Cuba hosts World Informatics Event

Over 1,650 experts from 58 countries meet in this capital starting Monday to exchange experiences on the use of the most modern digital technologies at the 12th International Convention "Informatica 2007." According to Cuba s Deputy Informatics and Communication Minister Jose Luis Perdomo, the main issue is how to prioritize information and communication technologies at the service of people. Read More

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Argentina donates Cuba 250,000 books

Argentine government donated Cuba 250,000 books, within a collection of five anthologies, as a token of the close ties of friendship between both countries. Aique Group Editor director Teresita Valdettaro, which is in charge of donating the copies, told media representatives accredited to be at 16th International Book Fair that anthologies have 50,000 volumes each. Read More

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Cuba guest country for the 47th edition of Cartagena Festival

Cuba, one of the major countries in Latin America regarding to cinematography, will be the guest country for the 47th edition of Cartagena Festival, to be held from March 2 to 9, 2007 in this Colombian city. Read More

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Argentine rock music featured at Cuban Book Fair

The Anti-Imperialist Bandstand in Havana will host a concert celebrating 40 years of Argentine rock music within the program of the 16th Cuban International Book Fair 2007 that will take place February 8 to 18 in the Cuban capital. Argentina is this years special guest country to the popular annual event that starts in Havana and then tours throughout the island. Read More

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Pedagogy 2007 closes with praise for Cuban Literacy Method

Educators from the Bolivian Department of Oruro sent a plaque of recognition to Cuban President Fidel Castro, presented Friday at the closing session of the international Pedagogy 2007 Congress in Havana. The plaque reads: "To Fidel Castro Ruz for what he has done and is doing for Bolivia and for teaching that being educated is the only way of being free." Read More

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Boloña Publishing House will be presenting new titles at Havana's International Book Fair

Boloña Publishing House, from the Historian Office of the City, will be presenting its most recent books at the 16th Havana's International Book Fair, that will take place from February 8th-18th at San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress. The presentations will be held at the Boloñas stand , at 3 in the afternoon. Read More

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Cuba to host World Fencing Cup in june

Cuba will host the 2007 competition for seven competitions in the World Villa de la Habana Cup in fencing in June, which competitors will include a good part of the best fencers on the globe, seeking universal rank. Read More

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Argentina honors Cuban Book Fair

Argentina will honor the 16th International Book Fair of Havana with a strong and diverse presence from February 8-18. Guillermo Moranchel, national director of Accion Federal e Industrias Culturales, of Argentina, said the goal is to stress culture as a mobilizing force. Read More

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Frei Betto at Pedagogy 2007 in Havana

"It would be better to study the history of cooperation between nations instead of the great battles in which one county defeated another," said Frei Betto, Brazilian author and liberation theologian, at Pedagogy 2007 in Havana on Wednesday. "I dream that some day history will be taught using the example of Cubas collaboration with the poorest countries," said Frei Betto. Read More

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Venezuela shares efforts at Cubas Pedagogy 2007

Venezuelan Minister of Education Adan Chavez highlighted the role of teachers in "the transformations that society needs," Tuesday at the Pedagogy 2007 International Congress taking place in Havana, Cuba. Read More

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