Message of Congratulations from Fidel to the Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade
Dear compatriots of the Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade, graduates and 5th and 6th year students of the Latin American School of Medicine

Cuba Reiterates its Support for Haitian Victims
Presided over by Politburo member Esteban Lazo and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Padilla, a Cuban delegation arrived in Haiti on Monday conveying Fidel Castro’s appreciation to Cuban healthcare professionals in Haiti, for having tirelessly worked day and night to help alleviate the chaotic situation triggered by the 7.2 earthquake that rocked the nation on January 12

Cuban Vice President Visits Doctors Working in Haiti
Vice President Esteban Lazo visited an Integrated Diagnosis Center (CDI) manned by Cubans at Mirabalais, some 60 kilometers from the Haitian capital on Monday. Established on October 16, 2009, the center has treated so far more than 12,500 patients and conducted 209 major operations and 199 deliveries

Cuba is Her Love, Says the Indian Ambassador "These days have been very sad for me, because shortly I will be leaving this beautiful land. Recently I said that Cuba is the love of many people in India, now I can confirm that Cuba is my love"		Cuban Antiterrorists Cause Echoes in US The support for the cause of the Five Cuban antiterrorists prisoner in United States for more than 11 years ago, is finally finding echoes in this country, Alicia Jrapko, coordinator of the International Committee for the freedom of the Five in the US, assured PL when explaining the results of the recently concluded 4th National Latino Congress, in El Paso, Texas
		Cycle Tour of Cuba Begins The Cuban road cycling tour has started as more than a hundred Cuban and foreign cyclists, making up 23 teams, set off today from the city of Baracoa in the easternmost province of Guantanamo
		Pop Art at the Cuban Fine Arts Museum Culture and provocation, sharpness and society are some of the components that make Pop Art one of the most notable movements of the 20^th century. A Pop Art exhibition, under the title El Pop Art en la colección del IVAM, will be displayed at the Cuban Fine Arts Museum (MNBA) until March 28

Reflections by Comrade Fidel
The Bolivarian Revolution and the Antilles
I was fond of History, as much as almost any other kid. And I also liked wars, a sort of culture that society used to sow among boys. All the toys we were given were toy guns

Young Cuban Pianist Wins Awarded in France
Young Cuban pianist Jorge González Buajasán has won the first prize, shared, in Lagny-sur-Marne, France. The jury congratulated him on his virtuosity and emotion during his performance

Fruit Trees: the Salvation
After 2003, the economic security of Havana’s Empresa de Cítricos Ceiba (Ceiba Citrus Fruit Company) was about to go under. The production of previous years, found in the capital’s markets and which amounted 100,000 tons a year, began to spiral down

To be honoured by Bush Aznar Spent Millions with the Cuban American Mafia The former president of the Spanish parliament, José María Aznar, now the object of an investigation by the Audit Tribunal, spent two million dollars to be decorated by George W. Bush, with a Washington lobby firm that represents Bacardí, where members of the Cuban American mafia do business and to which was added the former senator Melquíades "Mel" Martínez, godfather of Cuban Liberty Council, of Miami some months ago		Chávez Creates Popular Militias to Defend the Bolivarian Revolution President Hugo Chávez called on the popular power authorities today to create militias to defend the Venezuelan Revolution in the 184 communes that are constituted at national level
		Tour of Cuba Starts Tomorrow As usual every February, it is time for the Cycle Tour of Cuba. From tomorrow and until Sunday 21, the road racers will be on the highways from East to West, over 1,791 kilometres spread over 13 days

World Champion Heads Cuban Boxing Team in Hungary
The world champion, Roniel Iglesias, heads the Cuban boxing team that will take part in the Istvan Bocscai MemorialTournament, reports Prensa Latina

Havana Readies for University 2010 Conference
More than 1,500 delegates from 64 countries along with 20 ministers of Education have confirmed their participation in the Eighth International University Conference that will run February 8-12 in Havana to discuss several issues concerning universities around the world and their relevance today

UJC Assemblies in Pinar del Río and Santiago de Cuba
Young Workers should be given Better Treatment
Eliminating routine, apathy, and preconceptions, encouraging young people to join the organization, achieving a prominent role when it comes to production and services, and avoiding grassroots committees which only meet once a month, pay contributions and deliver the minutes on time, were some of the topics on the agenda of delegates at the Young Communist League (UJC) Congress held in Pinar de Rio. The congress was headed by Cuban vice president José Ramón Machado Ventura

Cuban Judo Teams in Paris
The Cuban men’s and women’s national judo teams have arrived in Paris to take part in the Grand Slam of judo beginning this weekend

Bolshoi to Share Stage with the Cuban National Ballet in Havana
The principal dancers from Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet will be in Havana on February 13 for a special presentation with the Cuban National Ballet at the Karl Marx Theater in Mirama

Cuban Judo Teams
in Paris
The Cuban men’s and women’s national judo teams have arrived in Paris to take part in the Grand Slam of judo beginning this weekend

Havana Readies for University
2010 Conference
More than 1,500 delegates from 64 countries along with 20 ministers of Education have confirmed their participation in the Eighth International University Conference that will run February 8-12 in Havana to discuss several issues concerning universities around the world and their relevance today

Haiti: U.S. doctors working in Cuban hospitals
Seven young doctors have just arrived at the Croix des Bouquets field hospital. They have come from the United States and wish "to help their Cuban brothers and sisters in attending to the suffering Haitian people. We are in the process of having our Medical degrees validated, but felt the need to be here, we’re leaving aside our studies so as to say ‘Present’," they stated. They will begin treating Haitian patients today

Alejo Carpentier
The Russian Literature He Had Inside Him
In 1929, in a letter sent from Paris to Toutouche, as he affectionately called his mother, Lina Valmont, whose real name was Ekaterina Vladimirovna Blagoobrazova, Carpentier wrote: "The great Russian Christmas has just ended. I have attended bread grace at the Orthodox Church on Daru Street, at midnight. Now I have lunch almost daily in a new Russian restaurant in Montparnasse, where excellent dishes like borsh, pirojok, kasha and kissel are served. Easter eggs and dolls and spoons and glasses in the shape of a bird can be seen in all shop windows." In another letter, after attending a production of Anton Chekhov’s TheThree Sisters, by actors from Moscow’s Chamber Theater, he comments: "How Russian this piece is! I remembered you so much! When I see this kind of Slav theater, I think I understand you a lot better!"