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CUBA-US: Baseball and Music – Bridge(s) Over Troubled Waters
A baseball game and an unusual concert demonstrated in a single day how close Cuba and the United States can be in both body and spirit when culture wins out over political differences.MEDIA-CUBA: Pulling Out of Crisis Amidst Conflicting Pressures
Participants in the seventh congress of Cuba's Union of Reporters (UPEC) agreed this week that the most pressing concern of journalists in this Caribbean island nation was access to information.ECONOMY-CUBA: First 100 Percent Foreign Investment
Cuba's energy sector, one of the most highly coveted by foreign companies, has just welcomed the first investment of purely foreign capital in the Caribbean nation.WEEKLY SELECTION/Latin American Experts Discuss ‘Financial Bomb’
Is the world threatened by a "financial time bomb" or is there still hope for neoliberalism, is the question being posed by 800 experts meeting in Cuba's capital this week.HEALTH-CUBA: Medical Purchases from US Still a ‘Fantasy’
The possibility of Cuba making medical purchases from the United States will remain a "fantasy" as long as the 37-year embargo is in place, according to the government of Fidel Castro.ECONOMY-LATAM: Experts Discuss the “Financial Time Bomb”
Is the world threatened by a "financial time bomb" or is there still hope for neoliberalism, is the question being posed by 800 experts meeting in Cuba's capital this week.CUBA: Castro Strengthens Vital Ties with Colombia, Venezuela
Colombia, Cuba and Venezuela took their first steps toward a strategic alliance that could go far beyond their common interest in achieving peace in Colombia.POPULATION-CUBA: Decades-long Gains in Danger of Being Wiped Out
As it prepares to enter the new millennium Cuba faces the challenges of catering for aging population and preserving the equity achieved over the past 40 years, but now threatened by a long-term economic crisis.CUBA-OUTLOOK: Earth-shattering Political Change Unlikely in 1999
The world is likely to continue opening up to Cuba in response to a call to that effect by Pope John Paul II, but the island's government is expected to keep resisting internal political change for as long as possible.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-CUBA: UN Issues International Call for Help
The United Nations launched a call to the international community Friday to prevent the effects of two successive natural disasters from further aggravating the economic crisis that has had Cuba in its grip for the past eight years.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-CUBA: UN Issues International Call for Help
The United Nations launched a call to the international community Friday to prevent the effects of two successive natural disasters from further aggravating the economic crisis that has had Cuba in its grips for the past eight years.DEVELOPMENT-CUBA: UN Issues International Call for Help
The United Nations launched a call to the international community Friday to prevent the effects of two successive natural disasters from further aggravating the economic crisis that has had Cuba in its grips for the past eight years.CINEMA-CUBA: Cheers and Jeers for ‘Life is a Whistle’
'La Vida es Silbar' - or 'Life is a Whistle' by Cuban director Fernando Perez won four first prizes at a prestigious film festival here this month but critics remained divided over the controversial movie.POLITICS-CUBA: Diplomatic Offensive to Overcome Row with Mexico
Havana has launched a diplomatic offensive to preserve Cuba's good relations with Mexico, the only Latin American country that did not break off its ties with the Caribbean island in the 1960s, say analysts.RELIGION BULLETIN-CUBA: Official Celebration of Christmas
The Cuban Communist Party (PCC) is putting the holiday back into Christmas "for Christians and non- Christians, believers and non-believers alike."RELIGION: Cuba to Officially Celebrate Christmas
The Cuban Communist Party (PCC) is putting the holiday back into Christmas "for Christians and non- Christians, believers and non-believers alike."DRUGS-CUBA: Culture Blamed for Alcohol Abuse
Seven to nine percent of Cubans imbibe large amounts of alcoholic beverages, but this has more to do with cultural patterns than with an eight-year economic crisis in Cuba, according to experts here.RIGHTS: War Correspondents Lost a Battle in the Gulf
War correspondents saw a new era open up for their profession in the 1991 Gulf War, when the old partiality or neutrality dilemma, was left behind by new concerns over the role of journalism in conflict situations.POPULATION-CUBA: Rise in Prostitution Causes STDs to Soar
The increasing incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among sex workers looks set to become a severe public health problem in Cuba, according to a senior official of the Ministry of Public Health.EDUCATION-CUBA: Boarding-School System Increasingly Unpopular
Controversy over a system obliging high- school students in Cuba to go to boarding schools in rural areas has reached unprecedented levels.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-CUBA: Making Communities More Livable
The U.N. Development Programme (UNDP), with support from Italy, is sponsoring a programme to improve living standards in Cuba through capacity building and participatory solutions to social problems.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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