Cuba travel boost

MEXICO CITY: US President Barack Obama may ease travel restrictions on Cuba, allowing more Americans to visit the island on educational and cultural trips, a US official said. Read More

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Artists from six Countries in Circuba 2010

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, (Prensa Latina).- Companies and artists from Europe, USA and Latin America will compete in Havana in the International Festival Circuba 2010, the largest meeting of its kind in Cuba, from August 10 to 15. Read More

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Crude oil storage facility going up in Matanzas

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban workers are building a 1.8 million barrel crude-oil storage facility near a supertanker terminal in the northern port city of Matanzas, official newspaper Trabajadores reported. Read More

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Obama expected to make travel announcement

<p style="text-align: justify;">An unnamed U.S. official told Bloomberg News that President Barack Obama will soon make an announcement further easing travel to Cuba. Also, Washington insider Al Kamen wrote in his Friday “In the Loop” column in the Washington Post to “look for Obama Administration action, after Congress leaves town, to loosen travel restrictions.” Read More

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Film “Habana Eva” Premiered in Venezuela

<p style="text-align: justify;">Film “Habana Eva”, directed by awarded Venezuelan filmmaker Fina Torres and co-produced by the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC), began its commercial premiere in about seven Venezuelan cities on July 30.&nbsp; Read More

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Cuba allows young Canadian to leave

<p style="text-align: justify;">TORONTO, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A young Canadian man kissed the ground at the Toronto airport after returning from an unwanted three-month stay in Cuba. Read More

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Fidel Castro Says It is Obama's Call to Avoid a Nuclear War

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 7 (acn) Commander in Chief Fidel Castro insisted on his warning of the terrible consequences a new war could bring to mankind and reiterated his call to US President Barack Obama to avoid an armed conflict,during an extraordinary meeting of the parliament. Read More

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Cuba Beats US, Wins Gold in World Baseball University Championship

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 7 (acn) A sensational three-run homerun by Alfredo Despaigne in the bottom of the tenth inning won Cuba the title of the Fifth World Baseball University Championship after defeating the US 4-3. Read More

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Fidel Castro makes 1st official gov't appearance

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA — A lively and healthy-looking Fidel Castro appealed to President Barack Obama to prevent a global nuclear war in an emphatic speech Saturday that marked his first official government appearance since emergency surgery four years ago. Read More

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Coffee Harvest Starts in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Maisi, Guantanamo .- The 2010-2011 coffee harvest was officially launched yesterday in the country with a rally in this town, which was chaired by Orlando Lugo Fonte, president of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP). Read More

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