Over 30 Chinese Companies at Havana Trade Fair

<p style="text-align: justify;">Escrito por Ana Luisa Brown. viernes, 29 de octubre de 2010. Beijing, Oct 29 (Prensa Latina) Over 30 Chinese companies will exhibit their products at the 28th International Havana Trade Fair next week, in the context of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Cuba and China. Cuban embassy sources told Prensa Latina that participation was greater than in previous fairs, coinciding with the Sept. 28 anniversary. This year, 28 companies will exhibit at the Chinese pavilion, nine companies more than last year, in an exhibition area of 662 square meters. Read More

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Tomas weakens to Category 1 in Caribbean

<p style="text-align: justify;">By the CNN Wire Staff. October 31, 2010 -- Updated 2111 GMT (0511 HKT). Miami, Florida (CNN) -- A weakened Hurricane Tomas was churning in the Caribbean Sunday after pounding the island of St. Vincent with gusty winds and heavy rain, the National Hurricane Center said. Read More

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Brazil elects Dilma Rousseff, nation's first woman president

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Helena de Moura, CNN. October 31, 2010 -- Updated 2251 GMT (0651 HKT). (CNN) -- Dilma Rousseff has won the election for president in Brazil, according to the country's Supreme Electoral Tribunal Minister,making her the nation's first woman to hold the office. Read More

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Taking a "Model" Out for a Spin (Part IV)

Behind the New Economic Measures in Cuba: Advancing the Revolution in the Concrete World Situation of Today. Genesis of the Cuban Economic Crisis. By Ike Nahem. The University of Havana Speech Read More

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Migrant smuggling convictions curbing migrant arrivals

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Alfonso Chardy | Miami Hearld. The number of Cuban migrants arriving in the United States from Cuba has declined partly because hundreds of smugglers are now in prison as a result of a federal crackdown, according to immigration officials. Read More

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Slightly weaker Tomas may be a concern for Haiti

<p style="text-align: justify;">By CURTIS MORGAN. Hurricane Tomas on Sunday began what was expected to be a slow, weeklong march toward the Caribbean's largest islands. Read More

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Omara Portuondo to Sing at the GW Lisner Auditorium

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, (acn) Omara Portuondo, the Queen of Feeling, will perform on Saturday,November 6, at the GW Lisner Auditorium of Washington DC, one of the most important stages of the US capital. The announcement, made by that US institution, points out that this “living legend of Cuba has shared her style of interpreting jazz and ballads with some of the most important and loved Cuban orchestras, and achieved international fame with the Buenavista Social Club.” Read More

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Cuba defends Intercontinental Cup title

<p style="text-align: justify;">Taipei - Record champions Cuba won a third straight title in the baseball Intercontinental Cup on Sunday by defeating the Netherlands. Cuba cruised to a 4-1 victory over the Dutch at the Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium to lift the trophy an 11th time in 17 editions of the tournament. Cuba had also won the last title 2006 over the Dutch. Read More

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Speaker makes plea to lift Cuban embargo

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Tracy Overstreet. Published: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:02 PM CDT. The United States placed a trade embargo on Cuba 54 years ago that remains in place today. "It is time to end the embargo," said Rosemarie Skaine, a Grand Island Senior High graduate and author. "Nowhere in the world has a country been asked for such a long time to live in isolation." Skaine was a keynote speaker Thursday at the Multicultural Coalition of Grand Island's sixth annual one-day conference. Read More

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