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November 22nd

Chavez, Fidel, Raul Castro Converse

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez spoke on Wednesday with President Fidel Castro and Cuban First Vice President Army General Raul Castro. Read More

Barnet: to receive an award named José Donoso is a "luxury of the soul"

Miguel Barnet, one of the most edited Cuban writers outside Cuba, affirmed in Santiago de Chile that to receive an award named José Donoso is a "luxury of the soul". Read More

Bones of Prehistoric Crocodile Found in Cuba

The bones of a giant predatory crocodile that inhabited the earth during the Miocene Age were found in the Cayajana river, in the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus. Read More

Camagüey Produces Cheese and Ice Cream from Buffalo Milk

An effective way for saving hard currency in the purchase of powdered milk, and consequently reducing imports; the workers of the Camagüey-based company of dairy products (EMPLAC) are making cheese and ice cream from the highly fat-riched water buffalo milk. Read More

November 21st

Elections for Cuban National Assembly deputies and delegates to Provincial Assemblies

The Cuban Council of State announced today that next January 20, 2008, elections will take place for delegates to the Provincial Assemblies of People's Power and deputies to Parliament on January 20, 2008. Read More

World Choirs Join Voices in Santiago de Cuba

The 27th Choir International Festival began Tuesday and included a gala dedicated to guerrilla fighter Ernesto Che Guevara on the 40th anniversary of his death. Read More

Folkloric Ballet of Camagüey Ends Successful International Tour

The Folkloric Ballet of Camagüey, based in the eastern Cuban province of the same name, concluded a successful tour of 70 Spanish, Portuguese and Egyptian cities. Read More

Art to transform a neighbourhood

Fifteen plastic artists have agreed to change the pejorative tone, many of them use to refer some communities, such as Pogolotti, La Güinera y Ceiba. Read More

Cuba Allocates Resources to Provinces Affected by Heavy Rains

The Cuban official noted that brigades from the Ministry of Construction, supported by the Revolutionary Armed Forces, will undertake the most intense work which includes the repairing of bridges and of stretches of the national transport network. Read More

Cuba Undertakes Pasta Production Program

Cuba has undertaken an investment program for the installing of four factories with Italian technology which will produce 60,000 tons of long pasta a year. Read More