Latest Cuba Stories
MEDICC Review issue on "Learning from Cuban Primary Health Care" contributes to the global evidence that primary health care is the heart of health and health equity worldwide. Oakland, Calif. (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) today published a MEDICC Review journal issue on the timely theme "Learning from Cuban Primary Health Care". The only English-language journal focusing on Cuban health and medicine, the new MEDICC Review issue...
PHILADELPHIA, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Equality Forum, a national and international LGBT civil rights organization, calls on the U.S. State Department to allow Mariela Castro, a Cuban LGBT civil rights activist, to visit Philadelphia for Equality Forum 2013. The State Department issued a visa to Ms. Castro to visit New York for U.N. meetings, but did not authorize Ms. Castro to travel to Philadelphia to participate in Equality Forum 2013 with Cuba as the Featured...
MIAMI, April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cuban blogger and independent journalist Yoani Sanchez said despite restrictions on cyberspace in Cuba, the Internet is changing the communist country, during a lecture at Florida International University in Miami. "The virtual Cuba is influencing, directly and definitively, the real Cuba," she said, after recounting a story about how Cubans, using text messages on the government-controlled cell phone network, were able to mobilize...
Leading Experts To Offer Opinions and Observations About Foreign Policy and Cuba Travel During April 11, 2013 Symposium That is Free-of Charge and Open to the Public SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Now that President Obama's second term is underway, how - if at all - will the United States alter its rocky relationship with Cuba? This and other related questions will be the subject of "Obama 2.0: Cuba. What Changes Will It Bring?" a Symposium to be held Thursday,...
MIAMI, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hugo Cancio, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fuego Enterprises, Inc., (OTC Pink: FUGI) announced today that Fuego has completed its acquisition of 51% of The Americas Group Cuba Business Enterprise LLC (TAGCBE) in exchange for shares of Fuego Enterprises, Inc. which are traded over the market under the symbol: FUGI. TAGCBE is focused on providing strategic advice to individuals and companies interested in doing business with Cuba and/or...
Maria T Batista of West New York, NJ has been honored with a recognition by New Jersey's Total Healthcare Resource in its selection of "Northern New Jersey's Top Dentists." WEST NEW YORK, N.J., March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Announcing a special recognition appearing in the January, 2013 issue of New Jersey's Total Healthcare Resource published by NJ Top Docs. Maria T Batista was selected for the following honor: "Northern New Jersey's Top Dentists" (Photo:...
Joel B. Castro, a CA based lawyer who practices Construction Litigation has been named a top attorney in CA. LOS ANGELES, March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 2013 list of top rated attorneys in CA as published in the February, 2013 issue of Los Angeles Magazine includes Joel B. Castro of Los Angeles, CA for the practice of Construction Litigation. This distinction is given to only a very small percentage of Los Angeles's attorneys each year. (Photo:...
WASHINGTON, March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Center for Democracy in the Americas (CDA) has released a report titled "Women's Work: Gender Equality in Cuba and the Role of Women Building Cuba's Future." The report examines significant progress made by Cuban women toward gender equality since the 1950s and discusses how that progress can be sustained in the future. Policies implemented by the Cuban government for the health and wellbeing of its mothers and children, the...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Just one day after a spectacular meteor exploded over Russian skies, shattering windows and injuring more than a 1,200 people, Cubans were treated to a similar event, albeit on a much smaller scale. Many of Cuba’s citizens watched in wonderment as a small fireball soared across the early evening skies on Friday before exploding. Startled residents described seeing the bright light in the sky just seconds before a thunderous boom...
MEDICC Review’s special issue, “Cuba Tackles Diabetes”, contributes to the global body of evidence for tackling this epidemic chronic disease. Cuba has the lowest diabetes mortality rate in the Americas. Oakland, Calif., (PRWEB) January 31, 2013 Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) today published a special MEDICC Review issue: Cuba Tackles Diabetes. The only English-language journal focusing on Cuban health and medicine, the MEDICC Review January issue features...
Latest Cuba Reference Libraries
The Gulf of Mexico is an ocean basin that is largely surrounded by the continent North America and the island of Cuba. It’s bordered on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States, towards the southwest and south by Mexico, and towards the southeast by Cuba. It’s often referred to as the “Third Coast” in Texas and Louisiana, in comparison with the U.S. Pacific and Atlantic Coasts. The shape of its basin is more or less, an oval and is about 1,500...
The Zapata Rail is the only member of the monotypic genus Cyanolimnus. It is overall a dark-colored rail bird. It has grayish-blue underparts, a red-based yellow bill, brown upperparts, white under tail coverts, and red eyes and legs. Their short wings make it almost unable to fly. It is endemic to the wetlands of the Zapata Peninsula in southern Cuba, where its only known nest was discovered in saw grass tussocks. There is not much known about its diet or its reproductive behavior, and its...
The Cuban Black Hawk, (Buteogallus gundlachii), is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. This family includes eagles, hawks and Old World vultures. It is endemic to the island of Cuba, where it is only found along the coastal areas. The IUCN listed the Cuban Black Hawk as near threatened in 2008. The Cuban Black Hawk has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the Common Black Hawk, (B. anthracinus). Recent evidence, however, suggested it should be treated as a...
The Coontie (Zamia pumila) is a species of woody plant native to the West Indies and Cuba. It was the first species described for the genus. It is found in a variety of habitats that has well-drained sands or loamy soils. It prefers filtered light to partial shade. It is now isolated to central Cuba and the Dominican Republic. It was once abundant in southern Puerto Rico and Haiti, but are now extinct due to extensive land use. This plant has reddish seed cones with a unique sharp tip. The...
The Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) is a species of hummingbird, and the smallest of all birds, being only 2 inches long and weighing 1.8 grams (0.06 oz). It is found in Cuba where it is called the Zunzuncito. It is also found on the Isle of Youth. The male has a fiery green throat, iridescent gorget with elongated lateral plumes, bluish upper-parts, and the rest of the underparts mostly grayish white. The female is green above, whitish below with white tips to the outer tail...
