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Cuba publishes series of 88-year-old Fidel Castro’s photos

Feb 3, 2015

The prolonged silence of Cuba Fidel Castro has fueled speculations about his health since he stepped down and handed over powers to Raul Castro, his cousin, in 2006; but the country’s mainstream media outlets p...

U.S. and Cuba swap prisoners, Obama to lift embargoes on Cuba

Charles Omedo

Dec 17, 2014

World

After US President Barack Obama got on the phone with Cuban President Raul Castro in a telephone communication that lasted almost an hour, communist Cuba has ordered the release of US contractor Alan Gross who ...

Ebola Infected Cuban doctor leaves Switzerland after being cured

Charles Omedo

Dec 8, 2014

Health

The chief medical officer of Geneva canton (state), Jacques-Andre Romand, has confirmed that a Cuban doctor who contracted the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone while reaching out to help a falling Ebola patient has ...

Cuba deploys 300 more doctors to fight EVD in Africa

Cuba deploys 300 more doctors to fight EVD Ebola in Africa

Charles Omedo

Sep 27, 2014

Health

The Cuban government is sending almost 300 more doctors and nurses to contain the Ebola disease outbreak in West Africa; and this contingent will total 461 medical experts that the communist nation will be send...

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