Author Archives: Anthony Brenner

Meet the 2024 Cuban Little League World Series Team

August 15, 2024 – Belly of the Beast Meet the Santa Clara Bombardiers, the second team to represent Cuba at the Little League World Series following Bayamo’s appearance last year. TRANSCRIPT Meet the Santa Clara Bombardiers, Cuba’s top little league … Continue reading

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Cuban Durand and Sol win gold in Paris 2024 Paralympics

Paris, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) Cuban runner Omara Durand won the gold medal in the 400 meters flat category T12 of the Paralympic Games of Paris 2024, and her fellow countryman Robiel Yankiel Sol clinched the gold in the long … Continue reading

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International Campaign for Peace, Against the Blockade and Terrorism begins Wednesday

Havana, September 4 (Radio Habana Cuba) — The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) reports that its traditional International Campaign for Peace, Against the Blockade and Terrorism begins Wednesday at the Copacabana Hotel, with the evocation of the young Italian Fabio … Continue reading

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Cuban ambassador talks with Sri Lankan pharmaceutical executives

Havana, September 4 (Radio Habana Cuba) The Cuban ambassador to Sri Lanka, Andrés Garrido, and directors of the company Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Ltd discussed cooperation with Cuban institutions in biotechnology and pharmacology. Mahesh Premarathne and Shamal Fernando, vice president and general … Continue reading

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Jeffrey Sachs: “If the blockade doesn’t have any effect, lift it”

“The implications of the bloqueo are very serious. Cuba’s income per person is probably 1/3 or 1/4 of what it would be without the bloqueo.” – Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University Professor and Economist August 28 (Belly of the Beast) Belly of the Beast … Continue reading

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Delegation of journalists from Vietnam in Cuba

Havana, September 3 (Radio Habana Cuba) A delegation from the Association of Journalists of Vietnam, led by its vice president, Tran Troug Dung, arrived in Havana this Monday to strengthen ties with their Cuban colleagues. The delegation was received at … Continue reading

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Universities of Cuba and Mexico strengthen ties

Havana, September 2 (Radio Habana Cuba) The Faculty of Public Accounting of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, in Mexico, and the Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, of the Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz University of Camagüey, in Cuba, signed this … Continue reading

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Cuba strongly condemns U.S. hijacking of Venezuelan presidential plane

Havana, September 3 (Radio Habana Cuba) — Cuba has strongly condemned the U.S. hijacking of a Venezuelan jet used as a presidential plane by Nicolas Maduro.   On this X account, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said:    “Once again, #Venezuela … Continue reading

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Diaz-Canel: False Havana syndrome reinforced blockade of Cuba  

Havana, September 2 (Radio Habana Cuba) — Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Sunday criticized the international press’s neglect of the damage caused to his country by the alleged “Havana syndrome,” a media construction discredited even in the United States. The head … Continue reading

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Parliamentary leader of Trinidad and Tobago arrived in Cuba

Havana, September 2 (Radio Habana Cuba) A delegation of parliamentarians from Trinidad and Tobago, led by the president of its House of Representatives, Bridgid Annisette-George, arrived this Sunday in Cuba on an official visit. The visitor and her entourage were … Continue reading

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