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CUBA-HEALTH: “The Doctor is Always Available”
Cuba's public health system and the gains of the past few decades have miraculously survived the worst economic crisis of the century and the 36-year U.S. embargo, even though some sectors of the population have been hit hard.POPULATION-CUBA: Fewer Cubans in Next century
If projections hold true, Cuba's population will increase by less than one million inhabitants during the next 30 years, and will begin to decline from 2025.MUSIC-CUBA: Lazaro Ross, King of Afro-Cuban Song
Cuba's most renowned and respected Afro- Cuban singer is no teen-age sensation - here today, gone tomorrow. Lazaro Ross is 67-years-old and, for three decades, his beguilingly simple music has been the benchmark of a culture that reached Cuba with the first slaves from Africa in the 16th century.CUBA: Uneventful First Anniversary of ‘Small Airplane Crisis’
The first anniversary of the shooting down of two civilian aircraft, which gave rise to what is known here as "the small airplane crisis," was uneventful in Cuba, in spite of reports that anti-Castro activists were planning to approach Cuban waters and airspace.CUBA-CULTURE: Change in Reading Habits
Young adults in Cuba today are more interested in gossip concerning US singer Michael Jackson, the latest French fashions or romantic novels by Corin Tellado than in reading about how their country is faring under sanctions./IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS/ CUBA: Pope’s Visit Set for January 1998
The long-heralded visit by Pope John Paul II will take place one year from now when the Pontiff will arrive in Cuba, the only Communist country in the Western hemisphere, it was announced here.CUBA-UNITED STATES: Suspension Doesn’t Impress the Island
The six month freeze on Chapter III of the Helms-Burton law has neither eased tension between Cuba and the United States, nor calmed complaints from Washington's trade partners.CUBA: Pope’s Visit Set for January 1998
The long-heralded visit by Pope John Paul II will take place one year from now when the Pontiff will arrive in Cuba, the only Communist country in the Western hemisphere, it was announced here./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ LATIN AMERICA: Cinema Without Compassion
What's wrong with Latin American cinema?CUBA-ECONOMY: Year of Crises Ends
Cuba rang down the curtain on 1996 Tuesday - a year fraught with political crises and economic upheaval.CUBA-USA: Cubans Awaits Fallout From Helms Burton Legislation
Cubans are keeping a wary eye on the calendar with the approach of 1997 as, nearly one year after its approval, the full effect of the Helms Burton law tightening U.S. sanctions against Cuba remained to be felt.CUBA: Antidote Law will Block Helms-Burton
Cuba will block the legal processes planned under clause three of the US Helms-Burton Law with the approval and implementation of their own "antidote."CUBA: Parliament Considers Helms-Burton “Antidote Law”
Cuba's Parliament will be considering an "Antidote" to the US Helms-Burton Law this week, in a move to protect foreign investments in Cuba./IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ CARIBBEAN: ACS Ministers Inaugurate New Era
The Second Ordinary Meeting of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Council of Ministers, opened today in Cuba with talk of relaunching the regional forum.CARIBBEAN: ACS Special Fund Under Colombian Control
The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Council of Ministers agreed to create a special fund for regional cooperation projects under Colombian control, here Friday.CARIBBEAN: ACS Ministers Inaugurate New Era
The Second Ordinary Meeting of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Council of Ministers, opened today in Cuba with talk of relaunching the regional forum.LATIN AMERICA-CULTURE: National Music Leading Actor in Film Festival
A documentary exploring Cuban music -- "I am from the Sun to the Salsa" -- has stirred some of the strongest positive reactions during the XVIII Festival of New Latin American Cinema now underway here.CARIBBEAN: Special Integration Fund Gives ACS a Headache
Experts from the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) meeting here, are at odds over details of a planned special fund for cooperation between members of the regional forum.CUBA: Cautious Reaction to Pressure from EU
Cuba's government reacted with unusual caution to a European Union (EU) document pushing for political and diplomatic pressure for democracy on the island, in line with some of the measures proposed by the United States.CUBA-U.S.: Expansion of Immigration Accords on the Cards for 1997
The latest round of U.S.- Cuban immigration talks laid the groundwork for an expansion of existing accords in 1997.CARIBBEAN: It’s Anchors-A-Weigh to Integration
Like ships anchored far out at sea, the nations of the Carribean are preparing to weigh anchor and set sail determinedly on the long voyage to integration.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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