Brazil coins its sixth gold star › Sports › Granma

Brazil coins its sixth gold star › Sports › Granma

Football clashes between the Brazilian and Argentine national teams have a different nuance than any other duel. A final between these nations is always desired, and victory is doubly celebrated. This Sunday Brazil screamed very loudly, as the new futsal world champion. The Canarinha had not won a World Cup since 2012, but they appeared … Read more

Mexico and Florida: in the eye of the storm › World › Granma

Mexico and Florida: in the eye of the storm › World › Granma

According to local media outlet Diario Cambio 22, Cancún, Mexico, began to experience the first effects associated with Tropical Storm Helene, such as falling trees, significant flooding, and the collapse of light structures. Some areas of the Mexican Social Security Institute’s specialty hospital also reported fallen ceilings and collapsed windows, while much of the city … Read more

From Japan and France comes the cinema › Culture › Granma

From Japan and France comes the cinema › Culture › Granma

From Thursday 26th to Sunday, the Japanese Film Festival will take place in Havana, consisting of three fiction films, an animated feature film and several shorts; it will be followed –from October 2nd to 13th– by the 25th French Film Festival in Cuba. The Japanese proposals, among which Father of the Milky Way Railway, Tsugaru … Read more

Through the veins of Santiago de Cuba, life › Cuba › Granma

Through the veins of Santiago de Cuba, life › Cuba › Granma

Dayron and Yunisleidis are Physical Culture teachers, “but we are also voluntary blood donors, something that makes us very proud.” This is what the young woman told Granma. She also took over the management of the Emma Rosa Chuy Sports Complex and, together with her co-worker, joined the broad movement that, during the month of … Read more

Writing in cold blood › Culture › Granma

Writing in cold blood › Culture › Granma

«The town of Holcomb is in the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonely area that other Kansans call “over there.” More than sixty miles east of the Colorado border, the countryside, with its clear blue skies and desert-pure air, has an atmosphere that is more like the Wild West than the Midwest. The … Read more

New HIV variant detected in Brazil › Science › Granma

New HIV variant detected in Brazil › Science › Granma

A new variant of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is circulating in Brazil today, according to a study by the Federal University of the state of Bahia (northeast) and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. In the publication of the journal Memorias del Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, the researchers reveal that they found four records of the recombinant … Read more

Trump’s plans to deploy troops leaked; Ukraine could cause another Chernobyl; Syria rejects coercive measures; French party could activate impeachment process against Macron › Hilo Directo › Granma

Trump’s plans to deploy troops leaked; Ukraine could cause another Chernobyl; Syria rejects coercive measures; French party could activate impeachment process against Macron › Hilo Directo › Granma

Trump’s plans to deploy soldiers during US protests leaked Less than three months before the presidential election, The New York Times has revealed the contents of an internal email from “a group closely aligned” with the Republican candidate, which shows that he was “privately studying the possibility of using troops to ‘stop riots’ by protesters.” … Read more

Children’s rights in Florida › Granma

Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, selectively obsessed with human rights in Cuba, has signed into law legislation lifting restrictions on child labor. The reason, as we read on CBS, is to “relax standards imposed” since 1986. The Restaurant and Bar Association was not comfortable with the barriers to child employment and advocated for more … Read more

The art of the Cuban mountains “came down” to Santiago › Culture › Granma

The art of the Cuban mountains “came down” to Santiago › Culture › Granma

SANTIAGO DE CUBA – During the week that is ending, five artistic groups – from Candelaria, in Artemisa; Cuatro Vientos, in Escambray; Buey Arriba, in Granma; Los Negros, in Santiago de Cuba; and Manuel Tames, in Guantánamo – have shaken the Heroic City, which for the first time hosted the National Meeting of Comprehensive Mountain … Read more

A step on the road to personalized medicine › Cuba › Granma

A step on the road to personalized medicine › Cuba › Granma

The central region of Cuba already has its own Immunohistochemistry laboratory at the Arnaldo Milián Castro University Hospital in Villa Clara, and has so far benefited more than 130 patients, who come not only from Villa Clara, but also from the provinces of Cienfuegos, Sancti Spíritus and Ciego de Ávila. This is the first of … Read more