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Published: 10 August 2025

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• Hydraulic Worker's Day
• Cuba's National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (INRH)

Every August 10, Cuba celebrates hydraulic workers on their day, a commemoration marked by the creation of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (INRH) in 1962.

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Written by PL

Published: 07 August 2025

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• plane crash in Ghana

Cuba's foreign minister, Bruno Rodríguez, today lamented the death of Ghana’s defense and environment ministers in a military helicopter crash in the southern region of Ashanti.

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Published: 07 August 2025

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• rail accident investigation

The Cuban transport minister, Eduardo Rodriguez, said today that the relevant authorities are investigating the causes of the derailment of a passenger train with almost 900 people, no fatalities, and two injured.

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Published: 05 August 2025

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• popular victory of August 5, 1994
• Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz

The enemies of the Revolution tried to build a story of spontaneous protests repressed by a tyrannical government.  Photo: Granma Archives

When Fidel Castro Ruz went to the streets of Havana's Galiano and San Lázaro during the height of the riots unleashed on August 5, 1994, the sign of that violent day changed, and the usual peace began to take shape again. The figure of the Commander-in-Chief seemed almost legendary, on par with the warrior from Julio Cortázar's story Tema para un tapiz, capable of driving away an army of thousands with his presence.