for every one thousand live births in 2017. This is the 10th consecutive year that the infant mortality has been under five, reported during the opening of the 28th Cuban Pediatrician Congress.
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