Restoration of the Jagua Castle, National monument

<p style="text-align: justify;">09/25/2010.The work of one brigade of the Contingent 5 of September, from the Ministry of Construction, is transforming the Fortress of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Jagua, where the old entering bridge, with over 250 years old of existence, receives a new platform. The Jagua Castle, in south centre of Cuba, was built to defend the bay from pirates. It is the third most important of the country and the only one in the centre of the island and changes the image to the Cuban and foreign visitors through the pieces built during the construction. Read More

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Venezuelan Security Ready for Polls

<p style="text-align: justify;">Venezuela Major General Henry Rangel said the Armed Forces along with the militias will guard the polling stations before and during Sunday's Parliamentary elections. Read More

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Cuba to Expand Production of Antioxidant Derived from Mango

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Glucose Company of this port city in the center-south of Cuba today announced it will add Vimang to its production line, an antioxidant nutritional supplement also used for the skin´s aging processes, synthesized from the peel of certain varieties of mango (Mangifera indica L.) Read More

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Car Accident Leaves 12 dead in Central Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Sep 24 (acn) A trailer carrying goods got loose from a truck and collided head-on with a bus in Sagua la Grande municipality in central Villa Clara province causing an accident whose death toll reaches 12 while 36 people got <br> injured. Read More

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New Cuban tourist campaign to be promoted in France

<p style="text-align: justify;">The publicity campaign Auténtica-Cuba (Authentic-Cuba), destined to show Cuba to the world, was presented in France, where people talked about the qualities of the products of the tourist sector in Cuba. Music, draws and a renewed message of the good things of the island, were the center of an evening in Le Petit Journal from Montparnasse, in Paris, which marked the starting point towards the new proposition. Aleida Castellanos, director of Communication and Promotion from the Cuban Tourism Ministry (MINTUR in Spanish), declared that the idea is to promote other possibilities from our country, beyond the sun and the beach. Read More

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Cuba opens up more private enterprise, including wine sales, accountants

<p style="text-align: justify;">01:37 PM. Cuba, which said last month it was firing 500,000 state workers, today announced it is expanding or opening private enterprises in 178 areas including restaurants, wine sales, massages, car repair and even private rentals of rooms and automobiles. Read More

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Cuba to allow first US dollar home rentals in 50 years

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA (AFP) – Cuba is to allow some houses to be rented in US dollars for the first time in 50 years as well as the opening up of small businesses, state media said Friday. Read More

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IRN: Alfa Group's unit signs contract to form nickel JV in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Russia-based Alfa Group, a privately-owned financial-industrial conglomerate,has announced that a unit owned by billionaire Mikhail Fridman has signed a contract to create a joint venture in Cuba. Read More

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Cuba and Viet Nam Sign Cooperation Accords

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 24 (acn) The Protocol of the 28th Meeting of the Cuba-Viet Nam Intergovernmental Mechanism for Scientific, Technical and Economic Cooperation was signed after four days of discussions in Havana on Thursday. Read More

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White House fact sheet mum on Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">MIAMI HERALD. September 23, 2010. A "fact sheet" issued Thursday by the White House to supplement President Obama's speech to the United Nations General Assembly stresses how "the promotion of human rights and democracy is central to [Obama's] vision of the world we are trying to build." Read More

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