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Havana Hosts ALBA Ministerial Meeting on Social Issues on Friday
HAVANA, Cuba, May 15 (acn) Havana will host the 4th Meeting of the Ministerial Council on Social Issues of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America (ALBA) on May 17. The forum will particularly focus on education, health, culture and ...
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Cuban and Zambian Foreign Ministers Meet in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, May 15 (acn) The foreign ministers of Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez, and Zambia, Effron Chakupa Lungu, ratified the historic bonds between the two countries and the possibilities that exist to strengthen them, during a meeting held on Tuesday ...
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Cuban Film Industry Willing to Undertake Transformations
HAVANA, Cuba, May 15 (acn) The Cuban Cinema Industry affirmed its willingness to undertake transformations in tune with the ...
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State Sector Cooperatives Key to Cuban Economic Reform Says Expert
Havana, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The state sector and cooperatives represent the key to success in the economic reform process Cuba is carrying out to increase its efficiency and productivity, said National Economy Prize winner Joaquin Infante today. According to Infante, those kinds of work are a priority in Cuba due to their much wider social scope, on which the country's economic ...
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Marlin Fishing Tournament Opens in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, May 20 (acn) The 63rd International Marlin Fishing Tournament opens today at ...
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Russian Parliamentarian Asserts that Cuba is a Very Close Friend
HAVANA, Cuba, May 17 (acn) Valentina Matvienko, president of the Council of Federations of the Russian ...
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Investments Revive Sugar Industry in Central Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 12 (acn) An example of the gradual recovery of the sugar industry of Ciego de Avila, was the execution of investments for 21.5 million pesos in this sector last ...
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Cuba Launches New Habano Cigars Reserve into the World Market
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 8 (ACN) Cuba launched its first reserve of the Romeo y Julieta cigar brand in the Churchil shape, which has the long history of all shapes of the famous Habano ...
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Edouard Glissants Work to be Discussed in Cuba
Havana, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The work of Martinican writer Edouard Glissant (1928-2012) will be discussed today at the International Colloquium "Cultural Diversity in the Caribbean", attended by a large delegation of intellectuals from the region. The meeting, sponsored by the Casa de las Americas, is being attended by artists, writers and intellectuals from Aruba, Haiti, Dominican ...
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Man Opened Fire Outside Girlfriends Little Havana Eatery Cops
A man is facing an aggravated assault charge after police say he fired several shots outside his girlfriend's Little Havana restaurant early Monday ...
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Obama to address Guantanamo prison drone program
Obama will address the U.S. secret drone program's legality and his pledge to shut the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, a White House official said. Obama will address them in a speech Thursday at the Defense Department's National Defense University in Washington -- a speech that will focus on how he intends to bring his counter-terrorism policies in line with the legal structure and ...
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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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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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US Ban on Habano Cigar Sales Inflicts Huge Loss on Cuban Economy
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 22 (acn) The prohibition on the sale of Cuban habano cigars in US territory, imposed by US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba, prevents the island from earning over 300 million dollars ...
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Cuban Peasant Organization Analyzes Efficient Land Use
HAVANA, Cuba , Jan 24 (acn) The eighth plenum of the Cuban National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) discussed today, among other topics, the efficient use of lands used for food production ...
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Cuban Partagas Cigar House to Celebrate Anniversary in April
Cuban Partagas Cigar House to Celebrate Anniversary in April HAVANA, Cuba, March 15 (acn) More than a hundred businessmen, distributors, entrepreneurs and specialists from different parts of the world will meet in Cuba in April for the 21st Encounter of Clients-Friends of the Partagas Cigar ...
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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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Investments on Modern Power Substations Continue in Cuba
Investments on Modern Power Substations Continue in Cuba HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 21 (acn) As a result of a wide investment plan by the Cuban Ministry of Basic Industry (MINBAS), a state-of-the-art power substation to be shortly inaugurated in Havana will improve the service on private and state consumers, including hospitals and ...
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Next Habanos Festival generates expectations Among Aficionados
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 17 (can) The famous Cuban Premium cigars will be in the spotlight again this February, when the 15th Habanos Festival, considered by many as the most important cigar event of the world, kicks ...
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Cuban Tourist Attractions at Madrid FITUR 2013
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 22 (ACN) Cuba will participate at the 33rd International Tourist Fair FITUR 2013, to be held January 30 to February 3, in Madrid, Spain, in an effort to enhance relations with partners at the Spanish tourist ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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