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International Colloquium in Havana for
Bicentennial of Independence
HAVANA, Cuba,
Feb 8 (acn) An international colloquium, named “A propósito del
bicentenario:
200 años de historia y cultura” (On the occasion of the bicentennial:
200 years of history and
culture) was held at the Fragua Martiana museum in this capital.
Cuban Farmers Willing to Produce More food
GUANTANAMO, Cuba (acn)
The willingness of Cuban farmers to produce more food, is the main
approach of more than thousand 400 meetings held to date, as part of
the process prior to the Tenth Congress of the National Association
of Small Farmers (ANAP).
Havana
to Dedicate Nicolas Guillen Colloquium and Festival to Haiti
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 5 (acn) The 7th Nicolas Guillen Colloquium and
Festival on Music and Poetry, to be held in this capital from March
30 to April 2, will be dedicated to the Haitian people.
Havana Will Host Int’l Congress on Higher Education
HAVANA, Cuba (acn) Nearly 3,000 delegates from over 60 countries
will participate in the 7th International Congress on Higher
Education ‘University 2010’ that begins on Monday at Havana’s
Convention Center.
New Portal
Presented in Cuba
BAYAMO, Cuba, Feb5 (acn) The portal Ibermuseos (Latin American
Museums), aimed at
incorporating and spreading actions in defense of the cultural
heritage of the Latin American
peoples, was presented on Friday in the eastern Cuban province of
Granma.
Cuba and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Strengthen Bonds of
Friendship
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 5 (acn) Cuba and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic
Republic reaffirmed their willingness to strengthen the existing
bilateral bonds of friendship during a ceremony to celebrate the
30th anniversary of the official establishment of diplomatic
relations.
More Cuban
Documentary Funds Included in UN Program
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 5 (acn) The United Nations Education, Science and
Culture Organization
(UNESCO) made the inclusion of the project “From the Amazons to the
Caribbean by Canoe” in the Memory of the World Regional Program
official.
Cuba
Commemorates Establishment of Vietnamese Communist Party
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 4 (acn) Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo presided
over a ceremony on Wednesday night to commemorate the 80th
anniversary of the establishment of the Vietnamese Communist Party.
Cuba Ready
to Deal with H1N1 Virus for the Rest of the Winter
HOLGUIN,
Cuba, Feb 4 (acn) Cuban Deputy Health Minister Luis Estruch
insisted on Wednesday in Holguin that the best way to face
the H1NI Virus is by preventing it and he noted that the
island is ready to deal with the disease during the
remaining winter months.
Compilation
of Jose Marti Poems Published in Mexico
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 4 (acn) Poems written in Mexico by Cuban National
Hero Jose Marti were compiled in a book published in that country by
Mexican professor Alfonso Herrera Franyutti.
Caribbean Expedition Included in UNESCO Programs
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 4 (acn) UNESCO’s Cuban National Commission
and the Memory of the World National Committee have included
in one of its programs all the materials making up the
expedition "From the Amazons to the Caribbean by Canoe.”
Raul
Castro Meets with Daughter of Former Egyptian President
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 1 (acn) Cuban President Raul Castro met on Sunday
with Mona Gamal Abdel Nasser, daughter of former Egyptian leader
Gamal Abdel Nasser, who was the second President of Egypt since 1954
until his death in 1970.
Cuban Long-lived Woman Celebrates her 125th Birthday
BAYAMO, Cuba. Feb 2 (acn) Cuban Juana Bautista de la
Candelaria celebrated on Tuesday her 125th birthday, an age
that makes her become presumably the oldest person on the
planet, although this fact has not been recognized.
Cuban Jurist and Diplomat Miguel Alfonso Passed Away in
Havana
HAVANA, Cuba (acn) Cuban diplomat, jurist and academician
Miguel Alfonso, with a
brilliant professional career at the service of the
Revolution, died in the Cuban capital at
the age of 74.
