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El judoca Víctor Sánchez será el primer atleta discapacitado cubano en competir en los Juegos de la XIII Paralimpiada, cuando comiencen las acciones de esa disciplina hoy en el Gimnasio de los Trabajadores.

The work of Slovakian artists caught the attention of Havana residents until the early 1990s, thanks to the intense work developed by the former Casa de la Cultura Checa cultural center, which was located on one of Havana’s busiest streets.

Guns tend to scare away tourists and keep locals in their homes after dark. There are few capitals left in the hemisphere like Havana, where you don’t feel like the nighttime is your enemy.

Fans with the face covered cheer prior to a World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match between Cuba and United States in Havana

Cuba’s National Defense Staff declared the Alert stage (watch), today at four p.m., for the eastern provinces of Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba, Granma, Holguin, Las Tunas and Camaguey in the face of the possible track of hurricane Ike.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the large eye of an "extremely dangerous" Hurricane Ike is lurking "near or over" the Turks and Caicos islands as a fierce Category 4 storm.

"The Argentine", a new movie by Oscar-winning US director Steven Soderbergh based on the life of Latin American revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, had its world premier Friday in Spain to mixed reviews.

According to Prensa Latina news agency, the Red Cross Society of China also announced cash aid of 50,000 US dollars to its Cuban counterpart.

Renowned Cuban musicians will perform at the Ile de France Festival that begins on Friday in Paris, reported the Prensa Latina news agency.

The tropical storm Hanna caused sea flooding up to 240 meters inland in the north-eastern town of Gibara, Holguin on Wednesday.

The Cuban city of Camagüey will again host the National Theater Festival 2008, set for September 12th through the 21st. The event, created 25 years ago, is considered the most important of its type in Cuba.

To support his answer, Cotsiolis said: “Brouwer is for guitar players of the turn of the 20th century what Villa-Lobos meant for previous generations. He revolutionized the concept and sound of the instrument and placed Cuba on the map of avant-garde contemporary music.

La Colmenita, the children theatre company which has made different tours in Spain, Japan, Venezuela, Panama, Germany, France, Holland, Russia, Turkey, the USA and Denmark, among many other countries will make a presentation in Cuba.