A Petrochemical Plant will be constructed by Cuba and Venezuela

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on Sunday the installation of a petrochemical plant for the production of oil by-products such as medicaments, cosmetics, clothes, and footwear in the Cuban central province of Cienfuegos. Read More

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The Revolution has already been planted in Latin America

In a 17-minute video run Sunday during the "Alo Presidente" TV show, broadcast from the central Cuban city of Santa Clara, Fidel Castro stressed that consciousness is the most important weapon for that revolutionary struggle Read More

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Nobel Prize winners and world intellectuals sign new call for the release of the Five

More than 245 world figures have already signed the document. Among them Nobel Literature Prize winners Wole Soyinka of Nigeria and Nadine Gordimer of South Africa; Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel of Argentina; and Nobel Physics Prize winner Zhores Alfiorov of Russia; as well as artists and intellectuals. Read More

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President Hugo Chavez at the preinauguration of Camilo Cienfuegos Oil Refinery in Cienfuegos

The city of Cienfuegos known as the Pearl of the South and has the country's second port complex after the Bay of Havana and the most important in the southern coast will held in the near future a petrochemical complex. Read More

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Guillermo Rubalcaba to Join El Cigala in Spain

The musician, father of jazz player Gonzalito Rubalcaba and son of Jacobo Rubalcaba, creator of famous danzon "El cadete constitucional", said he was very pleased with the recordings and concerts along with El Cigala and Cuban percussionists Aristides Soto (Tata Güines) and José Luis Quintana (Changuito). Read More

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Carnival returns to Varadero after years of absence

After several years of absence, the Carnival returns to Varadero as a result of recent accords between the island's Culture and Tourism ministries. Read More

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Cuban film closes Madrid Festival

The season will close on Saturday with the production between ICAIC (Cuba), Mediapro (Spain) Alter Productions (Venezuela) and TV Spanish La Edad de la Peseta, in which Mercedes Sampietro, Ivan Carreira and Susana Tejera play the main role. Read More

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From Cuba, Hugo Chavez pays tribute to Che Guevara

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias laid a wreath on the monument of Cuban-Argentinean guerrilla fighter Ernesto "Che" Guevara in the Cuban central province of Villa Clara on Sunday. Cuban President Fidel Castro telephoned into the television show with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Sunday, in his first live media appearance since February. Read More

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Water in Floridas dams guarantee conditions to face drought

Over the last years the reservoirs in the territory were subjected to a huge maintenance work not only to improve the conditions of their dikes, but also to repair their spillways, making possible that most of the dams could reach the category of "excellent hydraulic installations" in Florida. Read More

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Members of Cuban National Ballet in Venezuela

Maestro Cabrera will be in charge of the didactic-artistic session at the Ballet School of the Americas that was requested by the Foundation of Young Choreographers and that will cover the history, techniques, expression and styles of ballet. Read More

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