Poetry by
Russian Vladimir Visotsky to be published in Cuba for the
First Time
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 2 (can) A poetic anthology by Russian
Vladimir Visotsky, in charge of
Editorial Matanzas, will be published for the first time in
Cuba, translated by Cuban writer
Juan Luis Hernandez.
Eusebio Leal: Unity to Preserve Heritage
CAMAGUEY, Feb 1 (acn) Eusebio Leal, president of the
National Commission of Monuments,
underlined on Monday the need and importance of collective
spirit in order to preserve
heritage values.
OCLAE’s
General Secretariat Meets in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 1 (acn) The General Secretariat of the
Latin American and Caribbean
Continental Student Organization (OCLAE) will be meeting
today and tomorrow in Havana to as a starting point of
preparations for the organization’s 16th Congress.
Torch
March: Cuban Youth Pays Honor to National Hero
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 28 (acn) With a torch march led mostly by students
of the University of Havana, the Cuban youth paid honor to the
national hero Jose Marti on the eve of his 157th birth anniversary
in this city.
FM Bruno
Rodríguez Opens Meeting of Cubans Resident Abroad
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 27 (acn) Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla
opened on Wednesday a meeting between Cuban authorities and some 450
Cubans resident in 42 countries.
FM Bruno
Rodríguez Opens Meeting of Cubans Resident Abroad
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 27 (acn) Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla
opened on Wednesday a meeting between Cuban authorities and some 450
Cubans resident in 42 countries.
Int’l Meeting on
Iberian-American Heritage to Take Place in Cuba
BAYAMO, Cuba, Jan 26 (acn) A scientific conference focused on the
cultural heritage of Iberian-
American nations will take place in this city of the eastern
province of Granma, with the
participation of national and international researchers.
United Left Leader Recognizes the Dignity of Cubans
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 26 (acn) United Left's general coordinator
Cayo Lara, third strongest
political force of Spain, said in Havana that dignity is the
first quality of the Cubans.
First VP Jose
R. Machado Ventura Receives Prime Minister of Guyana
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 25
(acn) Cuban First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura met on
Monday with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Guyana, Samuel
Hinds, who is in Havana for an official visit. |
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Road to Pinar del Rio’s San Antonio Cape
Inaugurated
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 25
(acn) The last stretch of the road linking Pinar del Rio city to the
Cabo
de San Antonio cape, in the westernmost province of Cuba, was
officially inaugurated, Granma
reported today.
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Nasser’s
Daughter Lays Wreath at her Father’s Monument in Havana City
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan
25 (acn) Mona Gamal Abdel Nasser, daughter of former Egyptian
president
Nasser, laid a floral wreath at her father’s bust located at the
African Independence Heroes
Park in this capital.
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Cuban Chess GM
Remains Undefeated in Wijk aan Zee
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan
25 (acn) Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez drew his match against host Loek
van Wely, thus remaining undefeated along other four players at the
Grand Slam underway in the Dutch city of Wijk aan Zee. |
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Meeting of
Cubans Resident Abroad To Take Place in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 25 (acn) A meeting of more than 400
representatives of Cubans residing
abroad with authorities from the island will take place in Havana
from January 27 to 29, the
International Press Center announced today. |
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Cuba and
Indonesia Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Bilateral Relations
HAVANA, Cuba,
Jan 22 (acn) The 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic
relations
between Cuba and Indonesia was celebrated in this capital with the
cancelling of a
commemorative stamp to mark the date and a political and cultural
activity.
