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Cuba Almost 80 of Lands Granted in Usufruct Already Being Exploited
Cuba: Almost 80% of Lands Granted in Usufruct Already Being Exploited HAVANA, Cuba, March 15 (acn) Almost 76,5 % of the land given in usufruct by the Cuban government by way of Decree 259 is being exploited throughout the country after the conclusion of works to cut down marabu trees (Dichrostachys cinerea, aka sicklebush) and ...
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Railways Repaired in Central Cuba
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Jan 24 (acn) Last year 62 kilometers of railways were repaired in the provinces of Cienfuegos, Sancti Spiritus and Villa Clara, improving the trains circulation and the security of passengers in central ...
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New Initiative Encourages Non-State Economic Sector
MATANZAS, Cuba, Feb 4 (ACN) The rental of state-owned facilities by self-employees in the food business is a new modality being implemented in this western province to encourage the development of the non-state economic ...
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Cuban Central Province Increases Honey Production
Cuban Central Province Increases Honey Production SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Mar 14 (acn) By the end of February, apiarists from the central Cuban province of Villa Clara exceeded the amount of honey colleted last year, in that same period, by 76 ...
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Cuban Agriculture Ministry to Improve Agricultural Production
Cuban Agriculture Ministry to Improve Agricultural Production SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Mar 14 (acn) By the end of February, apiarists from the central Cuban province of Villa Clara exceeded the amount of honey colleted last year, in that same period, by 76 ...
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Cuba to Open Modern Tire-Retreading Plants
Cuba to Open Modern Tire-Retreading Plants HAVANA, Cuba, March 1 (acn) By the end of 2011, Cuba will have three modern tire-retreading plants that will contribute to saving hard currencies, an imperative need to mitigate the effects of the current international financial ...
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Cuba Lifts Tax on All Foreign Currencies
Cuba Lifts Tax on All Foreign Currencies HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 14 (acn) The Financial Committee of ...
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Eastern Cuban Wind Farms Produce More Than 21000 Megawatts in Three Years
HOLGUIN, Cuba, Feb 28 (acn) The two wind farms in the municipality of Gibara, in the eastern Cuban province of Holguin, contributed with 21,000 megawatts to the National Electric System, in three years of ...
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Obama says still wants to close Guantanamo Bay prison
BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he still wanted to close Guantanamo Bay prison but said the plan had been tougher to achieve than he had hoped due to resistance from Congress. "We cannot have a permanent outpost in which they are being held even as we are ending a war in Afghanistan that triggered the capture of some of these detainees in the first ...
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Exclusive Cuba to make professional boxing debut in Mexico City
June 19 - Cuban boxers will make their professional debut in a special World Series of Boxing (WSB) exhibition match in Mexico City in August, it has been revealed. The Cubans will take on the Mexico Guerreros in a match over ten weight categories on August 30 and 31 following a visit to to the Mexican capital by C K Wu, President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA). Professional ...
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Cuban Tourist Center with Record Number of Visitors
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 18 (ACN) The Jardines del Rey keys, a tourist center on the northern coast of the Cuban central province of Ciego de Avila, reported a record day-occupancy of local hotels by over 6 thousand 500 visitors, a figure never reached in the month of February during high ...
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The FARC-EP Strengthen Peace Delegation in Havana
The FARC-EP Strengthen Peace Delegation in Havana HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 8 (acn) Guerrilla commander Pablo Catatumbo arrived in this capital on Saturday afternoon to strengthen the team of the FARC holding peace talks with representatives of the government of President Juan Manuel ...
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Russian-Cuban Forum in Havana Tackles Issue of Infertile Couples
Russian-Cuban Forum in Havana Tackles Issue of Infertile Couples HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 8 (acn) Psycho-emotional aspects of infertile couples, in need of High Tech Assisted Reproduction, is one of the topics delegates at the Russian-Cuban Andrology Forum focused on in this capital on ...
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Four Female Cuban Judokas to University Games in Russia
Havana, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will take four athletes to the female judo tournament of the 27th Summer University Games in Kazan, Russia, from July 6 to 17, said Cuban weekly Jit Tuesday. The Cuban female team, second place by teams in the Grand Prix in Miami, US last week, is headed by 78 kg Olympic Champion Idalis Ortiz. The other athletes are: Yanet Bermoy, Olympic runner-up in the 52 ...
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President Xi meets Cuban VP on stronger ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met with Miguel Diaz-Canel, Cuban first vice-president of the councils of state and ministers.Xi asked Diaz-Canel to convey his greetings to Cuban President Raul Castro and former leader Fidel Castro.Xi reviewed the growth of China-Cuba relations since the two countries forged diplomatic relations in 1960, particularly the increasingly mature relations and ...
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Cuban womens judo team to compete in Russia Brazil
Cuba's four-member women's judo team, led by Olympic champion Idalis Ortiz, will compete in Russia and Brazil, sports news website JIT said Tuesday.The women will first compete at the World Universiade of Kazan, Russia in July, then travel to France for training before attending the World Championship next August in Brazil, coach Ronaldo Veitia said."We will attend the 27 ...
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US Set for Negotiations With Taliban Who Want Commanders Released From Guantanamo Bay
A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 2004. US military hearings on the "enemy combatant" status of 14 top terror suspects began Friday at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba out of sight of the media and defense ...
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Burger Joint Robber Shot Dead By Deputies In Castro Valley Was Wanted Parolee
fatally shot in a confrontation with two Alameda County sheriff's deputies at a restaurant in Castro Valley on Friday night was a parolee at large from Oakland, authorities said Tuesday. Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. J.D. Nelson identified the suspect as 32-year-old Quincy Williams and said he had three felony convictions for robbery, drugs and theft. Williams also had ...
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Cuban family says repression forced them to flee to US
MIAMI (AP) — The daughter of a prominent Cuban dissident who died in a car crash says her family decided to seek refuge in the U.S. after facing continued repression.Rosa Maria Paya and her mother spoke with reporters Tuesday in Miami.Paya traveled throughout Europe and the U.S. in April to push for an international investigation into her father's death.Oswaldo Paya was killed in a ...
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Cuban dissident Family supporters faced repression on island after return from US travel
MIAMI -- One of several Cuban dissidents recently allowed to visit Europe and the U.S. after Cuba changed its travel laws said Tuesday she decided to seek refuge in Miami after facing continued repression on the island. Rosa Maria Paya said she and her family have been the subject of threats, harassment and increased vigilance since her father's death last year and following her return to ...
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Police identify Oakland man fatally shot by deputy at Castro Valley burger joint
Quincy Williams, age 32, of Oakland, was shot and killed by an Alameda County sheriff's deputy Friday during an armed robbery at Boulevard Burger in Castro ...
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African leader emphasizes strength and example of Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 3 (acn) The African nationalist leader Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's first President (1964-1991), said in Havana that Cuba is an example of independence and the struggle for human ...
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Twelfth World Wind Energy Conference Underway in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 3 (acn) The development and prospects of the use of renewable energy sources in Cuba will capture, from today until Friday, the attention of the participants at the 12th World Wind Energy ...
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China Makes Donations to Cuba and Signs Cooperation Agreements
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 3 (acn) Guo Jinlong, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), attended in this city a ceremony of donation and signing of documents as part of his official visit to Cuba ...
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Cuba Versus Turkey in Under 19 World Volleyball
Havana, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban male under-19 volleyball team will make its debut against Turkey in the start of the 13th World Championship of the category on June 27, to be disputed in two Mexican cities. The Cuban team will play its first match against Turkey in the city of Mexicali, the host for Pools B and D, and later it will meet Argentina on June 28, after that they will have a ...
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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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