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Exhibition " The Path of Tobacco" Opens in Holguín

<p style="text-align: justify;">Photographs, old documents, ashtrays, musical cigar boxes, pipes and other elements of the exhibition "The Story of Tobacco" opened Sunday in this city during the Festival of Latin American Culture. According to the Cuban News Agency, AIN, the exhibit is a personal work of engineer Miguel Cabrera, a member of the Cigar Bands Collectors Association. It displays hundreds of pieces that show an insight of the history of tobacco since its discovery by the Europeans in 1942 to date. Read More

Catholic World News / US bishops sending delegation to opening of Cuban seminary

<p style="text-align: justify;">US bishops sending delegation to opening of Cuban seminary.October 26, 2010.Washington D.C. (CNA) — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced that it is sending a delegation to attend the&nbsp; opening of a new seminary in Havana, Cuba – the country’s first facility of its kind in more than 50 years. Read More

Cubans queue for business permits

<p style="text-align: justify;">Residents flock to government offices in Havana as Cuba makes official private sector rules announced last month.Last Modified: 26 Oct 2010 07:20 GMT. Under the new measures, Cubans will be able to open restaurants, repair homes and cars and provide transport [AFP] Cubans have begun queuing outside government offices across the capital, Havana, to register their own businesses as the country made official a sweeping economic overhaul announced last month. Read More