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US Gallery Owner to be presented with
Friendship Medal in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 22
(acn) US gallery owner Gilbert Brownstone will be presented with the
Friendship Medal on January 25, at Havana’s Fine Arts Museum. |
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Cuban VP Meets
with Youth, Tourism and Sports Minister of Djibouti
HAVANA, Cuba,
Jan 21 (acn) Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo met on Wednesday with
Hasna Barkat Daoud, Minister of Youth, Sports, Recreation and
Tourism of the Republic of Djibouti, who is in Cuba on an official
visit. |
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Russia and
Spain Demand US to Take Cuba Off Terrorist Countries List
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 21
(acn) The Russian Committee of Cooperation with Latin America (CRCAL),
and the Madrid-based State Coordinating Committee of Solidarity with
Cuba demanded the United States to cross out Cuba from the list of
terror-sponsor countries. |
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Renowned Cuban Intellectual Angel Augier Dies in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 21
(acn) Notable Cuban intellectual Angel Augier died on Wednesday
evening in this capital at the age of 99, as a consequence of
respiratory and heart failures, common to advanced years. |
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Almost Half a Million Cubans Involved in Preparations for Partial
Elections
HAVANA,
Cuba, Jan 20 (acn) Almost half a million Cubans will participate in
the preparations for the national partial elections that will take
place in April and May under the slogan “Elections 2010: Elections
of Virtue, Merits and Capacity.”
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Mother of One of the Cuban Five Asks Obama to
Release the Prisoners
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 20 (acn) Magali Llort, mother of one of the five
Cuba anti-terrorists
unfairly imprisoned in the United States, appealed to President
Barack Obama to have the Cuban fighters released. |
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Members of United Left Party Visit Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 20 (acn) A delegation of the Spanish United Left
led by the political
party’s general coordinator Cayo Lara is in Havana at the invitation
of the Cuban Communist
Party’s Central Committee.
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Ricardo Alarcon Presides over Opening of Cuban Congress on Sex
Education
HAVANA,
Cuba, Jan 19 (acn) Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon
presided over on Tuesday in this capital the opening of the 5th
Cuban Congress on Sex Education, Orientation and Therapy. |
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Communist
Youths Reaffirm Cuba Is Not a Terrorist Country
CAMAGUEY, Cuba, Jan 19 (acn) Members of the Young Communist League (UJC)
in this eastern province of Cuba spoke out against the inclusion of
the
island nation in the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. |
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US Judge Allows Terrorist to Travel
on Private Jet
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 19 (acn) Judge Kathleen Cardone, from El Paso,
Texas, who will be trying terrorist Luis Posada Carriles next
February, authorized him to use a private plane to fly to the trial. |
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Young
Fabio di Celmo Inspires Italian Artist
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 18 (acn) Fabio di Celmo, who died in 1997 as a
result of a terrorist attack
against Havana’s Copabacana Hotel, inspired Italian artist Rosa
Penso, who gave on Monday to
the museum of Playa municipality a painting she made with the use of
the Merletto de Biurano
technique. |
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Raul Castro
Sends Message of Solidarity to Haitian People
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 13 (acn) On behalf of the Cuban government and
people, President Raul Castro offered his sincere condolences to his
Haitian counterpart René Preval, for the earthquake that recently
hit that country. |
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Committees in Defense of the Revolution Reject Inclusion of Cuba on
Terror List
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 16 (acn) The Committees for the Defense of the
Revolution (CDRs) issued a declaration on Friday rejecting the
inclusion of Cuba on the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. |
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Cuban
Parliament Expresses Solidarity with Haitian People
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 16 (acn) The Permanent Commission of Foreign
Relations
of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament) expressed its sorrow for
the
tragedy faced by the Haitian people after the devastation caused in
Port-au-Prince by an earthquake earlier this week.
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Embassy of
Suriname Inaugurated in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 16 (acn) “Despite our satisfaction for the opening
of our embassy in Havana, we can not forget our sorrow for what is
happening in Haiti and we send our condolences to the Government and
people of that sister nation,” said Louise Irene Kraag-Keteldijk,
Foreign Minister of Suriname, during the inauguration of her
country’s embassy in the Cuban capital on Friday afternoon.
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Students from Havana’s Latin American School of Medicine Request to
Succor Haitians
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 15 (acn) Students from Havana’s Latin American
School of Medicine (ELAM)
requested on Friday, in a letter addressed to Cuban President Raul
Castro, to have the
opportunity of helping the Haitian people.
