The fact that Cuba has already developed four cancer vaccines undoubtedly is big news for humanity if you bear in mind that according to the World Health Organization nearly 8 million people die from that disease every year. However, the mainstream media have completely ignored this reality.

Havana, Cuba, Jul 25.- Cuba ranks 44th on the Human Development Index published Thursday by the UN Development Program (UNDP), thus placing the island among the nations with the category of very high indicator.

A SPECIAL INVITATION TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM BRIAN GORDON SINCLAIR: HEMINGWAY ON STAGE

July 2, 2014

Dear President Obama:

Greetings from “Ernest Hemingway” or, at least, from the “spirit” of Ernest Hemingway.  For many years now, I have written of and portrayed the Nobel Prize winning author to the point that I am often asked to speak in his persona.

Mariela Castro Espin Named OFL Outstanding Workers' Rights Advances Award Recipient

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - June 26, 2014) - The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) has presented Mariela Castro Espin of Cuba with the OFL Outstanding Workers' Rights Advances Award for 2014. Ms. Castro Espin was presented the award by Sid Ryan, President of the OFL, at a reception hosted by the Canadian Labour Congress at Pride Labour House on June 26, 2014.

- Speech by Cuba's Raúl Castro Ruz, Group of 77 Summit, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, June 15, 2014 -

Your Excellencies: I thank compañero Evo Morales Ayma, President and illustrious representative of the original peoples of our region, for convoking this important Summit.