Juventud Rebelde - Diario de la Juventud Cubana

Wednesday 24 January 2018 | 02:34:17 pm.

Women´s Epee World Cup kicks off in Havana

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 19 (acn) Havana´s Sports City Coliseum will host from today to next Sunday one of the legs of the FIE Women´s Epee World Cup.

The individual contest will be attended by 145 fencers, while the team event, on Sunday, will gather 32 squads.
It will be a very tough tournament as 8 out of the 10 athletes included in the top 10 of the FIE World Ranking will be present in Havana.
The list includes Estonia´s Julia Beljajeva, ranking leader and silver medalist of last year´s World Championships held in the German City of Leipzig.
In addition to Beljajeva, it is also confirmed the presence in the Cuban capital of Chinese Yiwen Sun, 3rd in the ranking; Russians Tatiana Gudkova (4) and Violetta Kolobova (10); Polish Ewa Nelip (5), South Korean Injeong Choi (6); Ukranian Olena Kryvytska (7) and German Alexandra Ndolo (8).
The list of highly-qualified fencers attending this competition also includes Italians Mara Navarria (11), winner of this season´s WC leg held in Tallinn, Estonia, and Rossella Flamingo (13), Rio 2016 silver medalist.
The local team will attend the event with seven athletes, and its best fencer is veteran Yamilka Rodriguez, Guadalajara 2011 Pan-American Games silver medalist, who appears 169th in the global list.

Sport

Wednesday 24 January 2018 | 02:32:07 pm.

Cuba Highlighted Strategic Validity of CELAC

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 23 (ACN) Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez highlighted on Wednesday in Santiago de Chile the strategic validity of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in achieving regional consensus.

The top Cuban diplomat traveled to the South American nation to participate in the 2nd Meeting of the Celac-China Cooperation Forum in the Foreign Ministers...

Cuba

Wednesday 24 January 2018 | 02:27:37 pm.

Over 40 Countries to Participate in International Book Fair

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 23 (ACN) the 27th International Book Fair to be held from February 1st to the 11th in Havana and extended until May 13th in the rest of the country will have the participation of over 40 countries and 400 foreign guests.

The Director of the Cuban Book Chamber, Sonia Almaguer told the press on Wednesday that there will be 122 exhibitors, 60 Cubans and the rest from 22 c...

Cuba

Wednesday 24 January 2018 | 02:24:39 pm.

Cuba and Canada Increase Academic Cooperation

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 23 (ACN) Canada's ambassador to Cuba, Patrick Parisot highlighted on Wednesday at the University of Havana's Master Conference Hall the potential of academic cooperation as an excellent way of strengthening relations between both countries.

His statement came during the opening of the 17th Edition of the Seminar of Canadian Studies, which is an analysis and discussion ...

Cuba

Wednesday 24 January 2018 | 02:20:51 pm.

Cuban Baseball: Granma achieve First Win in the Grand Final

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 24 (acn) Granma beat at home 10-6 Las Tunas, thus achieving their first win in the grand final of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series.

Carlos Marti, manager of the winning side, said this is a very important win, as prior to this game, they were losing the series 0-2 and achieving a third loss would be an almost definitively blow to his team.
Granma, current monarch, amounted 17 hits, including a 3-run homer by 3B Raul Gonzalez off Vlad...

Sport

Thursday 18 January 2018 | 01:26:13 pm.

Cuba and the United States Discuss Cooperation on Penal Issues

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 16 (ACN) The 2nd technical meeting on cooperation between Cuba and the United States on penal issues was held in Washington DC as part of the dialog on the application and compliance of laws established between both countries in November of 2015.

Cuba

Thursday 18 January 2018 | 01:25:02 pm.

Health Minister Congratulates Workers on Occasion of Day of Cuban Science

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 15 (ACN) Cuban Health Minister Roberto Morales congratulated on Monday in Havana, researchers, professors, professionals and workers of the sector on occasion of Day of Cuban Science.

Cuba

Thursday 18 January 2018 | 01:22:23 pm.

Some 20 Nations to Participate in Calixto Garcia Hospital Convention

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 16 (ACN) The Calixto Garcia University Hospital in Havana will celebrate its 122th anniversary with an International Convention to be held from January 22nd to the 24th with a demonstration of the important and current work of the health center.

Cuba

Thursday 18 January 2018 | 01:19:31 pm.

Cuba to Attend the International Tourism Fair in Spain

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 16 (ACN) Cuba will participate in the 38th edition of the International Tourism Fair, FITUR 2018 from January 17 th to the 21st in Madrid, Spain one of the markets where the Caribbean island is looking to position itself in the market.

World

Thursday 18 January 2018 | 01:16:18 pm.

Las Tunas beat Industriales to tie playoff series

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 17 (acn) Las Tunas beat Industriales 6-3 at home, thus tying 3-3 the semifinal playoff of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series and both squads will play a decisive game today.

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