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Machado
Ventura Meets with Visiting Palestinian Foreign Minister
HAVANA,
Cuba, Jan 14 (acn) The First Vice-president of the councils of State
and Ministers,
Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, met with Dr. Riad N. A. Malki, Minister
of Foreign Affairs of the
National Palestinian Authority, who was the bearer of a message from
the President of the
Palestinian State, Mahmoud Abbas, addressed to Cuban President Raul
Castro. |
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Cuban VP Meets with FM from Suriname
HAVANA,
Cuba, Jan 14 (acn) Ricardo Cabrisas, Vice-president of the Cuban
Council of Ministers,
met on Thursday in Havana with the Foreign Minister from the
Republic of Suriname, Louise
Irene Kraag-Keteldijk. |
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Casa Prize
to be dedicated to the Bicentennial of Emancipation
HAVANA,
Cuba, Jan 14 (acn) The 51st edition of Havana’s Casa de las Americas
Prize, to take place from January 18th through the 29th, will be
dedicated to the bicentennial of Spanish-American Independence. |
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Cuban Artists to Exhibit their Paintings in
Paris
PINAR
DEL RIO, Cuba, Jan 14 (acn) Pedro Blanco, a renowned exponent of
Naif in the country, is preparing his pieces for an international
exhibition on erotic art soon to be opened in several galleries in
Paris, the cradle of this movement, in which another four Cuban
painters will participate. |
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Omara Portuondo: One Has to Be
Insane to Accuse Cuba of Terrorism
HAVANA,
Cuba, Jan 14 (acn) “One has to be insane to accuse Cuba of being a
terrorist country,” said Cuban Grammy award winner Omara Portuondo
in reference to the inclusion of the island nation in the US list of
states sponsors of terrorism. |
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Cuban
Medical Brigade Helps Victims of Earthquake in Haiti
HAVANA,
Cuba, Jan 14 (acn) The Cuban medical brigade providing services in
Port-au-Prince established a field hospital next to the one that was
brought down by Tuesday’s earthquake in the Haitian capital.
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Foreign Expert Praises Work of Cuban Office
for Standardization
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 13 (acn) Beer Budoo, an expert with the
International Organization for
Standardization (ISO), affirmed on Tuesday in this capital that Cuba
has a powerful National
Office of that specialty (ONN). |
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Cuba
Considers Helping Haiti A Priority
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 13
(acn) Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez said helping
Haiti was a priority following a devastating earthquake that caused
huge human and material loss in
that country. |
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Cuban
Sportspeople Slammed U.S. Terror-Sponsor Countries List
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 13 (acn) The Cuban sports institute issued an
official statement on Wednesday slamming the inclusion of Cuba by
the United States in a so-called list of terrorism- sponsor
countries.
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Di
Celmo Says Accusing Cuba of Terrorism is Absurd
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 12 (acn) Giustino di Celmo, father of a young
Italian man who was killed in
a terrorist act in Havana, described as extremely absurd and
ridiculous US’ fingering Cuba as
a country that practices terrorism. |
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Cubans
Pay Tribute to Heroine Celia Sanchez on the 30th Anniversary of her
Death
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, Jan 11 (acn) The figure of tireless Cuban
revolutionary Celia Sanchez was highlighted on Monday in eastern
Santiago de Cuba province, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary
of her death. |
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Surinamese FM Begins Official Visit to Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 11 (acn) Lygia Louise Irene Kraag-Keteldijk,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Republic of Suriname, assessed relations between her country and
Cuba as excellent, upon
her arrival to Havana on Monday. |
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Friends
of Cuba Demonstrate their Solidarity with the Island
CAIMITO, Cuba, Jan 11 (acn) A dozen brigades and 14 solidarity-with-Cuba
groups were welcomed in 2009 at the Julio Antonio Mella
International Camp, located in the municipality of Caimito, on the
outskirts of Havana. |
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Saint Lucian
PM Concluded Visit to Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 11 (acn) The Prime Minister of Saint Lucia,
Stephenson King, said he was very pleased after meeting Cuban
President Raul Castro and added that he was also very satisfied with
the results of his visit to the Caribbean nation. |
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Low
Temperatures Hit Warm Santiago de Cuba
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, Jan 11 (acn) Not being used to low
temperatures, the people of the province of Santiago de Cuba
experienced the lowest temperatures of the current winter season
last Sunday. |
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Cuban
Rejects Inclusion of His Nation in U.S. List of Terrorist Countries
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Jan 11 (acn) A Cuban victim of an U.S.-led
criminal action slammed Washington’s inclusion of Cuba in the so-called
list of terror-sponsor countries since the 1980’s.
