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Raul Castro says economics is the "first subject" of Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">EFE. La Habana. The President of Cuba, Raul Castro, said economics is the "first subject" for all the nation’s leaders where it is necessary to apply "real savings programs" and insisted that the ideas of his brother Fidel "are the background " of everything being made on the island today. Read More

IPS: Political Tug-of-War Over Medicines

<p style="text-align: justify;">"We see this as a campaign against the local pharmaceutical industry and in favour of foreign companies," Pérez told IPS. She mentioned in particular the group of countries making up the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA). Read More

Ex-CEO says BP was unprepared for oil spill

<p style="text-align: justify;">LONDON (AP) -- Former BP PLC chief Tony Hayward has acknowledged that the company was unprepared for the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the media frenzy it spawned, and said the firm came close to financial disaster as its credit sources evaporated. Read More

Scholarship program with Cuba in the cards

<p style="text-align: justify;">NEWSROOM PANAMA. Sunday, 21 November 2010 19:39. Panama is seeking to revive the scholarship program it once had with Cuba says Vice President and Foreign Minister, Juan Carlos Varela. Read More

Carlos Acosta Begins Cuba Tour in Santiago

<p style="text-align: justify;">Escrito por Ileana Ferrer Fonte. Domingo, 21 de noviembre de 2010. 11:37Santiago de Cuba. Ballet dancer Carlos Acosta kicks off his first national tour of Cuba on Sunday at the Heredia Theater in Santiago, fulfilling a longstanding desire of the artist and his fans. The renowned artist, principal guest artist of the Royal Ballet of London, will perform "Suite of dances," by Jerome Robbins, as the feature piece of the program, accompanied by Cuban cello player Amparo del Riego and ballerinas Viengsay Valdes and Laura Rios. Read More

The nine top travel experiences of 2009

<p style="text-align: justify;">Reuters. Cuba's era as an island caught in time could be drawing to a close as the U.S. looks to ease restrictions on the Caribbean nation. Experience it while you can. Photograph by: Bruno Schlumberger, The Ottawa Citizen People might be short of cash due to the economic downturn but vacations are still on the agenda for 2009, although maybe with a different slant. Rough Guides has picked its top nine best travel experiences for 2009. Read More

Bitter Disappointment for Progressive Cuba Policy

<p style="text-align: justify;">Monday, 22 November 2010, 9:29 am. Press Release: Council On Hemispheric Affairs. The Mid-Term Elections: An Easy Prediction for the Future of U.S.-Cuba Relations by COHA Director Larry Birns and Research Associate Kelsey Strain As the April 2009 Summit of the Americas drew to a close in Trinidad and Tobago, President Obama’s statement that the U.S. was prepared to seek new relations with Cuba favorably resonated with the assembled Latin American leaders. Read More

Sol Meliá Spanish hotel chain opens new facility in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Sol Meliá Spanish hotel chain will open a new facility called "Buenavista", in central Cuba next December, this is number 25 run by the group, that commercializes 10 343 rooms on the island, state media reported today. The "Meliá Buenavista", located in Cayo Santa Maria which is 13 square kilometers length at the northern site of Villa Clara central province, it will be a five-star hotel with 105 rooms, according to the National News Agency (AIN). Read More

Cuba: A Reference in Immunology

<p style="text-align: justify;">Peruvian Dr. Jose Luis Aguilar, president of the Latin American Society of Immunology, said in Havana on Friday that Cuba is one of the world’s most developed countries in this field. Read More

Cuba Tests Monoclonal Antibody in 11 Types of Cancer

<p style="text-align: justify;">A Cuban monoclonal antibody registered for the treatment of head and neck tumors is now in clinical trials for 11 other types of cancer, according to Agustin Lage, Director of the Havana-based Molecular Immunology Center. Read More