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September 12th

Seven cubans athletes, tickets in hand to the finals of World Athletics 2007

Another four Cuban athletes are await for the decision of the IAAF, which has the right to invite competitors Read More

Cuba defeated Puerto Rico in Olympic Qualifying Soccer

On Tuesdays match Cuba defeated Puerto Rico 8-0 and now is going to the second round. Read More

Wins for Robles and Burns at Gugl-Meeting in Linz

Robles finished ahead of Serhiy Demydyuk of the Ukraine (13.32) and David Oliver (13.40) of the USA. Read More

The truth about the Cuban Five Published in Project Censored 2008

Every year Project Censored publishes a book that includes a number of chapters of topics that have been unreported and the 25 top ignored stories during the previous year before the publication of the book. Due to the fact that the case of the Cuban Five has been practically ignored for the past nine years, the importance of the case merited a chapter in the 2008 book that is being released at the beginning of September. Read More

Pasacaballo Hotel reopens for tourism

Cienfuegos was founded by French settlers in 1829. It is known as the Pearl of the South for its architecture and has been declared a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. Read More

September 11th

Mexican Demián Bichir will be Fidel Castro on two ocassions

The Mexican actor Demián Bichir will play the Cuban president Fidel Castro in two movies about the life of Ernesto Che Guevara (1928-1967) that the US director Steven Soderbergh is currently shooting in Spain . Read More

Artex markets with new products

The project is intended to show in practical products for the house, the image of Cuba through the creations of Cuban painters, among them Pedro Pablo Oliva, Mario Garcia Portela and Arturo Montoto from Pinar del Rio, as well as important artists of the overall country such as Roberto Fabelo, Zaida del Rio, Alfredo Sosa Bravo, Nancy Reyes, Pastor Perez, etc. Read More

A non-polluting aerosol plant opened in Havana

The plant will substitute the use of around 28 to 30 tons per year of Freon gas for other gases that do not affect the ozone layer and the environment. The project was sponsored by the Multilateral Fund of the Montreal Protocol with the support of the UN's Development Program. Read More

More than 200,000 Cubans attend or study computation ay Computation Young Clubs

Newspaper Juventud Rebelde highlights the impact of the installation of the Computation Young Clubs in all the municipalities of the nation, besides five buses dedicated to take this teaching to intricate places. Read More

Students from Guyana obtain scholarships in Cuba

According to the Cabinet Secretary 100 students will pursue studies in the medical field, 25 in engineering and 24 in agricultural science. An additional six students will join them under the CARICOM/ Cuba agreement. Read More