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First VP Calls for More Presence of Young Candidates in Upcoming
Partial Elections
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Jan 11 (acn) Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, First
Vice-President of the Cuban councils of State and Ministers, called
for a larger youth presence in the list of candidates for the
upcoming partial elections that will take place in the country in
April and May. |
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Surinamese Foreign Minister Arrives in Cuba on Monday
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 11 (acn) Lygia Louise Kraag-Keteldijk, Foreign
Minister of the Republic of Suriname, will arrive in Havana today
for an official visit at the invitation of her Cuban counterpart
Bruno Rodriguez Parrila. |
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Cuban National Ballet Company and Canadian
Children in the Nutcracker
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 9 (acn) The Canadian Ballet Youth Ensemble (CBYE)
and Cuba’s National ballet Company (BNC), will interpret The
Nutcracker this weekend at the García Lorca Hall of Havana’s Grand
Theater, as part of a cooperation project. |
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Machado
Ventura Chairs Meeting Prior to Youth Congress
CIENFUEGOS, Cuba, Jan 9 (acn) Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, First Vice-president
of the Cuban councils of State and Ministers, presided over on
Saturday the first municipal meeting of Cienfuegos province prior to
the 9th Congress of the Young Communists League (UJC). |
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Meeting Devoted to World Cultural
Heritage to be Held in Cuba
CAMAGUEY, Cuba, Jan 9 (acn) Experts from Mexico, Argentina, Spain and Cuba
will debate a plan of attention to the World Cultural Heritage
sector in this town, one of the first ones founded
by the Spaniards in The Americas. |
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Cuban
President Raul Castro Meets with Saint Lucia’s PM in Havana
HAVANA,
Cuba, Jan 7 (acn) Cuban President Raul Castro met in this capital
with Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister, Stephenson King. |
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Remarkable Low Temperatures in Several Locations in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 8 (acn) The Cuban Institute of Meteorology
reported significant low
temperatures in at least 17 locations all over the country,
including some provincial
capitals, and forecasted a predominance of winter conditions for the
weekend.
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Cuba Rejects Inclusion on US’s List of State Sponsors of Terrorism
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 8 (acn) The Cuban Foreign Ministry (MINREX) issued
an official Declaration
rejecting the US Government’s recent inclusion of the Caribbean
nation on a list of state
sponsors of terrorism. |
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Provincial Electoral Commissions will Be Established on Saturday
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 8 (acn) The Provincial Electoral Commissions for
the upcoming partial
elections in April and May will be established on Saturday, January
9th, Granma newspaper
reports today. |
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Guinea Bissau Acknowledges Cuba’s Support in its Development
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 8 (acn) The Prime Minister of Guinea Bissau,
Carlos Gomes Junior, thanked
Cuba on Thursday for its decisive participation, solidarity and
support in the development of
the African nation. |
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St
Lucia’s PM Pays Tribute to Cuba’s National Hero Jose Marti
HAVANA,
Cuba, Jan 7 (acn) Cuban President Raul Castro met in this capital with
Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister, Stephenson King.
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Stephenson
King Meets with Cubans of St. Lucian Origin
HAVANA,
Cuba, Jan 7 (acn) Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Stephenson King met
with Cubans of Saint Lucian origin in the Caribbean Association of
Cuba (ACC, Spanish acronyms) in Havana.
