US president-elect Barack Obama ratified its commitment Sunday of closing the jail of the US naval base of Guantánamo, southeast of Cuba, although he pointed out that it will take time.
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US president-elect Barack Obama Ratifies Promise to Close Gitmo Prison
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Australia tells US it won't accept Gitmo detainees
Australia's Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the United States has been told for a second time that Australia will not resettle detainees freed from the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba.
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Cuba: The Guantanamo Bay prison will not close before Bush leaves
The Guantanamo Bay prison for terrorism suspects will not close under President George W. Bush but the next president and Congress should move swiftly to shut it down, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on
Tuesday.
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Submitted by nesy on Wed, 2008-10-22 13:05.
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A Russian made history in Baracoa, Cuba
In Baracoa, the first city founded by the Spanish colonizers in Cuba there is a hotel facility whose name has a special meaning. Everybody knows it as La Rusa hotel, however, this was not the name given by its first owners when they came from Europe after a long pilgrimage caused by the triumph of the October Revolution.
Submitted by nesy on Wed, 2008-07-23 04:29.
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Tourism in Baracoa the first village founded by the Spanish conquistadors in Cuba
The promotion of tourist attractions in Baracoa, the first village founded by the Spanish conquistadors in Cuba, is the main goal of the Tourist Information Center (INFOTUR) in that eastern city.
Submitted by nesy on Tue, 2009-06-09 12:51.
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Cuban province of Guantánamo hosted the 15th Children's Film Festival
The eastern Cuban province of Guantánamo hosted the 15th Children's Film Festival, called "Fiesta para un Principe Enano" (Party for a Dwarf Prince).
Submitted by nesy on Mon, 2009-06-08 13:34.
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Planting over 560,000 royal palms in Guantanamo, Cuba
Cuban authorities and forest workers currently analyze details to speed up the planting of about 560,000 royal palms in the rainy season.
Submitted by nesy on Sun, 2009-06-07 13:34.
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Return after 6 months in Cuba members of the Coast Guard's Port Security
The members of the Coast Guard's Port Security Unit 305 return to Fort Eustis, fresh from a six-month deployment providing shore security and guarding the waters in and around Cuba's Guantanamo Bay.
Submitted by nesy on Sun, 2009-05-31 13:18.
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Pentagon Cites Evidence on Gitmo Detainees Who Returned to Battlefield
That's about 5 percent of the 540 terror suspects released from the prison. Another 9 percent of freed Guantanamo detainees are suspected to have rejoined the terror activity. That's 74 detainees in all.
Submitted by nesy on Wed, 2009-05-27 12:48.
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Vice president Cheney Questions Where Guantanamo Prisoners Will Land
In a rare spectacle, the former vice president warned that his successors have made the world less safe.
Submitted by nesy on Mon, 2009-05-11 12:17.
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Obama will revive military commission system por prosecuting prisioners at Guantanamo Bay
Reports indicate that US President Barack Obama may revive the military commission system for prosecuting terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay.
Submitted by nesy on Sat, 2009-05-02 15:26.
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National Culture Distinction Bestowed on Four Cuban Intellectuals
The National Culture Distinction was awarded to four Cuban
intellectuals in the eastern province of Guantanamo in recognition of
their contribution to the country´s literature patrimony.
Submitted by nesy on Mon, 2009-04-13 20:05.
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New center to assist HIV/AIDS patients in Cuba
The new center will track the patients from the six eastern Cuban provinces of Camaguey, Las Tunas, Holguin, Granma, Guantanamo and Santiago de Cuba.
Submitted by nesy on Sat, 2009-04-11 19:00.
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Miss Universe, Dayana Mendoza, is back home from the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Miss Universe, Dayana Mendoza, is back home from the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and she says she “had a wonderful time” visiting several days with the soldiers as part of the U.S.O. Armed Forces Entertainment Tour.
Submitted by nesy on Wed, 2009-04-01 13:30.
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Theater in Cuban Mountains
The Theater Crusade project, aimed at promoting performing arts in mountainous communities, has reached faraway zones in eastern Cuba.
Submitted by nesy on Mon, 2009-03-02 13:25.
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