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August 17th

Cuba trains electoral commission members

The main task is to prepare the assemblies to nominate candidates, as well as neighborhood meetings where neighbors, without the participation of the Communist Party, run their candidates. Read More

Cuban dams store sufficient water

The dams store 80 percent of their capacities, such result is satisfactory, because it has a much higher average with over 671 million cubic meters of water dammed, compared with equal date of the last year. Read More

Netherlands stun Cuba at women's volley Macao GP

<p align="left">Not as expected by many observers, the Cuba side failed to dominate the net throughout the four sets Read More

Cuban playwright wins International Award

<p align="left"><span class="noticias">Artiles&#39; plays for young people have been performed in Cuba, Europe and several Latin American countries.</span><br /> Read More

Cuban Baseball Team to play in Italy

<p align="left">A 24-man top-level Cuban baseball team prepares to travel to Italy where the host nation has organized four-way match up to prepare for the European pre-Olympic tournament which will give one ticket to Beijing 2008. Read More

Hurricane Dean likely to threaten Gulf of Mexico

Hurricane Deancould strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane over the next two days is pounding the eastern Caribbean islands of Martinique and Dominica as it churned into the Caribbean Sea. Read More

Bulletin Hurricane Dean intermediate advisory number 16a, Dean pounding Martinique and Dominica

At 800 am the center of hurricane Dean was located by an air force hurricane hunter aircraft near latitude 14.4 north longitude 61.7 west or 50 miles-80 km west-southwest of Martinique. Read More

Bulletin Hurricane Dean Advisory number 14, Hurricane Dean rapidly approaching the Lesser Antilles with 100 mph winds

At 5:00 p.m. the center of hurricane Dean was located near latitude 14.0 north, longitude 56.5 west or about 210 miles-335 km east-northeast of Barbados and about 305 miles-490 km east of Martinique. Dean is moving toward the west near 23 mph-37 km/hr and this motion is expected to continue tonight and tomorrow. On this track, the center of Dean will be crossing the Lesser Antilles early friday. Read More

August 16th

Cuba places fifth at Para-Pan American Games

Cuban athletes won three titles and two silver medals on Wednesday during the third day of competitions of the 3rd Para-Pan American Games that are underway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and in the process remained in the fifth spot of the general medal standings. Read More

Experts seek reasons for Polymita drop in eastern Cuba

A noticeable decrease in the population of polymita muscarum, a species endemic to areas in the north coast of the island, has alarmed experts in the central province of Camaguey where a thorough research has therefore started. Read More