The history of Cuban rum is as old as colonization itself, given that
is a product extracted from sugar cane, which was brought to the island
by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to this continent.
Matanzas
Cuban rum has no secrets
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Slide show on bicycling journey in Cuba
Petaluma Bounty farm manager Amy Rice-Jones discusses onion cultivation with a Cuban organoponico farmer.
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Varadero, the blue dream for an ever lasting summer
For the second year in a row, Cuba’s Varadero seaside resort, located
around 130 kilometres from Havana, received one million tourists
before the end of the year.
Submitted by manso on Thu, 2009-12-31 18:17.
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Tourism industry in Cuba must be ready for the influx of U.S. tourists
If this law is approved probably hundreds of American people will visit Cuba by yachts or plains, as tourists.
Submitted by nesy on Sun, 2009-04-12 20:46.
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Cuban poet Carilda Oliver Labra on Her 86th Birthday
Cuban poet Carilda Oliver Labra said she was very happy to celebrate her 86th birthday, surrounded by friends and many people who love her.
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Manatee saved by a fishing brigade in Zapata Swamp
A river fishing brigade saved a 600 pound manatee from drowning caught
up in a net in Tesoro Lake, in Cuba’s western Matanzas province.
Submitted by manso on Mon, 2010-03-08 03:22.
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Canadian Won Lap 11 of Cuba Cycling Tour
Canadian cyclist Guillaume Boivin won stage 11 of Cycling Tour to Cuba
which covered 125 km between Matanzas city to San Antonio de los Banos.
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"Barquitos del San Juan" to be launched at the Book Fair in Cuba
Matanzas´s Vigía Publishing House will present the latter edition of
its children magazine Barquitos del San Juan ( Little ships from San
Juan River) in the XIX International Book Fair, Cuba 2010, that will be
inaugurated in February in the Morro Cabaña Complex, in Havana.
Submitted by manso on Sun, 2010-01-31 17:44.
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A new show from La Colmenita as a tribute to Cuban culture
Elpidio Valdés and Los Van Van, is the new show being prepared by the
Children´s Company La Colmenita, and it will be a tribute to being
Cuban, said in this city Carlos Alberto Cremata, director of the group.
Submitted by manso on Sun, 2010-01-24 19:08.
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Peter Nadin to place ceramic towers in Matanzas
The British Peter Nadin, famous visual artist, placed one of his
ceramic towers in the Matanzas art gallery, together with the opening
of the exhibition by Héctor Correa.
Submitted by manso on Mon, 2010-01-11 17:52.
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Climate change perils are reaching natural reservoir in Cuba
The Las Salinas Brito, one of the largest natural reservoirs of Latin
America, could disappear under the water in 20 years as a result of
climate change and the increase of the sea level.
Submitted by manso on Fri, 2010-01-01 19:10.
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Early days of the Cuban Revolution in pictures exhibited
A photographic exhibition of the Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro
and his presence at the first dinner bunker on December 24 1959, in
the yard of Soplillar was opened at the same place yesterday.
Submitted by manso on Fri, 2009-12-25 00:51.
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Guaguampiano a joint premiere by Frank Fernández and Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
Renowned Cuban musician Frank Fernández and the famous Los Muñequitos
de Matanzas dance group starred on Sunday in the world premiere of the
piece Guaguampiano at the Sauto Theater.
Submitted by manso on Thu, 2009-12-24 01:24.
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One Million Tons of Crude extracted by a Cuban Enterprise
Workers from the Drilling and Extraction Oil Enterprise (EPEP, Spanish
acronym) from central Cuba celebrated on Friday the extraction of one
million tons of crude and 395 cubic meters of gas from its wells.
Submitted by manso on Sat, 2009-12-19 16:27.
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Details of Ambrosio's Cave in Matanzas province
The entrance showed a lot of birds singing, it is the natural door for
Ambrosio's Cave. Its name was given after the aborigines and the
runaway slaves who visited the place many years before.
Submitted by manso on Thu, 2009-12-17 17:38.
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