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Swimmer Andrea Becali impressive in Marcelo Salado Cup

HAVANA, Cuba, May 22 (ACN) After winning six gold medals, 17-year-old Andrea Becali prevailed in the 5-km sprint in open water with 59:12.60 min in the closing day of the Marcelo Salado Swimming Cup, held this week.Becali got her seventh gold medal after winning the six events in which she competed, namely the three distances of the backstroke, 100 m and 400 m freestyle, and 200 m individual medley. She also opened the 4×200 m freestyle relay, also made up of her teammates Laurent Estrada, Lorena González and Elisbet Gámez.In other results, Melissa Cabrera (13-14 years old category), the only girl who finished the exhausting stretch, won the 400, 800 and 1,500 m freestyle and the 50, 100 and 200 butterfly, whereas Rodolfo Falcón Jr. won in the 15 plus year-old group with 53:38.10 and, earlier, the 400, 800 and 1,500 m freestyle.Falcón, Becali, Gámez and Julio Calero (breaststroke specialist) will continue their preparation for the World Championships to be held in Hungary on June 18 to 25.

Cuba acknowledges support from Irish solidarity movement

HAVANA, Cuba, May 22 (ACN) Cuba awarded the commemorative pin for the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) to the Irish solidarity movement for its support to the Caribbean island.The announcement was made by ICAP Europe Division official Elizabeth Ribalta in a meeting with activists and Cubans living in Ireland, held at the Cuban embassy in Dublin.Ribalta pointed out that the pin is a humble recognition by the Cuban government and people of the unconditional support, love and dedication shown by the Irish in solidarity against the hostile U.S. blockade and its devastating effects on the Cuban economy, history and daily life.Cuban ambassador Bernardo Guanche also thanked the Irish and his fellow countrymen based in the European country for their support and highlighted the important role played by both the solidarity movement in the world and ICAP in the consolidation of the revolutionary process in the Caribbean nation.

Adiós a Enrique Saínz, elevada voz de nuestra crítica

Enrique Saínz de la Torriente. Foto: Ecured

El prolífero investigador Enrique Saínz de la Torriente, una de las voces más altas en materia de crítica literaria de nuestras letras, falleció ayer a la edad de 80 años.
En su cuenta en Twitter, la Uneac lamentó el deceso del connotado ensayista, miembro de la organización, «crítico literario por excelencia» y envió sus condolencias a familiares y amigos.
Saínz, editor y académico de número de la Academia Cubana de la Lengua, deja un vacío difícil de llenar cuando se hable de estudiosos de la lírica cubana. Su firma prologó textos de grandes poetas, entre ellos la poesía de Fina García Marruz y de Cintio Vitier.

Proyecto Varela, 20 años de un ejercicio de oposición cívica en Cuba

A 20 años del Proyecto Varela, el siguiente texto recuerda los orígenes y el devenir de la iniciativa legislativa popular más relevante que se ha intentado impulsar en Cuba.

Arrestan a una mujer en Miami-Dade por robar más de $ 437 mil dólares de una paciente con cáncer de 70 años

Agentes de la policía en Miami-Dade arrestaron el viernes a una mujer acusada de robar más de $437,000 a un

Southwest Airlines Will Increase Its Flights to Cuba

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