HAVANA, Cuba, April 15 (acn) Venezuela is ready to receive the leaders at the extraordinary Summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for The Americas (ALBA), which will be held as of April 16 in the city of Cumaná, on the eastern side of that Andean nation.
The multi-state television network TeleSur and the Alba Portal reported
that the economic issue will be a priority for delegations attending the
event.
The sources add that leaders from Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Venezuela, as well as Ecuador and Paraguay as guests, will analyze on Thursday cooperation projects and common stances in this second trimester of 2009.
During the meeting, participants will review the development of the project for a common currency, according to information disclosed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.
The proposal, which for many critics is so difficult to achieve as was said before about the Euro, includes a chronology which, before the establishment of a physical currency, will go through the creation of a joint account unit, the Sucre.
The project is part of a wide program that comprises of both joint ventures - called grand nationals- and actions in the fields of health and education.
Cumaná itself, with some half a million inhabitants, will become the HQ of the ALBA Fishing Fleet, one of the cooperation initiatives seeking to produce food at low cost.
The company, with 51% of the shares in the hands of the Venezuelan Agrarian Corporation and 49% in those of the Cuban company Pescavante, plans to have some 30 ships and 38 processing plants.
Another issue to be tackled by participants in the Cumaná Summit will be, according to information released by President Chávez, "to take careful aim" vis-a vis with the Summit of The Americas, scheduled for April 17-19 in Trinidad and Tobago.
"Our artillery is getting ready", said Chávez in recent statements, in which he also criticized the absence of Cuba in this type of meeting, as a result of Washington’s attempts to isolate the archipelago.
Chávez and the rest of the leaders of ALBA member nations have expressed their opposition to the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba.
(Venezuela lista para Cumbre del ALBA)
jueves, 16 de abril de 2009
Cuba Presents Advances in Epilepsy Research
HAVANA, Cuba, April 16 (acn) Cuba’s advances in epilepsy research will be shown on Wednesday at the Neurocuba 2009 Congress underway in this capital, with the participation of experts from 15 nations of Europe and the Americas.
Standing out among its achievements is surgery in refractory epilepsy (resistant to medication), a method that has benefited 25 Cubans with excellent results.
With this functional surgery, which makes it possible to map the electric activity of the brain during surgery to define the extension of the resection, patient crises are reduced to minimum with fewer medicines, which improves their quality of life.
The head of Clinical Neurophysiology Services of Havana’s International Center for Neurological Restoration (CIREN), Dr. Liliam Morales, told ACN that the surgical procedure began to be used in the country five years ago with the cooperation of Mexican experts, who work along with
Cubans in various studies, among them some on electrophysiology.
Besides Cuba and Mexico, surgery on epilepsy is carried out in Argentina and Chile, recognized by the International League against Epilepsy.
Experts from Mexico and CIREN continue their research work on this ailment, which consists in working on tissue removed from patients who have undergone surgery, with the purpose of defining the origin of the disease, which is resistant to drugs.
Statistics confirm that epilepsy affects up to 3% of the world population, and that almost 20% of the total of people suffering from this chronic disease of the nervous system (seizures) does not respond satisfactorily to pharmacological therapy, pointed out Dr. Morales.
Wednesday’s program includes minimum access surgery, the handling and treatment of tumors on the base of the skull, current themes and approaches in spine surgery and the experiences of ICTUS units (to take care of patients with acute vascular encephalic manifestations) which
have allowed Cuba to reduce morbid-mortality due to brain-vascular problems.
(Expondrá Cuba avances de investigaciones en la epilepsia)
Standing out among its achievements is surgery in refractory epilepsy (resistant to medication), a method that has benefited 25 Cubans with excellent results.
With this functional surgery, which makes it possible to map the electric activity of the brain during surgery to define the extension of the resection, patient crises are reduced to minimum with fewer medicines, which improves their quality of life.
The head of Clinical Neurophysiology Services of Havana’s International Center for Neurological Restoration (CIREN), Dr. Liliam Morales, told ACN that the surgical procedure began to be used in the country five years ago with the cooperation of Mexican experts, who work along with
Cubans in various studies, among them some on electrophysiology.
Besides Cuba and Mexico, surgery on epilepsy is carried out in Argentina and Chile, recognized by the International League against Epilepsy.
Experts from Mexico and CIREN continue their research work on this ailment, which consists in working on tissue removed from patients who have undergone surgery, with the purpose of defining the origin of the disease, which is resistant to drugs.
Statistics confirm that epilepsy affects up to 3% of the world population, and that almost 20% of the total of people suffering from this chronic disease of the nervous system (seizures) does not respond satisfactorily to pharmacological therapy, pointed out Dr. Morales.
Wednesday’s program includes minimum access surgery, the handling and treatment of tumors on the base of the skull, current themes and approaches in spine surgery and the experiences of ICTUS units (to take care of patients with acute vascular encephalic manifestations) which
have allowed Cuba to reduce morbid-mortality due to brain-vascular problems.
(Expondrá Cuba avances de investigaciones en la epilepsia)
Cuba’s Advances in Neurosurgery Presented in Peru
HAVANA, Cuba, April 16 (acn) Cuba’s advances in the field of neurosurgery are being presented by prominent doctors from the archipelago, who are participating in an International Seminar on this specialty underway in Lima, Peru.
The meeting was inaugurated by the San Juan Bautista Private University, under the auspices of Havana’s Cira García International Clinic and the Cuban diplomatic mission in that South American nation. Cuban ambassador Luis Delfín Pérez was present in the opening ceremony.
The scientific event, attended by a large number of Peruvian physicians, has Cubans Ernesto Fleitas, Luis Oswaldo Sotolongo and Jose Rodríguez as its main speakers.
For two days, delegates will focus, among other issues, on Cuba’s experience in spine surgery and in the use of images to diagnose spine pathologies, Prensa Latina news agency reports.
Cuban specialists said that the event is also an excellent opportunity to share experiences on the use of novel surgical techniques.
(Exponen en Perú avances de Cuba en la neurocirugía)
The meeting was inaugurated by the San Juan Bautista Private University, under the auspices of Havana’s Cira García International Clinic and the Cuban diplomatic mission in that South American nation. Cuban ambassador Luis Delfín Pérez was present in the opening ceremony.
The scientific event, attended by a large number of Peruvian physicians, has Cubans Ernesto Fleitas, Luis Oswaldo Sotolongo and Jose Rodríguez as its main speakers.
For two days, delegates will focus, among other issues, on Cuba’s experience in spine surgery and in the use of images to diagnose spine pathologies, Prensa Latina news agency reports.
Cuban specialists said that the event is also an excellent opportunity to share experiences on the use of novel surgical techniques.
(Exponen en Perú avances de Cuba en la neurocirugía)
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