Cuban judoka's gold medal not to be re-distributed: IPC Sep 25, 2004
The 35-year-old judoka from Palma Soriano, Cuba won the gold medal in the 2002 world championships, but had to settle for the silver in the 2003 world championships. The Cuban was the third athlete at the Athens games to have been caught of doping. (Xinhuanet, China -- Sports)
Cuba - Annual Report 2004 May 3, 2004
org reported on 26 August that four antennae for jamming Radio Mart's signals had been installed in the town of Palma Soriano, in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba. Antennae with the same function were also installed in San Felipe (in Havana province) and in other parts of the country, the website said. (Reporters without borders, France)
Members of the Christian Liberation Movement abused at the prison ... Dec 16, 2003
No considerations were given to the fact that my relatives traveled all the way from Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba for the visit. "All these abuses are also being inflicted on the prisoner of conscience Luis Enrique Ferrer Garc;a, local Coordinator of the Varela Project, sanctioned to 28 years in prison and Pedro Arg?elles Mor;n, an independent journalist with the Cooperativa Avile;a de Periodistas Independientes, sanctioned to 20 years in prison. Reported by Lux Info Press correspondents... (CubaNet, FL)
Traffic accident kills 14 people Dec 1, 2003
By yesterday afternoon, 11 of the dead had been identified: Jercy Luis Lotti Escalona, City of Havana; Juan Carlos Rodrguez Torres, Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba; Ivn Surez Torres, Guantnamo; and Leonardo Aguilera Gonzlez, Majibacoa, Las Tunas province. The list continues: Yoblexis Casas Cruz and Idelsis Casas Almeida, from the Alfredo Alvarez Mola sugar mill, Camagey; Sixto Rodrguez Santiesteban, Banes, Holgun; Omar Martnez Casanova and Ral Madruga Hernndez, both from the... (Granma International, Cuba)