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Exhibition Dedicated to French Artist Pierre Etaix Inaugurated
HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 13 (acn) An exhibition dedicated to the work of actor and filmmaker Pierre Etaix was inaugurated on Friday in the presence of this creator, at ...
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Cuban GM Dominguez Beat Ivanchuk in FIDE Grand Prix
Athens, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The Grand Master (GM) Leinier Dominguez defeated today his Ukrainian pair Vassily Ivanchuk during the third round of the fourth stop of the FIDE Grand Prix Chess, based in the Greek city of Thessaloniki. Dominguez, the best Latin American chess player for several years, overcame his opponent with black pieces after 39 moves of a Gruenfeld Defense. For the Cuban, ...
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Seven migrants escorted back to Cuba
Seven migrants, whose boat from Cuba was intercepted May 18 by the U.S. Coast Guard, were returned to Cuba, the Coast Guard said. Their boat was taking on water near Card Sound Bridge, which connects the Florida Keys to the mainland, when it was rescued. The migrants were removed from the boat and given food, water, shelter and medical attention, The Miami Herald reported. Under U.S. law, ...
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Tribune names de Castro WGN president and GM
The Tribune Co. has named radio veteran Jimmy de Castro as president and general manager of WGN-AM Radio, beginning June 3. De Castro will be responsible for the station's overall strategy, execution, and day-to-day management and operations, and will report to Larry Wert, Tribune's president of Broadcast Media. De Castro said in a statement he was determined to continue to grow WGNs ...
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Obama Plan to Close Guantanamo Prison Faces Significant Obstacles
Activists wearing orange jumpsuits mark the 100th day of prisoners' hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay during a protest in front of the White House in Washington May 17, ...
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Organizations Demand in Geneva End to Blockade Against Cuba
Geneva, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Non-governmental organizations are calling in this capital for the U.S. blockade against Cuba to be eliminated, and for the Human Rights Council to create a special procedure to investigate the impact of this unilateral policy. That U.S. aggression, in existence for more than 50 years, is inhumane and intolerable, and violates the content and spirit of the United ...
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Canadian businessman on trial behind closed doors in Cuba as government mum on proceedings
Canadian businessman Sarkis Yacoubian goes to court for his corruption trial in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 24, 2013. The trial of Yacoubian, who was president of import company Tri-Star Caribbean which was shuttered in July 2011, is under way nearly two years after he was detained. President Raul Castro has repeatedly spoken of a need to root out entrenched corruption on this Communist-run ...
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Cuba silent on Canadians corruption trial
Canadian businessman Sarkis Yacoubian goes to court for his corruption trial in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 24, 2013. The trial of Yacoubian, who was president of import company Tri-Star Caribbean which was shuttered in July 2011, is under way nearly two years after he was detained. President Raul Castro has repeatedly spoken of a need to root out entrenched corruption on this Communist-run ...
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Cuba Confirms Willingness to Strengthen Ties with Argentina
Buenos Aires, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Raul Castro confirmed in a letter to his Argentina peer Cristina Fernandez his willingness to strengthen ties of friendship and cooperation between the two countries. In the letter released here by Telam news agency, the Cuban statesman greeted the Argentinian president, on the occasion of the commemoration of Argentina's May 25, 1810 ...
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Cuba Ratifies Determination to Expand Cooperation with Ecuador
Quito, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel expressed his country's willingness to further strengthen ties of friendship and solidarity with Ecuador, and expand cooperation and integration between the two governments and ...
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Cuban Parlmt President in Ethiopia for African Celebration
Addis Ababa, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's People's Power National Assembly (Parliament) President Esteban Lazo has arrived in Ethiopia to participate in the festivities on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Lazo traveled to Addis Ababa, permanent headquarters of the AU, a successor institute of the OAU, and was received at the Bole ...
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Cuban Government Sees Decline in Food Production
The Cuban government says it has seen a dramatic and unexplained drop in the harvest of vegetables and fruit in the first three months of the ...
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Graystar joining housing rush in Castro
Graystar is fueling up on Castro apartments. The South Carolina-based developer, which has 200,000 rental housing units under management, has filed an application to build 87 units at 2198 Market St., a former Shell gas station. The project is being designed by HellerManus. The project site consists of a triangular shaped lot with frontage on Market and Sanchez Streets. The site was recently ...
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Cuba among Nations with Very Low Undernourishment Rates
HAVANA, Cuba, May 24 (acn) Cuba is among the countries with very low undernourishment rates, according to a report prepared by the World Food Program on the 2010-2012 ...
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Cuba to Mark World Play Day
HAVANA, Cuba, May 24 (acn) Cuba will join the countries that have made the initiative of the International Toy Library Association their own, and will celebrate for the first time, on May 28 World Play ...
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Esteban Lazo Visits UNESCO
HAVANA, Cuba, May 24 (acn) Esteban Lazo, member of the Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party and President of the ...
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Havana to Host British Culture Festival in June
HAVANA, Cuba, May 24 (acn) The British Culture Festival, to be held in this capital on June 1-8, will fill the city with rhythms, audiovisuals and theater productions of the United ...
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Esteban Lazo Arrives in Ethiopia for African Union Celebrations
HAVANA, Cuba, May 24 (acn) Esteban Lazo, member of the Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party and President of the National Assembly of the ...
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Cuban Jesus del Castillo Wins Prize in Rhode Island
MATANZAS, Cuba, May 24 (acn) Playwright Jesus del Castillo described as very important for his career the theater prize received at the literary contest of the U.S. state of Rhode ...
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Cuba and Nicaragua Negotiate Commercial Agreement
HAVANA, Cuba, May 14 (acn) Cuba and Nicaragua negotiate in this capital an agreement of partial scope, with the purpose of eliminating commercial barriers limiting exchanges of goods and ...
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Cuba Strengthens Capacity against Natural Disasters
HAVANA, Cuba, May 14 (acn) In an effort to further reduce vulnerabilities in the face of strong hurricanes and other extreme natural phenomena, Cubans will carry out Meteoro 2013 readiness exercise on May 18 and ...
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Esteban Lazo Receives Visiting Zambian FM
HAVANA, Cuba, May 13 (acn) Esteban Lazo, member of the Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party and president of the National Assembly of the ...
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Cuban Schools Analyze Development of UN Projects
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, May 14 (acn) The development of programs linked to peace and to the struggle against hunger is analyzed in the National Seminar of Cuban Schools Associated to the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO), that began on Monday in this ...
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Cubans Russians Lead in Last Stop for World Diving Series
Mexico, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The last stop in the Diving World Series begins today and ends on Sunday at the Pan American Aquatics Complex in Guadalajara, Mexico, with Russian and Cuban duos in the lead for top honors in the male synchronized platform. In the two-day event the first four duos in each branch will compete, while also training for the next world championship, from July 19 to ...
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Fresh offerings Sun gets things swingin at Havana
If you go Midnight Sun Orchestra plays the first Sunday of every month from 2 to 6 p.m.Entrees start at $12.50 and Appetizers start at $8.00Havana is located at 105 S. Main St., New HopeMore information: ...
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Cuba and Venezuela pushing ahead with major undersea project
Submarine cables are the information gateways of the modern world and Cuba will soon be linked to Venezuela and Jamaica by one, which will increase the efficiency of information flows between the countries by over 3000 times.
Work on an underwater cable that will link Cuba, Venezuela and Jamaica is underway with the survey ship RV Ridley Thomas mapping the ocean floor between the countries to determine the exact path of the cable. Read more
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