Archive - Jul 18, 2007
Cuba for the baseball gold medal in Pan American games
Cuban and US teams will dispute the Pan American baseball gold medal on Thursday.
Miguel Ángel Bideaux García: dean of the art instructors
This is not the work of a bricklayer, who builds with bricks and cement, but with the soul, shaking the spirit and promoting the talent."
Submitted by editor on Wed, 2007-07-18 19:37.
Cuban teaching method sweeps out illiteracy in Managua
Nicaragua, Managua has become the first city in Central America to be declared illiteracy free thanks to the successful implementation of the "Yes, I can" Cuban teaching method.
Injured cuban athlete takes First Spot in Taekwondo
Despite a serious contusion that inflamed the muscles around his right knee, Cuban athlete Gerardo Ortiz obtained on Tuesday the tiebreaker point in his 80 kg Taekwondo match Tuesday to win a gold medal at the 15th Pan American Games.
Statement from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs urges the U.S. Interests Section to comply thoroughly and seriously with its obligation to grant a minimum of 20,000 visas annually for Cuban citizens to emigrate in a safe, legal and orderly way to that country, and it holds the U.S. government completely responsible for its failure to comply with its commitment.
Submitted by editor on Wed, 2007-07-18 18:19.
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Cuba won in men's and women's beach volleyball
Cuban men's players Alvarez and Munder defeated Nicaraguan team by 2 - 0.
In the Women's volleyball tournament, Cuban players Fernandez and Larrea crushed Trinidad and Tobago team, by 2 - 0, this Tuesday.
More medals to Cuba in Rowing at RIO 2007
This Tuesday at the Lagoa Rowing Stadium Cuba won gold medals by Mayra Gonzalez in the Womens Single Sculls and in the Mens Lightweight Double Sculls, by Eyder Batista and Yunior Perez.
The brain drain
A society in which millions of human beings are considered superfluous, the brain drain of South countries constitutes a common practice and economic power and new technologies are wielded by only a handful of nations cannot be called human, not by a long shot. Overcoming this dilemma is as important for the destiny of humanity as mitigating the climate change crisis which scourges the planet, two problems which are completely interrelated.
Submitted by editor on Wed, 2007-07-18 16:34.
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Tattoos winning followers in Cuba
The tattoo fashion is growing in modern societies. Many Cuban youths view these with prejudice or stereotypes, while others who have chosen to have one created on their body do so with concern
Where can fat people go?
Theres neither a national center nor a coordinate mechanism in Cuba for obese and overweight people, who seem to have fallen in some sort of no mans land as a result
Belarus to ship 100 urban buses to Cuba by late 2007
100 urban buses will be shipped to Cuba before the end of the year, informed Belarus ambassador in Cuba
Submitted by editor on Wed, 2007-07-18 14:38.
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