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Hilda Molina
Hilda Molina (born Hilda Molina y Morejon in 1943 in Ciego de Avila, Cuba) is the former chief neurosurgeon of Cuba. Molina was also a deputy in the Cuban National Assembly but has been a critic of the Cuban government since the early 1990s. Her criticisms focus primarily on Cuba's state-governed healthcare system. Career In 1987, Molina founded the neurosurgery center in Havana. By 1991, her center had become one of the most important scientific centers in Cuba. The same year, Molina claims she was informed by the then Minister of Health, Julio Teja Perez, that her center was supposed to treat foreigners paying in U.S. dollars. Previously, the center had treated only Cuban patients. Molina subsequently resigned her position at the center and her seat at the National Assembly. Molina claims that she and her son were subjected to mob retaliation in what are termed "acts of repudiation". She had continuously been denied a visa to travel for personal as well as professional reas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciego De Avila, Cuba , a Cuban brand of bottled water
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Ciego is a Spanish word meaning "blind". It may refer to: Places *Ciego de Ávila, a Cuban city, seat of the homonym province *Ciego de Ávila Province, a Cuban province *Arriete-Ciego Montero, a Cuban village in Cienfuegos Province Other *Ciego Montero Ciego Montero is a Cuban brand of bottled water, part of Nestlé Nestlé Waters, Waters, established in 1985 and owned by the Cuban society Los Portales. Based in the village of Arriete-Ciego Montero, it produces the homonym water and soft drink ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami
Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a population of 6.14 million, is the second-largest metropolitan area in the Southeastern United States, Southeast after Atlanta metropolitan area, Atlanta, and the Metropolitan statistical area#United States, ninth-largest in the United States. With a population of 442,241 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Miami is the List of municipalities in Florida, second-most populous city in Florida, after Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville. Miami has the List of tallest buildings in the United States#Cities with the most skyscrapers, third-largest skyline in the U.S. with over List of tallest buildings in Miami, 300 high-rises, 70 of which exceed . Miami is a major center and leader in finance, commerce, culture, arts, and internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neurosurgeons
Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty that focuses on the surgical treatment or rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nervous system, and cerebrovascular system. Neurosurgery as a medical specialty also includes non-surgical management of some neurological conditions. Education and context In different countries, there are different requirements for an individual to legally practice neurosurgery, and there are varying methods through which they must be educated. In most countries, neurosurgeon training requires a minimum period of seven years after graduating from medical school. United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, students must gain entry into medical school. The MBBS qualification (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) takes four to six years depending on the student's route. The newly qualified physician must then comple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuban Physicians
Cuban or Cubans may refer to: Related to Cuba * of or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean * Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent ** Cuban exile, a person who left Cuba for political reasons, or a descendant thereof * Cuban Americans, citizens of the United States who are of Cuban descent * Cuban Spanish, the dialect of Cuba * Culture of Cuba * Cuban cigar * Cuban cuisine ** Cuban sandwich People with the surname * Brian Cuban (born 1961), American lawyer and activist * Mark Cuban (born 1958), American entrepreneur See also * * Kuban (other) * List of Cubans * Demographics of Cuba * Cuban Boys, a British music act * Cuban eight, a type of aerobatic maneuver * Cuban Missile Crisis * Cubane Cubane is a synthetic hydrocarbon compound with the Chemical formula, formula . It consists of eight carbon atoms arranged at the corners of a Cube (geometry), cube, with one hydrogen atom attached to each carbon atom. A solid crystalline substanc ..., a synthetic hyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Tourism In Cuba
Tourism in Cuba is an economic sector that generates over 4.7 million arrivals , and is one of the main sources of revenue for the island. With its favorable climate, beaches, colonial architecture and distinct cultural history, Cuba has long been an attractive destination for tourists. "Cuba treasures 253 protected areas, 257 national monuments, 7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 7 Natural Biosphere Reserves and 13 Fauna Refuge among other non-tourist zones." Having been Spain's closest colony to the United States until 1898, in the first part of the 20th century Cuba continued to develop with the influence of big investments, the creation of various industries, and growing travel to support mostly US interests and corporations. Its proximity (roughly from the Florida Keys) and close relationship with the United States also helped Cuba's market economy prosper fairly quickly. As relations between Cuba and the United States deteriorated rapidly after the Cuban Revolution of 1959 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planeta Group
Planeta Corporación, S.R.L., doing business as Grupo Planeta (), is a Spanish mass media conglomerate operating in Spain, Portugal, France and Latin America. It is headquartered in Madrid. Editorial Planeta, founded in 1949, was the seed of Grupo Planeta, which includes many more publishing imprints as well as other media assets. Planeta is the primary shareholder of the media group Atresmedia (dominating alongside Mediaset España the free-to-air television landscape in Spain under a duopoly) and the publisher of the Conservative newspaper '' La Razón''. Since 1952, Planeta awards the Premio Planeta de Novela literary prize. History and profile The company was founded as Editorial Planeta in 1949. was the founder of the company. Starting in 1952, the publishing group awards the Premio Planeta de Novela literary prize. The company expanded from Spain to the Latin American market in the mid-1960s. In 1992, Planeta acquired the Espasa Calpe publishing company and the boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vox (political Party)
Vox (; ; often stylized in all caps) is a National conservatism, national conservative List of political parties in Spain, political party in Spain. Founded in 2013, it is currently led by party president Santiago Abascal, and vice president and secretary-general Ignacio Garriga. Vox has been described as Far-right politics, far-right or Radical right (Europe), radical right. The party entered the Spanish parliament for the first time after winning seats in the April 2019 Spanish general election, April 2019 general election. Later that year, it received 3.6 million votes in the November 2019 Spanish general election, November 2019 general election, winning 52 seats and becoming the third-largest party in the Congress of Deputies. Its public support reached its peak within the next few years, according to #Results timeline, the results of subsequent regional elections and 2023 Spanish general election#Opinion polls, opinion polling, but in the 2023 Spanish general election showe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid Forum
The Madrid Forum (Spanish: ''Foro Madrid'') is an anti-communist organization created on 26 October 2020 by the Disenso Foundation think tank of the conservative Spanish political party Vox. Background According to ''The Rio Times'', the aim of the Madrid Forum, an anti-communist international organization with a "permanent structure and an annual action plan", is to be "an alternative" to the "two Latin American leftist platforms, the São Paulo Forum and the Puebla Group. The Sao Paulo Forum "comprises political and social forces, from the Brazilian Workers' Party to the Communist Party of Cuba"; the Puebla Group consists of "a handful of leftist politicians" including Alberto Fernández, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Evo Morales, Rafael Correa, Pepe Mujica, and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. The ''Madrid Charter'' is the manifesto of the Madrid Forum; it gathered more than 8,000 signers from throughout the world, with prominent signers Brazilian Eduardo Bolsonaro, Peruvia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcos Aguinis
Marcos Aguinis (born 13 January 1935) is an Argentine writer. Trained in medical studies, music and psychoanalysis, his work and his thoughts are focused on the notions of independence, democracy and rejection of authoritarianism. He is a proponent of political liberalism, and participates in seminars and conferences from the Freedom Foundation organized by Mario Vargas Llosa. He is the father of business professor, researcher, and author Herman Aguinis. Background Aguinis was born in Cruz del Eje, Córdoba, Argentina on January 13, 1935. He is an author with extensive international training in literature, neurosurgery, psychoanalysis, the arts and history. "I have traveled the world, but I have also traveled across different professions." The son of Jewish immigrants, he was seven years old when the news came that the Nazis had killed his grandfather and the rest of his family that had remained in Europe. He describes this as the foundational moment of his life, and one that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
