Cuba among countries with lowest infant mortality rates in the world
Havana, January 3, 2020. In 2019, Cuba recorded an infant mortality rate of 5.0 deaths per 1,000 live births, which places it today among the top 35 countries with the lowest rates in the world.
Figures offered by the Medical Records and Health Statistics Directorate, published by Granma newspaper, indicate that in 2019, 109,707 children were born in Cuba, 6,626 less than in the previous year. The low mortality rate also ranks Cuba among the top countries in the region.
Cuba-US relations 'at a very low point' as 2020 commences
Havana, January 3, 2020. Relations between Cuba and the United States are 'at a very low point' as 2020 commences, according to the Foreign Ministry, due to the deterioration caused by the tightening of Washington's hostile policy towards the island.
New BNC Director General Viengsay Valdes receives award
Havana, January 2, 2020. Director General of the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC), Viengsay Valdes, was presented this Wednesday, January 1, with the Alicia Alonso Grand Theater of Havana Prize, which was also conferred post mortem to Alberto and Fernando Alonso.
Honorary President of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), Miguel Barnet, confirmed that in 2020 Cuba will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alicia Alonso.
Governments congratulate Cuba for the 61st year of Revolution
Havana, January 1, 2020. Lots of governments sent congratulatory messages to President Miguel Diaz-Canel, the First Secretary of Cuba's Communist Party Raul Castro and the Cuban people for the 61st anniversary of the Revolution.
The letter of Russian President Vladimir Putin stands out since he described bilateral relations as very dynamic, and expressed his hope of further strengthening the strategic partnership between the two nations for their peoples' sake.
Social cuts impoverish Latin America, warns Frei Betto
Havana, December 26, 2019. Latin America is undergoing a process of re-impoverishment resulting not only from economic factors, but also from social policy cuts, asserted Frei Betto in an article published on the Cubadebate website.
According to the Brazilian intellectual, author of about 60 books on various topics, this reality is especially notable in countries where parliamentary coups have occurred, such as Honduras, Paraguay and Brazil, and in those that in recent years have been governed by neoliberal presidents, such as Argentina and Chile.