Fidel Castro said Friday he helped choose candidates for Cuba's new government.

Fidel Castro said Friday he helped choose candidates for Cuba's new government, but he asserted that his brother Raul is fully in charge as the new president. Read More

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Habano International Festival 2008 Over 1,500 cigar lovers, retailers, and producers from 75 nations participating.

The 10th Habano International Festival winds up Friday, after a week of discussion, talks, trade fairs and visits to tobacco factories and plantations. Read More

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March 3 in Havana at the 10th International Encounter on Globalization and Development Problems.

The promotion of development under globalization conditions, for which the transformation of today's world economic order is a must is the main concern of experts from around the world who will be meeting next Monday, March 3 in Havana at the 10th International Encounter on Globalization and Development Problems. Read More

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First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura in a meeting of the Federation of Cuban Women's.

''Cuban women have a widespread influence that we should take advantage of to continue expanding the organization's (FMC) work,'' said First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura at a meeting of the Federation of Cuban Women's ''FMC'' National Committee on Thursday. Read More

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Indian parliamentarians praised Cuba's achievements in sectors such as public health.

Indian parliamentarians praised Cuba's achievements in sectors such as public health, biotechnology and women's emancipation during a meeting in New Delhi with the island's ambassador in the Indian capital, Miguel Angel Ramirez. Read More

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Economic Cooperation of Cuba and Suriname

Cuban Deputy Minister of Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation ''MINVEC'', Orlando Requejo Gual, arrived on Thursday in Paramaribo. Read More

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Singers Omara Portuondo and Maria Bethania, two of the greatest divas of Cuba and Brazil in a CD-DVD

The CD of the two singers, who met each other in 2005, has eleven songs, while the DVD has another nine titles. The work will be presented in a concert scheduled for March 7 at the traditional Canecao entertainment center. Read More

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Is Cuba the mistaken one?

Last year, on the 5th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo torture camp in Cuba, I had the singular privilege of being able to travel there. Read More

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