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Cuban Athletes Travel to Guatemala

World record holder and 2004 Olympic champion Osleidys Menendez leads a group of Cuban athletes that traveled on Wednesday to Guatemala for a training camp as part of their preparation for the Olympic Games of next year in Beijing, China. Read More

US Supreme Court Reviews Guantanamo

The Supreme Court of the United States Wednesday is analyzing the legitimacy of the detention of hundreds of persons in Guantanamo naval base in Cuba, illegally occupied by Washington. Read More

UN Official Praises Cuban Levels of Human Development

Susan McDade, resident representative of the UN Development Program (UNDP) in Havana, congratulated Cuba on Wednesday for obtaining the 51st spot in the UN Report on Human Development during the 2007-2008 period. Read More

Cuba Leads Sustainable Development

Sustainable development, a "sine qua non" condition for future survival on Earth, due to the current environmental crisis, is only achieved in Cuba today, said Mathis Wackernagel, executive director of Global Footprint Network. Read More

New Art Instructors graduated in Santiago de Cuba

Two hundred and eighty five new art instructors have just graduated in Santiago de Cuba province, distant one thousand kilometres of Havana. Its highest aim is that the Cuban schools will become the most important cultural centre of each community. Read More

Grand Opening Staged for Havana Film Festival

Brian de Palmas Redacted, a movie prompted by the manslaughter in Iraq, and a concert by Argentinean singer-songwriter Fito Paez opened the Havana film festival. Read More

Cuban film maker Juan Carlos Tabío to shoot a new comedy

The Cuban film maker Juan Carlos Tabío began shooting a new comedy, El cuerno de la abundancia (The horn of abundancy), with Jorge Perugoría, Mirta Ibarra and Vladimir Cruz, who lead a cast of more than thirty actors. Read More

Future Cuba Deputies Meet People

The candidates for deputies to the national and provincial Assemblies of the Cuban People's Power are holding meetings Wednesday with the population to exchange opinions. Read More

American Rancher Calls for US-Cuba Normal Trade Relations

Unrestricted trade relations between the United States and Cuba should have happened long time ago, said US rancher John Parke Wright in Havana. Read More

Cuba Fetes Wilfredo Lam Birthday

Wilfredo Lam was born on December 8, 1902 and died on September 11, 1982. Read More