On January 14, 2025, the United States government announced the decision to: 1) exclude Cuba from the State Department's list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism; 2) use the presidential prerogative to prevent action from being taken in U.S. courts against lawsuits filed under Title III of the Helms-Burton Act; and 3) eliminate the list of restricted Cuban entities that designates a group of institutions with which U.S. citizens and institutions are prohibited from carrying out financial transactions, which has had an effect on third countries.

The Cuban Ministry of the Interior (MININT) informs that as a result of cooperation actions between the Cuban Border Guard Troops and the U.S. Coast Guard, 340.7 kilograms of marihuana were seized during the interception of an international drug trafficking operation.
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The development of a novel formulation of recombinant human erythropoietin (NeuroEpo) by the Center for Molecular Immunology, in collaboration with others, offers hope in the treatment of this devastating illness.


The incorporation of more than 1,000 students to general education stands out among the achievements of the Special Education program in the province of Holguín, founded in the country at the initiative of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro Ruz on January 4, 1962 and designed to improve the quality of life of infants.
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