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Vai alla Scheda Paese »A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
— Fidel Castro
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[VIDEO] KOT takes on judge Hellen Wasilwa for referring to doctors as 'stinking sewage'
Kenyans on Thursday took on Labour Court judge Hellen Wasilwa after she ordered doctors to end their strike and resume duty. Through a Twitter hashtag #StinkingDoctor, Kenyans accused the judge for comparing the medics to a stinking sewage. In her ruling, Wasilwa gave the doctors a two-week window period to finalise negotiations ...
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Kenya to hire skilled, cheaper and jobless doctors from India, Cuba
Kenya will advertise in Cuba and India to woo at least 188 doctors who are experienced, unemployed and more affordable than Kenyan medics. Both Cuba and India are well known for their high level of medical training and thousands of Kenyans seek treatment in India. doctors. Healthcare is in crisis ...
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Cuba, U.S. ink oil, toxic spill deal before Trump takes over
Cuba and the United States agreed on Monday to jointly prevent, contain and clean up oil and other toxic spills in the Gulf of Mexico, as they rush to conclude deals before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. U.S. Charge d’Affaires Jeffrey DeLaurentis, upon signing the agreement, said it was one ...
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Charcoal becomes first Cuban export to United States in half a century
Cuba announced a landmark deal on Thursday to sell charcoal to a U.S. company, the first legal Cuban export to the United States in five decades, as part of the fragile rapprochement between the former Cold War foes. The sale of 40 tons of charcoal derived from the woody plant ...
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El carbón será el primer producto que exporte Cuba a EEUU en más de 50 años
La empresa Coabana Trading LLC, filial de Reneo Consulting, exportará a EEUU carbón vegetal de marabú producido en Cuba tras un acuerdo suscrito hoy con la empresa estatal Cuba Export que abre a la isla las puertas del mercado estadounidense por primera vez en más de medio siglo.
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Under 3 weeks left: Obama in closing stretch of presidency
His last presidential vacation behind him, Barack Obama is entering the closing stretch of his term, an eleventh-hour push to tie up loose ends and put finishing touches on his legacy before handing the reins to President-elect Donald Trump.Obama returns to Washington at midday Monday from Hawaii with less than ...
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Cuba passes law to prevent Fidel Castro personality cult
Cuba’s parliament has passed a law that no streets or parks will be named after late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in accordance with his final wish to prevent a personality cult. “The law, passed on Wednesday also forbids any monuments to “El Comandante,” who died in November, and titles, decorations, ...
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The EU should urgently step up its diplomatic engagement towards an end to the carnage in Aleppo
At the Foreign Affairs Council held in Brussels, Minister for Foreign Affairs George W. Vella called on the EU to urgently step up its diplomatic engagement to contribute to an end of the carnage in Aleppo and a resumption of the political process leading to a transition in Syria. Minister ...
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Sharing water, the gift of life, in Haiti
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Country: Dominican Republic, HaitiFollowing Hurricane Matthew, the Dominican Red Cross mobilized 29 of its staff with three water trucks and five water treatment plants and distributed more than 700,000 liters of clean water to affected communities.By Kate Roux Following the devastation of ...
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Fidel Castro's ashes interred in private ceremony in Cuba
Fidel Castro's ashes were interred in a private ceremony Sunday morning, ending nine days of mourning for the man who ruled Cuba for nearly half a century.The military caravan bearing his remains in a flag-draped cedar coffin left the Plaza of the Revolution in the eastern city of Santiago at 6:39 ...
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Cuba será país prioritario en el nuevo Plan Cameral de Internacionalización
Las Cámaras destinarán 17 millones para apoyar a pymes exportadoras en 2017
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Raul Castro: Cuba will ban naming of monuments after Fidel
After a week of national mourning that reached near-religious peaks of adulation, Cuban President Raul Castro announced Saturday that his government would prohibit the naming of streets and monuments after his brother Fidel and bar the construction of statues of him in keeping with the former leader's desire to avoid ...
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As Cuba mourns and Trump threat looms, Havana offers subdued welcome to first U.S. commercial flight
Passengers erupted into applause as the first commercial flight from the United States to Havana in more than 50 years landed in Cuba, arriving as the island begins week-long memorial services for revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Cubans saluted the packed American Airlines flight by spraying water from firetrucks above the ...
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Trump ameaça terminar acordo EUA/Cuba e coloca os direitos humanos na equação
O Presidente eleito norte-americano, Donald Trump, ameaçou terminar o acordo entre os EUA e Cuba caso o Governo cubano não faça avanços nos direitos humanos e na abertura da economia.
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Cubans look to future with hope, doubts after Fidel's death
His words and image had filled schoolbooks, airwaves and newspapers since before many of them were born. Now Cubans must face life without Fidel Castro, the leader who guided their island to both greater social equality and years of economic ruin.Across a hushed capital, people wept in the streets on ...
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Cuba's Fidel Castro, who defied US for 50 years, has died
Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died at age 90.With a shaking voice, his younger brother, Raul Castro, announced on state television that his brother ...
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Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro dies aged 90
Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied U.S. efforts to topple him, died on Friday, state-run Cuban Television said. He was 90. Castro, in poor health since an intestinal ailment nearly killed him in ...
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Trump election elicits fears, some cheers around the globe
The world faces a starkly different America led by a President Donald Trump.While the billionaire businessman's election was welcomed in some countries, others saw it as a big shock as governments will now have to deal with a man who has cozied up to Vladimir Putin, told NATO allies they ...
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Contrasto alla criminalità organizzata - L’Italia sostiene i Paesi dei Caraibi nella lotta ai flussi finanziari illegali
Lotta ai flussi finanziari illegali e al riciclaggio: questo il tema della seconda edizione del corso di formazione co-finanziato dalla Farnesina e dalla Guardia di Finanza, rivolto agli stati membri della Comunità dei Caraibi (CARICOM), Cuba e Repubblica Dominicana. Sulla scia del successo della prima...
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Floods, loss of crops raise food security concerns for over a million people in Haiti
Source: World Food Programme, Government of Haiti, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country: Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, HaitiAbout one-quarter of the expected total 2016 cereal crop is estimated to have been lost because of Hurricane Matthew. Cereal import requirements are expected to reach their highest level since 2010. Highlights • ...
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Rebuilding Haiti after Hurricane Matthew
Source: Inter Press Service Country: Cuba, Dominican Republic, HaitiNeighboring nations did not experience such devastation, with only four deaths in the Dominican Republic and none in Cuba. So why did Haiti take such a hard hit?By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UNITED NATIONS, Oct 23 2016 (IPS) - As Haiti reels from another disaster once again, ...