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The Chinese Quarter of Havana is more than a group of small and narrow streets situated in the same core of Centro Habana municipality. It is a small city with geographical boundaries in the area around the Aguila and Dragones streets.

The Cuban archipelago, which has a privileged location in the Caribbean Sea, is an ideal destination for those who want to spend their vacations in direct contact with nature and, at the same time, enjoy the country's cultural and historic wealth.

Ricardo Alarcón, president of the Cuban Parliament, attended the meeting in the International Institute of Journalism José Martí, where they pay homage to who represents the perseverance in the exercise of writing about the truth and who was the last reporter murdered in Cuba, victim of the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.

The University Social Work Brigades (BUTS) of this eastern province of Las Tunas are getting ready to guarantee the organization of the productive tasks this summer.

The Caribbean head of State asserted that they tackle in the dialogue issues as natural resources and the world crisis. We analyzed new projects for the regional countries, specifically in relation to the ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for the People of the Americas), he said.

The Latinidad 2008 Prize was given to the important intellectual and movie maker Alfredo Guevara, founder of the Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (Cuban Institute for the Arts and Movie Industry) (ICAIC in Spanish), for his decisive contribution to national culture which has meant his promotion to development and diffusion of Latin American and Caribbean cinema.

Cuba will celebrate the International Day against Homophobia, next Saturday May 17, date when the World Health Organization eliminated the homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses.

The General Secretary of the Cuban Workers’ Confederation (CTC), Salvador Valdes Mesa, concluded on Sunday a visit to Ecuador, where he participated in a regional meeting of trade union leaders.

The General Secretary of the Sudanese Communist Party, Mohamed Ibrahim Nugud, arrived in Havana on Sunday at the invitation of the Central Committee of Cuba’s Communist Party (PCC).

The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, arrives in Havana on Monday for an official visit at the invitation of Cuban President Raul Castro.

The 43rd Capablanca Memorial Cuban Chess Tourney registered a three-way tie for the first place after three rounds between three grandmasters (GMs), two Cuban, Walter Arencibia and Leinier Dominguez and one German, Igor Khenkin.

The hotel La Unión, in the central Cuban province of Cienfuegos, became the third establishment of the Encanto brand inaugurated in the country.

Cuban ambassador to the Dominican Republic Juan Astiasarán termed as successful the 3rd Traveling Cuban Book Fair, which concluded in the city of Barahona, the last leg of a tour of five Dominican provinces.

After three years of his last performance for the public of the Cuban capital, the maximum exponent of the protest song in Cuba, Silvio Rodríguez, returned to Karl Marx Theater to offer a concert.

The salsa music of Puerto Rican Andy Montañez and the son music of Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco will provide the entertainment for the closing activity of Cubadisco 2008 at the José Martí Tribuna Antimperialista.