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Wednesday, 18 July 2012

Japan Supports Rice Production in Cuba

b_150_100_16777215_00___images_stories_2012_julio_arroz-cooperacion.jpgJapan has donated to Cuba about $3 million worth of machinery to grow and harvest rice, as part of a new cooperation project with the Asian nation, which will also provide technical support and training for farmers, Granma newspaper said Tuesday.

Tuberculosis vs. Prevention

b_150_100_16777215_00___images_stories_2012_julio_doctora-paciente-g.jpgThe silence of the international media about the worst outbreak of an epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) in Florida, United States, in the last 20 years attracts the attention, but even more that the governor of that south state of the U.S., Rick Scott, disregards the complex health problem.

A Cuban Hero Imprisoned in Arizona

With the called entitled ´There is a hero among us,´ the Committee for the freedom of the Cuban Five in the United States held a community forum in the state of Arizona in Tucson which is a city located some 177 kilometers from the Safford penitentiary where Cuban hero Fernándo González LLort was transferred.

Cuban Lawmakers to Review Performance of State Entities

b_150_100_16777215_00___images_stories_2012_julio_cuba-parlamentoelecciones.jpgCuban state entities will submit reports on their performance to lawmakers on Thursday, prior to the 9thSession of the National Assembly of People’s Power (Cuban Parliament), set for Monday, July 23.

Cuban Legislators to Be Informed on Agencies' Management

Holguin: Urbano Noris Hosts Today Main Celebration of July 26

b_150_100_16777215_00___images_stories_2012_julio_san-german.jpgThe municipality of Urbano Noris, in the province of Holguin, will host today the main celebration on the 59th anniversary of the attacks on  the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes barracks, on July 26th, 1953.

Cuban Electoral Process Marked by Turnout and Transparency

b_150_100_16777215_00___images_stories_2012_junio_elecciones_cuba2.jpgElections in Cuba are characterized by the active, mass turnout of the people and transparency throughout the whole process, the President of the National Electoral Commission (CEN), Alina Balseiro, said today.

Electoral Commissions in Circumscriptions will Be Constituted

US Citizens Support the Lifting of US Blockade of Cuba

b_150_100_16777215_00___images_stories_2012_julio_aguila_imperial.jpgMany US citizens have expressed the activists with the 23rd Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba their support of the lifting of the US economic, financial and commercial blockade of the island, said Tamara Hansen, coordinator of Vancouver’s communities in solidarity with Cuba.