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The Cuban Women''s Federation (FMC) celebrates today its 55th anniversary working for equality and participation of that important sector of the population in all fronts of society.
At present, Cuban women play an essential role in society and the progress made in the full realization of equality achieved since the triumph of the Revolution in 1959 is undeniable.
Miguel Barnet, multifaceted figure of Cuban culture and winner of many international awards, analyzed positively today the restoration of his country's relations with the United States.
In an exclusive interview with Prensa Latina, the current president of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) stressed that those ties should be designed with equality, mutual respect, and balance.
The book "Historias secretas de medicos cubanos" (Secret Stories by Cuban Doctors), by journalist and writer Hedelberto Lopez Blanch, aroused the interest and sympathy among those who attended its launching in this capital.
The volume collects unpublished stories until recently, kept in the silence of humility and modesty of 15 physicians who complied with the sacred duty of saving lives between guerrillas and civilians in several African countries, missions for years kept in secret.
Operation Miracle, an initiative created in 2005 by the then presidents Fidel Castro (Cuba) and Hugo Chavez (Venezuela) carried out more than 2,728,000 free eye surgeries in its first 10 years.
Granma newspaper recalls today how the idea came about, which occurred on August 21, 2005, during the broadcast of one of the "Alo Presidente" programs, in the presence of both leaders at the Bolivar Square in the municipality of Sandino, in Pinar del Rio province, where the Venezuelan government built 150 homes for Cuban families affected by hurricanes.
The possibility that U.S. President Barack Obama takes new steps to ease the travel restrictions to Cuba is the focus of Cuba policy debate in the United States.
Sources quoted by ABC News said the U.S. president plans to use his executive powers to ease the travel restrictions imposed by Congress on U.S. citizens wishing to visit Cuba.
According to ABC, the U.S. Treasury Department is now considering new regulations that would allow all Americans to travel to Cuba as individuals and not in tour groups or with other third-party arrangers.
Cuban Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, gave a group of Cuban women the August 23rd Distinction, the highest award granted by the Federation of Cuban Women – the FMC – for an outstanding track record in different sectors.
The tobacco harvest in the western province of Pinar del Rio will conclude with an additional 3,400 tons over those collected in the previous campaign.
Pinar del Rio, a territory in the western end of the island, is world-renowned for the quality of its tobacco crops.
Officials of the sector asserted that despite the drought currently affecting Cuba, the 2014-2015 harvest marked the beginning of the recovery of the tobacco sector, with a new development plan for the expansion of crops and processing facilities until 2018.
A group of 66 Paraguayans graduated in medicine in Cuba, who returned this week, thanked the training they received in the island, and expressed the desire to join as quickly as possible to work in their country.
The young physicians, as Ultima Hora website posts today, returned in two groups from Havana on Monday and Tuesday, after taking the career in several specialized universities in different provinces.
Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, received Cardinal Jaime Ortega, Archbishop of Havana, on the afternoon of Monday August 17.
During the cordial meeting, the two discussed the progress of preparations for His Holiness Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to Cuba and issues of mutual interest between the Cuban State and the Catholic Church on the island.
Also present were Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla and Eusebio Leal Spengler, Havana’s City Historian.
Media outlets in the U.S. state of Vermont report recent statements by Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy who said that U.S. ideals must be promoted by lifting the travel ban and the blockade against Cuba.
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