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Venezuelan Ambassador Highlights Benefits of Ties with Cuba
Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, Jan 6 (acn) The collaboration between our
peoples shows how much can be done together, said this Wednesday
Ronald Blanco de la Cruz, Venezuela's ambassador to Cuba during his
first visit to this city.
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Alarcon
Calls to Perform Rigorously the Electoral Process
HAVANA,
Cuba, Jan 6 (acn) Cuban Parliament's President Ricardo Alarcon
called today to make the process leading to the election of district
delegates and the corresponding elections with the rigor, systematic
and critical and creative spirit that Cuban President Raúl Castro
called for.
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Environmental Protection Agreement Signed in Cuba
HAVANA,
Cuba, Jan 6 (acn) An agreement that promotes environmental education
in the Cuban
population, was penned today in this capital by Mundo Latino Studio
and the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP).
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National
Electoral Commission Established
HAVANA,
Cuba (acn) The National Electoral Commission (NEC) for next April’s
partial
elections in Cuba was established on Wednesday during a ceremony in
Havana in the presence of Revolution Commander and Vice President
Ramiro Valdes Menendez. |
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Prime
Minister of Saint Lucia Arrives in Cuba Today
HAVANA, Cuba (acn) The Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Stephenson
King, will arrive in Havana on Wednesday for an official visit at
the invitation of Cuban President Raul Castro.
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Cuba
to Hold Partial Elections in April
HAVANA,
Cuba, Jan 5 (acn) The partial elections to appoint delegates to the
Municipal Assemblies of the People’s Power will take place in Cuba
on April 25, 2010.
The Cuban Council of
State issued the call today and it was published in the Granma and
Juventud Rebelde newspapers.
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New
Houses for Hurricane Victims Completed in Isle of Youth
Nueva Gerona, Cuba, Jan 5 (acn) January will mark a new stage in the
life of Delia Carratalá, when she receives the key to her new house
built in the same neighborhood that was swept by hurricane Gustav 17
months ago. |
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Cuban
Population Showed Slight Increase in 2009
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 5 (acn) The Cuban population showed a slight
increase in 2009 with an
estimate of 11, 239 million inhabitants - 3,000 more than in 2008. |
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Cuba
Maintains Infant Mortality Rate under Five in 2009
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 4 (acn) Cuba concluded 2009 with an infant
mortality rate of 4,8 deaths per every one thousand live births –
similar to the all-time lowest of 4,7 attained in 2008 – in spite of
the current Influenza A H1N1 pandemic. |
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ALBA
Transnational Project of Medicine Control to Be Presented in Cuba
HAVANA,
Cuba (acn) A transnational project led by the Bolivarian Alliance of
the
Peoples of Our America’s Center for Drugs Regulation will be
presented during the 7th
International Symposium on Quality to take place in Havana by mid
January.
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Cuban
and Venezuelan Presidents Inaugurate ALBA’s Cultural House in Havana
HAVANA,
Cuba (acn) Cuban President Raul Castro and his Venezuelan
counterpart Hugo Chavez inaugurated on Sunday night the Cultural
House of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas
(ALBA) in Havana.
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Hugo Chavez
Reiterates ALBA’s Rejection of US Military Bases
HAVANA,
Cuba (acn) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reiterated on Sunday the
Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas (ALBA) regional
integration and cooperation bloc’s rejection of US military bases in
Colombia.
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Patricia Rodas: The Honduran
People will Continue Fighting until Victory
HAVANA,
Cuba (acn) “The Honduran people and their legitimate president fight
and have to continue fighting until the final victory,” said on
Sunday Patricia Rodas, the Foreign
Minister of this Central American nation.
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Cuban
President Inaugurates 8th ALBA Summit in Havana
HAVANA,
Cuba (acn) The 8th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the
Americas (ALBA) was inaugurated on Sunday by Cuban President Raul
Castro, who conveyed to participants greetings from Revolution
leader Fidel Castro.
Key remarks by Raul Castro Ruz, President of Cuba, at the 10th
Meeting of the Cuba-Venezuela Intergovernmental Commission.
