Sunday 20th May, 2012
Iconic Cuban cigar goes un-smoked at home
The elderly cigar maker sits at a rustic table next to a tobacco field and a barn filled with hanging rows of aging tobacco and meticulously selects the brown leaves, rolling the most tender ones ...
Cuban Refugees To Reunite in ABQ
Just over a half century ago, 14-year-old Antonio ';Tony'; Lipiz and a throng of Cuban youngsters stepped off a turboprop airliner in Miami and, for the first time in their lives, walked ...
First Cuban-Made Cargo Vessel Delivered to Venezuela
HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 20 (acn) The first multipurpose cargo vessel built in Cuba for Venezuela as part of an ALBA project set sail to that nation where it will be put into service by the ...
Archaeologists Dig Out Founding site of Matanzas City
ACNHAVANA, Cuba, Mar 20 (acn) The founding site of the city of Matanzas, located about 100 kilometers east of Havana, is being dug out by archaeologists, after finding some of the foundations of ...
Cuba Listed Among Countries with Lowest Rates of Tuberculosis
ACNHAVANA, Cuba, Mar 20 (acn) Cuba has been listed by the World Health Organization (WHO) among the countries with the lowest rates of ...
Ciefuegos, Cuba, Host of LatAm Monologue Fest. from May 24th
Prensa LatinaPor Francisco G. Navarro Cienfuegos, Cuba, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Mexico will be the most represented country with the plays, "Ojo de gato", "Pero qu quiere usted de m?" and ...
New Hints at Looser Travel Rules Stir Hope in Cuba
New York TimesCuba a decade ago, followed by her father and then, five years ago, her 24-year-old son. Like all Cubans, she needs permission to leave, but as a member of the country’s medical corps, she may ...
Mariel memories: The boatlift that changed everything
Miami HeraldA reporter recounts the high drama and danger of the Mariel Boatlift and reflects on how that event changed South Florida’s cultural ...
Luciano: Is education on the verge of a flip-flop overhaul?
General SourcesEarlier this month, after fire alarms rushed students out of Pekin Community High School, teachers noticed something new and special. With the fire no real safety risk - just a small electrical ...
Mexican Company to Expand its Presence in Cuba
ACNHAVANA, Cuba, Apr 14 (acn) The Mexican COP Company, specialized in the manufacture and distribution of paintings and coatings, intends to expand its presence in Cuba with products that are ...
Head of Cuban National Assembly Met with Visiting Ethiopian Parliamentarian Leader
ACNHAVANA, Cuba, Apr 9 (acn) The president of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament), Ricardo Alarcon, met on Sunday at ...
Cuba to Implement New Costing System in Public Health Sector
ACNHAVANA, Cuba, Apr 18 (acn) The National Association of Economists and Accountants of Cuba (ANEC) has developed a new costing system to improve control over the financial, material and human ...
Chilean Youth Leaders Pay Tribute to Che Guevara
ACNSANTA CLARA, Cuba, April 5 (acn) The delegation of the Communist Youths of Chile (JJCC), led by General Secretary Karol Cariola, laid a floral wreath at the Memorial where Che ...
Vietnamese Top Communist Leader to Visit Cuba
ACNHAVANA, Cuba, Apr 7 (acn) The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, Nguyen Phu Trong, is scheduled to arrive in Havana on Sunday for an official and friendly visit at the ...
Cuba Receives First Million Visitors Ahead of Schedule
ACNHAVANA, Cuba, Apr 9 (ACN)The Cuban Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) announced Cuba had received already one million tourists in 2012, ahead of the date they had ...
Cubans Pay Tribute to Revolutionary Heroine Celia Sanchez
ACNBAYAMO, Cuba, May 9 (acn) Acknowledged as a symbol of modesty, humanism and revolutionary fervor, Cuban heroine Celia Sanchez Manduley is remembered in different ways throughout ...
Record Figure of Tourists in High Season in Cuba
ACNVILLA CLARA, Cuba, May 9 (acn) The presence of over one million 730,000 visitors from December to April is a record for the ...
Fifth National Campaign against Homophobia Underway in Cuba
ACNHAVANA, Cuba, May 9 (acn) An exhibition of paintings and other plastic arts works promoting the acceptance of and respect for free and responsible sexual orientation and gender identity was ...
Cuban Agriculture Aimed at Increasing Vegetables During Summer Months
ACNARTEMISA, Cuba, May 9 (acn) The province of Artemisa with over 270 thousand hectares of arable land and the unconditional commitment of working hard can guarantee vegetables for its population ...
Ciego de Avila Province Doubled Transport Cargo by Railroad
ACNHAVANA, Cuba, May 9 (acn) The arrival of modern wagons and the use of adequate equipment in restoring railways in Ciego de Avila province increased the transportation of merchandise and savings ...
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