Raul Receives Visiting ECLAC Executive Secretary
Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, received Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), who is on a visit to Cuba, according to a note published by the Granma newspaper.
Will be evaluated the training and upgrading of teachers
Artemisa, Cuba - Under the auspices of the Departments of Mathematics and Physics and Labor Education and Computer Science at the University of Artemisa, will be held next March 29, in the municipality of Alquízar, the workshop of the Honorary Chair Dulce María Escalona.
Cuban First Vice President Receives the Head of ECLAC
Havana - The Cuban First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel received here the executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac) Alicia Bárcena, with whom he discussed the updating of the economic model of the island.
Against the Aedes Aegypti

Artemisa, Cuba._The battle against Aedes Aegypti mobilizes the population of San Antonio de los Baños, and of the country. As we know, this insect challenges us with three virus and alerts those who have no perception of the risk.
Sixth imported case of Zika virus confirmed
The sixth imported case of Zika virus has been detected, in a 32 year old, Cuban collaborator, General Family Medicine Specialist and resident of Artemisa city in the province of the same name, on her return to the island from Venezuela (Lara state), March 15.
Obama Acknowledges Solidarity of Internationalist Cuban Doctors
Havana-President of the United States, Barack Obama, today praised the Cuban internationalist doctors, who assist, in solidarity, disadvantaged population segments in dozens of countries around the world.
Culture
The Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) issued a statement on Tuesday rejecting recent remarks by Peruvian-Spanish writer Mario Vargas Llosa, in which he blamed social outbreaks in the continent on Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua and promoted an internal uprising in Cuba.
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One of the actions, in correspondence with this objective, is aimed at exchanging ideas on the current perspectives of contemporary Cuban animation, which takes place at the International Film and Television School (EICTV) in San Antonio de los Baños, from 9 to December 13th.
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Havana - Cuban intellectual Abel Prieto was appointed president of Casa de las Américas, the center's website La Ventana reported today.
Prieto, former minister of Culture and currently serving as director of the Marti Program Office and president of the José Martí Cultural Society, was nominated for the post by Alpidio Alonso, current Culture Minister.
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