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January 2nd

Remarkable Cuban figures and their whereabouts

Alicia Alonso: The Grand Diva of Ballet<br /> <br /> Cuban dancer Alicia Alonso is a legend, a famous Cuban and universal ballet star and one of the world's best known and admired ballerinas, choreographers and teachers. She is the director of the Cuban National Ballet Company.<br /> Read More

Stanzas at Las Tunas province with The Cuculambe

As a matter of fact, Juan Cristobal Nápoles Fajardo—El Cucalambé—is one of the most emblematic exponents of culture in Las Tunas and the main cultivator of the espinela (after its name in Spanish, it consists of a ten-verse poetical composition) in Cuba in the 19th century. Read More

Sancti Spiritus province's results in agriculture

Sancti Spíritus' designation like the first province of the country as national reference for the urban agricultural movement showed the performance of its farmers during the year 2009.<br /> Read More

Plastic Arts Exposition from Camagüey shown in Wisconsin

A sample of 25 works by artists Orestes Larios Zaak and Gregorio Pérez was exposed in Madison, capital of Wisconsin State, US, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the collaboration agreement signed between this metropolis and Camagüey City. Read More

Agricultural Products Ready for the food industry at Ciego de Ávila province

Farmers from Ciego de Ávila province delivered 34 678 tons of vegetables and fruits to the canning industry from January to November, which means not only higher incomes but the replacement of importations. Read More

Jardines del Rey Airport improves its excellency

Jadines del Rey on Cayo Coco, celebrated its seventh anniversary with a consolidated service that has gained the preference of travellers. Read More

Artist from Santiago de Cuba was awarded medal in Canada

Cuban Arts, and specially those of Santiago, have just scored a new success when the artist Mearson D. Zafra Pérez won a gold medal in Canada. Read More

January 1st

The Mockingbird is singing again in Banes

The Mockingbird had disappeared. Its bewitching trill ceased to be heard in the few woods that remained in Banes after the pass of hurricane Ike last September 2008. Since then, no mockingbird was spotted all around. Read More

Climate change perils are reaching natural reservoir in Cuba

The Las Salinas Brito, one of the largest natural reservoirs of Latin America, could disappear under the water in 20 years as a result of climate change and the increase of the sea level. Read More

A huge yucca could reach Guinness Record in eastern Cuba

Cropping a 3 meter and 45 centimetre long yucca is really unusual, but Cuban farmer Miguel Antonio Avila Cordova living in the rural town of Bocas, in the municipality of Gibara, Holguin province, took his neighbours by surprise these days when exhibiting his long pipe like vegetable. Read More