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Raul
Castro Checks Development of Bastion 2009 Military Drills
HAVANA,
Cuba (acn) Cuban President Raul Castro checked on Thursday
the development of the first day of the Bastion 2009 strategic
exercise that is underway until Saturday all across the country.
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Cuban Parliament will Be in
Session on December 19
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 27 (acn) The fourth ordinary period of sessions of the
seventh Legislature
of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament) will take place on
December 19. |
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Hugo
Chavez Concluded Unofficial Visit to Cuba
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 26 (acn) Cuban President Raul Castro saw off his
Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez, at the Jose Marti International
Airport on Tuesday night after the Venezuelan leader concluded an
unofficial visit to the Caribbean nation.
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Large-Scale Military Drills Begin
Today in Cuba
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 26 (acn) The Bastion-2009 strategic exercises begin today
across Cuba with the theme “Actions of the country and the
territories during a period of crisis to face the
enemy’s large-scale military aggression.” |
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United Nations Praises Cuba’s
Efforts to Fight HIV/AIDS
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 26 (acn) Cuba’s efforts in the prevention of and fight
against HIV/AIDS, as
well as the strategies carried out in the island to reduce the
impact of this disease, were
praised on Wednesday by UN experts during an international meeting. |
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Cuban Delegate will Represent
Latin America at World Blind Union
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 26 (acn) Cuban Jose Monteagudo Gonzalez was recently
elected as delegate to represent Latin America before the World
Blind Union. |
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Cuba Honors Victim of Terrorism
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 25 (acn) A remembrance ceremony for Eulalio Negrin Santos
was held in this capital on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of
the death of the prominent Cuban activist,
murdered by terrorists in the United States. |
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Int´l Conference on Eco-Materials Underway in Cuba
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 25 (acn) The 4th International Conference on Eco-Materials
started in
eastern Granma province with the participation of experts from 21
nations who will tackle the
necessity to recycle materials, the use of local resources and the
elimination of bureaucracy
in the construction process. |
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South
African Parliament Leader Expresses his Support for the Cuban Five
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 24 (acn) Max Sisulu, President of South Africa National
Assembly, said in this capital that the international struggle for
the freedom of the five Cuban antiterrorist unjustly incarcerated in
the United States will succeed.
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Cuba will Host Women Communicators Forum
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 24 (acn) The First Regional Workshop “Changing the View”
will be held in
this capital from November 30th through December 1st with the
objective of raising genre
conscience through the mass media. |
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Cuba to Increase Cultivable Land in Over 600 000 ha
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 24 (acn) Cuba will add 600 000 ha to its cultivable lands
in order to
increase food production, through the sub-urban agriculture program,
highlighted Adolfo
Rodríguez Nodal, head of the national group in this sector. |
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Swazi FM Thanks Cuba for
Support in the Medical Sector
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 23 (acn) Lutfo Ephraim Shiyinsimbi Dlamini, Swaziland’s
Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation Minister thanked in this capital the Cuban
support to his country in
the healthcare sector.
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Hurricane Ida Moves Across the
Gulf of Mexico
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 9 (acn) Hurricane Ida continues to weaken as it moves
across the Gulf of
Mexico on Monday. |
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Cuba Pays Tribute to October Revolution
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 7 (acn) The Cuban Ministry of the Revolutionary Army
Forces (MINFAR) paid homage this Saturday to the 92nd anniversary of
the Great October Socialist Revolution in a military ceremony held
at the Mausoleum of the Internationalist Soviet Soldier.
