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January 30th

Bruzon on the lead of Cuba's National Chess Championship

After 33 moves of a Ruy Lopez opening, Cuban Grand Masters (GM) Lazaro Bruzon and Leinier Dominguez tied in the second game of the final leg for the crown of the National Chess Championship. Read More

Cuba's cattle herds grew in 2006

The improvement of weather conditions in Cuba's eastern province of Las Tunas, after ten years of severe drought, has led to an increase of more than 33, 000 heads of cattle. This advance is very important, as the past few years saw a tendency towards a reduction of the herds. Read More

January 29th

Cuba says farewell to a jewel

Josefina Mendez, world renowned as one of the four jewels of the Cuban National Ballet (BNC), passed away in Havana after a four-year battle with cancer. Her death brings sorrow not only to the Cuban dance stage, but to all of the island's culture, since she was one of its most valuable exponents. Read More

Venezuela trumps China in Cuba feronickel deal

A senior Cuban official said Monday Venezuela had replaced China in local plans to produce fero-nickel at a partially completed plant in eastern Holguin province. "The Chinese are not continuing, we are redoing the project with Venezuela," Cuban Minister of Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation, Marta Lomas, told Reuters, when asked about the Camarioca nickel works. Read More

January 28th

Artists color life in Cuba

Drake exhibit ripe with innovation after Iowa native helps open importation doors. Outrage isn't an emotion most people associate with Iowans. But when Mason City native Sandra Levinson learned that Americans couldn't legally import Cuban artwork, well, let's just say she wasn't happy. Read More

Cuban renewable energy lab wins International Award

The Energy Globe, the world award for sustainability, was granted to the Renewable Energy Laboratory at the University of Oriente in Santiago de Cuba, in recognition of its efforts to find solar alternatives for energy generation. The annual international prize, sponsored by the United Nations, the European Council of Renewable Energy, the World Bank and other international institutions, honors environmentally-friendly energy projects. Read More

Cuban popularity in Indonesia

Many of the international aid teams that descended on Indonesia after the 27 May earthquake in Java have packed up and gone home. But a medical team from Cuba has proved so popular that locals have asked it to stay on for another six months. Read More

Cuba received 30,000 Argentine tourists in 2006

THE influx of Argentine tourists to diverse Cuban destinations was in excess of 30,000 last year, thanks to the islands attractive offers. Managers at the Cuban Tourism Office for the Southern Cone, with offices in Buenos Aires, noted that the figure surpassed initial predictions for 2006, which had been for 27,500 Argentine visitors. Read More

Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Cuba win Casa 2007 Prizes

Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Cuba led the vanguard of good Latin American literature by winning the Casa 2007 Prizes, convened from January 15 to its closure yesterday in the Che Guevara Hall of this Cuban institution. Read More

Distressed Chinese ship was heading for Cuba

The Coast Guard says a damaged Chinese cargo ship that's making an unscheduled stop on Oahu was heading to Cuba among other spots in the Caribbean before it ran into trouble. Read More