The role of higher education in social transformation is analyzed in Cuba.
The links between higher education and social transformation are the focus of interest of academics gathered today at the XIV International Congress on Higher Education, taking place in Havana, Cuba.
Precisely on this topic, a forum will take place this Tuesday at the Convention Palace, venue of the conclave, in charge of the executive director of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences, Karina Batthyány, the member of the steering committee of CLACSO, María Isabel Domínguez, authorities of the Cuban Ministry of Higher Education and organizers of the congress.
China approves use of Cuban drug against head and neck cancer.
China today approved the registration of the Cuban monoclonal antibody Nimotuzumab for the treatment of head and neck cancer, a new milestone in the biotechnological cooperation between both countries.
Cuba continues to strengthen ties with Cubans living abroad.
During a meeting held at the Cuban Embassy in Washington D.C., Cubans living in the United States shared concerns and proposals to further strengthen ties with their nation.
The exchange was an extension of the recent dialogues that took place in Havana during the conference "The Nation and Emigration".
Those present called for the unity of the Cuban community living in the United States to fight for the development of the Caribbean nation, the elimination of the blockade and its removal from the terrorist list, taking into account the damage this represents for families.
U.S. writer Alice Walker reaffirms friendship with Cuba.
U.S. writer Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize winner for the fiction work "The Color Purple" (1983) and fighter for women's rights, reaffirmed here today the great affection she feels for Cuba.
Unveiling a bust of American novelist Langston Hughes in Old Havana, along with a delegation from the United States, this authoritative voice of world literature said that memories are powerful, referring to the tribute to the National Poet of Cuba, Nicolás Guillén.
Fuel price update postponed in Cuba.
The updating of fuel prices in Cuba and their commercialization in foreign currency in a selected network of servicenters, scheduled to begin this February 1, is postponed, due to a cybersecurity incident in the computer systems for commercialization, informed Cuba's deputy minister of Economy and Planning, Mildrey Granadillo.
"We ratify that the government's projections to correct distortions and boost the economy of 2024, will only be implemented if the conditions for this are created," she said in her intervention in Noticiero del Mediodía.