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Cuba's Robles not authorised to represent another country

The Cuban Athletics Federation has warned that hurdler Dayron Robles, Olympic champion in Beijing 2008, is not authorised to represent any other country in the Memorial Primo Nebiolo, held at the Italian city of Turin. Read More

Floods wallop western Cuba

Heavy rains in westernmost Cuba from what later became Tropical Storm Andrea have destroyed tons of warehoused tobacco leaves, flooded farms and cut electricity to several parts of Pinar del Rio province, according to official reports. Read More

Sen. John McCain heading to Gitmo as calls intensify for terror prison to be shuttered

He will join a junket with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough. Read More

Cuban Homes Waste Considerable Water

“Cuban homes waste an estimated 22% of the water supply,” Read More

Australian woman will attempt world-record swim from Cuba to Florida

Chloe McCardel plans to swim nonstop for 105 miles in open ocean. Read More

Cuba’s private eateries to compete in culinary festival

Havana: Cuba’s privately-owned restaurants, the “paladares” that have proliferated under President Raul Castro’s economic reforms, will take part for the first time in Cuba’s biggest culinary festival. Read More