Zapata Rail on the edge

<p style="text-align: justify;">Tue, Jul 13, 2010. Zapata Rail Cyanolimnas cerverai is a very poorly-known waterbird endemic to Cuba, and today a relict species from the Zapata Swamp in western Cuba. The bird's elusive nature has caused confusion within the ornithological community as to its status' confusion that may have unwittingly provided a smoke screen to a very real threat that may be driving the species to extinction. Read More

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Chavez visiting in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Aug 26, 2010, 2:30 GMT.Havana - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived Wednesday in Havana for a publicly unannounced visit with revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and his brother and successor, President Raul Castro, according to Cuban state media. Read More

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New rig to make seven drills, China preparing offshore move

<p style="text-align: justify;">A rig about to be completed in a Chinese shipyard is booked for seven exploratory drills in Cuban waters, beginning in early 2011, a trade association official told Reuters in Havana. Read More

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Cuba beats Canada in exhibition

<p style="text-align: justify;">Canada’s national volleyball team gearing up for world championship next month, in hopes of landing spot to compete in 2012 London Olympics Read More

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America Evaluates The Restructuring Of Its Association With Neighboring Leftist Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Washington, August 25, 2010 : Ever since the political ascendancy in Cuba passed into the hands of the leftist Fidel Castro in the late 1950s, America and Cuba have been in a relationship in which each has stared at the other bitterly. Read More

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Fidel Castro: Cuba does not want Russian missiles

<p style="text-align: justify;">18:05, August 25, 2010. Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said his country did not want the Russian missile base installed on its territory, the official daily Granma said on Tuesday. Read More

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Cuba travel gets new look, but ban stays

<p style="text-align: justify;">August 25, 2010 7:46 a.m. EDT. (CNN) -- Word that the U.S. government could soon loosen travel restrictions to Cuba may have some American travelers imagining New Year's in Havana or a spring break on the island's famed Varadero Beach. Read More

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Cuban National Ballet to Premiere Don Quixote in Australia

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 25 (acn) The Cuban National Ballet (BNC) will stage three-act classic Don Quixote for the first time in Australia by the end of September, as part of the Brisbane Festival celebrations. Read More

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Goehring to lead trade mission to Cuba

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring will lead a five-member trade group to Cuba in September. Read More

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New York Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey uses good fortune for humanitarian efforts in Cuba and Venezuela

<p style="text-align: justify;">Tuesday, August 24th 2010, 4:00 AM. PITTSBURGH - It will be a small college classroom somewhere, so distant from the cheers of a Citi Field night, and R.A. Dickey will be sitting at the corner of a desk, dissecting the works of Frost or Hemingway. Read More

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