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HAVANA, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Cuba's First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday handed over the national flag to two-time wrestling Olympic champion Mijain Lopez for the upcoming Rio de Janeiro summer games and urged the 120 athletes that make up the island's delegation to perform at the best of their abilities.
In a ceremony at Havana's Revolution Square, Diaz-Canel handed the Cuban flag to Lopez who has been the island's bearer since Beijing 2008.
""It's a great honor being the Cuban flag bearer for the third time in a row and we've shown the world that we can be the best country in Latin America and the Caribbean at the Olympics and I think it won't be different at Rio de Janeiro,"" said Lopez to Xinhua.
Cuba's delegation is made up of 120 athletes that will compete in 18 disciplines and the best chances at reaching Olympic medals can come in boxing, wrestling, judo, track and field and gymnastics.
""The overall training for these Olympics has been very good and our expectations are very high,"" said Lopez.
Meanwhile, Eduardo Becali, president of the Cuban Institute of Sports (INDER), said the goal of the delegation is to be in the top 20 of the world and surpass the 5 gold medals obtained in London 2012.
""Our 120 athletes of 18 sports know what they mean to millions of Cubans that will follow them in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and will cheer them from the distance,"" said Becali.
The government sports official said the Cuban athletes will dedicate their participation in Rio to the 90th birthday of former president and revolution leader, Fidel Castro.
Cuba left London 2012 with a total of 15 medals (5 gold, 3 silver, and 7 bronze).
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PARIS, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- "I ask to be judged on employment ...," French President Francois Hollande said during a recent prime-time interview, in response to growing critics and sliding popularity.
With his economic credibility already on the line, Hollande has set reversing jobless claims as condition to extend his stay at the Elysee Palace, betting on better business climate and various devices he implemented to encourage hiring.
Unfortunately, the end of gloom is not insight for the French top official.
The Labor Ministry's monthly report released on Monday showed that number of people out of work in France reached a record high in August to more than 3.556 million from a month earlier, the highest level since 2013.
The fresh labor data likely to pour cold water on his plan to fix the jobless headache and ignited critics over his failure to devote on pledges to bring down joblessness and promote national wealth as he promised five years ago.
"These are disastrous results which show the total failure of Francois Hollande's government. We need a radical change in economic policy," Alain Juppe, former foreign minister and also the favorite to win right-wing parties primary, wrote on his tweeter account.
To ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy who is seeking to revenge a failure in 2012 presidential race, "French economy is in a situation of extreme emergency," suggesting that a change in policies is the only alternative.
Most polls show that if Hollande runs as the left's candidate, he will come third to far-right Front National leader Marine Le Pen and whoever heads the main center-right campaign.
With up to 16 percent of the votes, the French president will be eliminated in the first round of election scheduled for April 23, an Elabe poll for the business daily Le Echos showed on Sept. 22.
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