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Cuba Strengthens Measures for Growing Price of Fuel

nesy — Sun, 11 May 2008 09:30:47 -0400

As fruit of the Energy Revolution and of the prevention of the leader Fidel Castro, Cuba faces with better conditions the high international prices of the fuel, said today Yadira García, minister of Basic Industry.

Natural and Historical Treasures close to Cuban Sky

nesy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:12:10 -0400

La Sierra Maestra is the most important mountain system in Cuba where we can find the highest mountain called Pico Real del Turquino 1972 meters above the sea level. It is located in the southeastern coast next to the Caribbean Sea and extends from Granma, Santiago de Cuba to Guantanamo .

EXPOCARIBE: Foreign Business for Cuba Trade Fair to take place in Santiago de Cuba

nesy — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:29:56 -0400

Business people from several countries show increasing interest in participating in the EXPOCARIBE Business Fair to take place in Santiago de Cuba in June, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the second largest business event in Cuba.

Tenth International Conference on African and Afro-American Culture in Santiago de Cuba

nesy — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:03:51 -0400

The Tenth International Conference on African and Afro-American Culture comes to a close last Thursday with the presence of more than a hundred researchers and representatives from Angola, Nigeria, Togo, Senegal, Burkina-Faso, the Congo, Colombia, Venezuela and Cuba.

Besides Gibara, Santiago and Camagüey they will be Headquarters for the Cuban's International Festival of Poor Cinema

nesy — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:10:00 -0400

The director of films like Lucia, Cecilia, Honey for Oshún, Cuba Neighbourhood, among others, also said that the Festival will keep its alternative venues in the cities of Santiago de Cuba and Holguín. This edition will have an itinerant status; ¨like an experiment, the city of Camagüey will receive us one day after the Festival is over in Gibara¨.

Cuban Oil Refineries: Substitute Imports

nesy — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:44:11 -0400

The production of plates for cracking towers in Cuba will substitute imports of these parts and accessories for all the oil refineries of the country and those linked to the regional ALBA integrating project.

Lead in Semifinals of Cuban Baseball Play Offs: Santiago and Sancti Spiritus

nesy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:34:46 -0400

Right-hander Ismel Jimenez led Sancti Spiritus on Sunday to their second win against Pinar del Rio in the Western Division semifinal of the play offs of the 47th Cuban national baseball championship.

The Colonial Fortresses of Cuba

nesy — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:06:03 -0400

The Cuban archipelago, one of the fastest-growing tourist destinations in the Caribbean, benefits from a national scenario rich in history from the Spanish colonial period.

Cuban Intangible Heritage: Tumba Francesa

nesy — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:39:44 -0400

Preserving the Tumba Francesa Slave Dance (French Drum), a well-defined, and quite unique music and dance tradition still practiced in Cuba, was the first issue to discuss at the 7th International Congress of Cultural Patrimony.

Telesur TV Channel Jury of a Documentary Film Festival in Santiago de Cuba

nesy — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:00:31 -0400

The Telesur TV channel aims to help Latin American nations to rediscover each other and boost regional unity, said representatives of the network participating on the jury of a documentary film festival in Santiago de Cuba.