Putting Social Doctrine in the Limelight. Justice and Peace Council Consider Key Task

Among the many places in which the compendium was presented, Monsignor Crepaldi emphasized Russia and Cuba. For Monsignor Crepaldi, the compendium "can do much good because it helps to clarify, helps one understand and dialogue in search of the truth." Read More

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Brian de Palmas Anti-Militaristic Film in Havana

The laureate filmmaker of "Los intocables", "Carlitos Way" and "Vestida para matar", among other celebrated films, asserted in London recently that with his new production "hes said what media does not do: to tell the truth". Read More

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Cuban Patriot Buried in Havana

"It is impossible to say good-bye to him, it would be betraying him: we do not say good-bye to him, we will always stay at his side," said Cuban National Assembly (Parliament) president Ricardo Alarcon, during Miranda's burial at the Cemetery of Colon in Havana Thursday. Read More

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Nigerian State Governor for Cooperation with Cuba

The governor of the Nigerian state of Ekiti, Olosegun Oni, is paying a visit to Cuba aimed at further strengthening bilateral friendship relations and exploring cooperation opportunities with the island. Read More

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Chavez, Fidel, Raul Castro Converse

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez spoke on Wednesday with President Fidel Castro and Cuban First Vice President Army General Raul Castro. Read More

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Barnet: to receive an award named José Donoso is a "luxury of the soul"

Miguel Barnet, one of the most edited Cuban writers outside Cuba, affirmed in Santiago de Chile that to receive an award named José Donoso is a "luxury of the soul". Read More

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Presented novel 2007 Alejo Carpentier Award

"Las potestades incorpóreas", novel by Alberto Garrandés, 2007 Alejo Carpentier Award was presented in the Pabellón Cuba in La Rampa as part of the University Festival of Book and Reading. Read More

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Cuban Cinema: A Tribute to its Best Director

In a homage to filmmaker Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, the woman who shared 23 years with him, actress Mirtha Ibarra, commented that when her husbands movies are again screened, nostalgia for deep and intelligent criticism - typical in Cuban movies - once again surfaces. Read More

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The Ideological Waterloo

Reflections of President Fidel Castro: I have been working on the many reflections that I have promised. One of them deals with the main ideas of a book by Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, making use of his own words. Read More

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Entre Puentes awards Eusebio Leal

The Palabras de Invierno (Winter Words) Award for a whole life`s work as well as the condition of Maestro Emérito de la Oralidad (Master of Merit of Orality), were conferred to Eusebio Leal Spengler, one of the most charismatic personalities of the Cuban cultural environment, in the Entre Puentes activity. Read More

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