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Cuban Women

La mujer cubana en todos los frentes, *** English Ver. Follows

La mujer cubana en todos los frentes
Con el ánimo de reconocer la inigualable labor de quienes protagonizan acciones a favor del progreso de la mujer cubana en la defensa de la obra revolucionaria, un grupo de compañeras y compañeros recibieron la Distinción 23 de agosto

Autor: Amaya Saborit Alfonso | amaya@granma.cu
19 de agosto de 2015 23:08:38

f0041613 José Ramón Machado Ventura entregó la Distinción 23 de agosto a un grupo de compañeras y compañeros por su destacable trayectoria. Foto: Anabel Díaz

Con el objetivo de reconocer la labor de quienes, desde diferentes sectores, protagonizan acciones a favor del progreso de la mujer cubana en la defensa de la obra revolucionaria, se entregó este miércoles, en el Salón de Protocolo El Laguito, la Distinción 23 de agosto a un total de 37 personas destacadas.

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Cuban Women

Cuban women on all fronts

Cuban women on all fronts
In recognition of their tireless efforts to advance the rights of women, a group of 37 men and women were awarded the August 23 Distinction

Author: Amaya Saborit Alfonso | amaya@granma.cu
august 20, 2015 09:08:30

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José Ramón Machado Ventura presented the FMC’s August 23 Distinction to a group of men and women, in recognition of their efforts to advance the rights of women. Photo: Anabel Díaz

Yesterday, August 19, in recognition of their tireless efforts to advance the rights of women, a group of 37 men and women were awarded the August 23 Distinction. The ceremony took place in the El Laguito protocol hall and was presided by Teresa Amarelle Boué, Party Central Committee member and FMC secretary general.
José Ramón Machado Ventura, Party Central Committee second secretary and a Council of Ministers vice president, presented the awards and emphasized that Cuban women “must be, and are, on all fronts in our country.”
The Distinction was granted by the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), on the occasion of its 55th anniversary, to deserving individuals based on their professional and social careers; their ethical, revolutionary values; their exemplary conduct in areas such as government, the judiciary, science, production, the arts, culture and sports.

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Cuba / US Relations

The challenge of building a future without forgetting the past Hundreds

The challenge of building a future without forgetting the past
Hundreds of people gathered outside the newly reopened U.S. Embassy in Havana on August 14, to witness the historic flag-raising ceremony, the equivalent of no longer be prisoners of the past, standing before him where the three Marines who which took place at the Cuban mission in Washington on July 20.

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august 18, 2015 12:08:58

Hundreds of people and journalists from across the world attended the reopening ceremony of the U.S. Embassy in Havana.

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Photo: Juvenal Balán

WHEN John Kerry stated on August 14, in Havana that Cuba and the United States could lowered the U.S. embassy flag on January 1961. To his right was Wayne Smith, a young diplomat assigned to the Cuban capital at the moment when President Eisenhower decided to sever diplomatic relations. Smith later became Head of the U.S. Interests Section at the end of the James Carter administration, but resigned at the beginning of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, becoming a tireless advocate for a change in U.S. policy towards the island. From the Malecón, three classic Chevrolets watched over the official reopening ceremony, the foremost a black 1959Impala.
History, just like the stars and stripes flag, was up in the air that morning.

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Latin America

Fidel’s fraternal meeting with Maduro and Evo (+Photos)

Fidel’s fraternal meeting with Maduro and Evo (+Photos)
The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution held a fraternal meeting, yesterday August 13, with Presidents Nicolás Maduro and Evo Morales.
Author: Granma | internet@granma.cu
august 14, 2015 08:08:46

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Foto: Estudio Revolució

The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution held a fraternal meeting, yesterday August 13, with Presidents Nicolás Maduro and Evo Morales, on the occasion of his 89th birthday.

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http://en.granma.cu/cuba/2015-08-14/fidels-fraternal-meeting-with-maduro-and-evo-photos