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Cuban Parliament President
Receives Russian Lawmakers
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 7 (acn) Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon
received the vice-
president of the Russian Federation´s State Duma (Lower House) Ivan
Ivanovich Mielnikov, who
is on a working visit to Cuba. |
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Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Meets Pakistani Prime Minister
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 7 (acn) Marcos Rodriguez Costa, Cuba’s Deputy Foreign
Affairs Minister
started an official visit to Pakistan this Saturday and met with
Prime Minister Jusuf Raza
Gilani. |
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Cuban High-Tech Company Aims at
World Market
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 6 (can) Cuba’s Neuronic company, with 18 years of
experience in the
international market and over 1,000 high tech medical equipment sold,
shows its advances at
Havana’s 27th International Trade Fair, which winds up on Saturday
at the Expocuba exhibition
complex. |
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Int’l Meeting on Management of
Historic Centers in Havana
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 6 (acn) The 8th International Meeting on Management of
Historic Centers will take place on November 30th through December
2nd in Havana under the theme “Vulnerability, Risks and Mitigation
of Emergency Situations”.
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Raul Castro Meets Visiting
Brazilian Minister
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 5 (acn) Cuban President Raul Castro met on Wednesday with
the Brazilian
Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Miguel Jorge.
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European Commissioner Satisfied
with Meeting with Raul Castro
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 5 (acn) The European Commissioner for Development and
Humanitarian
Assistance, Karel De Gucht, expressed his satisfaction with his
Wednesday meeting with Cuban
President Raul Castro. |
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Busy Days at Havana’s
International Fair
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 4 (acn) Business meetings between entrepreneurs, the
signing of contracts,
national days of some countries, the promotion of products and
services, and professional
visits, characterize Havana’s 27th International Fair –FIHAV 2009-
underway at the Expocuba
Complex.
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World Cardiology Forum Underway
in Havana
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 4 (acn) From Wednesday until Friday, Cuba will be the
venue, for the first
time, of the annual meeting of cardiologists and physiologists known
as Bio-intelligence
Forum, aimed at sharing scientific and technological information on
pacemakers and cardio-
defibrillators. |
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Cuban Parliament President
Ricardo Alarcon Meets with Mexican Party Leaders
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 4 (acn) A delegation from Mexico’s Democratic Revolution
Party (PRD) visited the island and was received by Cuban Parliament
President Ricardo Alarcon.
Invited by the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, the
group was headed by
Jesus Ortega and Hortensia Aragon, PRD president and general
secretary, respectively, the
Granma newspaper reports.
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In Cuba President of the National
Assembly of Suriname
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 4 (acn) The President of Suriname’s National Assembly,
Slamet Somohardjo, now visiting Cuba, laid a wreath by the monument
to Cuba’s National Hero Jose Marti, located at Havana’s Revolution
Square in this capital. |
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Laotian Ambassador Rejects US
Blockade of Cuba
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 4 (acn) The ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Laos
to Cuba, Khampho Khaykhamphithoune, expressed in this capital that
the island can be blockaded economically but that it will never lose
its hope. |
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Cuba’s Ricardo Cabrisas Meets with European Commissioner for
Development
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 3 (acn) Ricardo Cabrisas, Vice-president of the Cuban
Council of Ministers, and Karel De Gucht, European Commissioner for
Development and Humanitarian Aid, met on Tuesday in this capital in
a cordial and friendly atmosphere.
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The Cuba-Venezuela Cable: a Step
toward Technological Independence
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 3 (acn) The underwater optical fiber cable that will
connect Cuba, Jamaica
and Venezuela was recently described in this capital as an important
step toward Latin
American and Caribbean independence in telecommunications. |
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European Commissioner Pays Homage to Cuban National Hero
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 2 (acn) European Commissioner for Development and
Humanitarian Aid Karel De Gucht, today paid homage to Cuba’s
National Hero, Jose Marti, at the Memorial in the
Revolution Square.
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European Commissioner for
Development Pays Visit to Cuba
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 2 (acn) European Commissary for Development and
Humanitarian Aid Karel De Gucht is on an official visit to Cuba
since Monday at the invitation of Cuba’s Foreign Affairs Minister
Bruno Rodriguez. |
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Cuban Revolution Leader Fidel
Castro Sends Best Wishes to Medical Brigade Heading for Bolivia
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 31 (acn)
Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro sent on Saturday his best
wishes to the members of the “Moto Méndez” Brigade that will join
the study carried out in
Bolivia on people with disabilities.
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