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May 27th

In Cuba: Education priorities on debate

The Teaching Universalization, the Program of General Teachers, the Integral Upgrading Course for the Youth, and the Art Instructors, were some of the topics tackled in the outcome of the prioritized goals of school year 2007-08 in Pinar del Río, where the part of the professor as the center of the teaching process was the criteria that prevailed. Read More

More than a hundred movies from twelve countries to compete in Cuba

More than a hundred movies from twelve countries will participate in the III International Festival of Audiovisuals for Childhood and Adolescents, which will be held here from next May 28 until July 1. Read More

Ecuador Awards Cuba for Social Aid

The prefect of Pichincha, Gustavo Baroja, delivered the award to Cuban ambassador in Ecuador, Benigno Perez in an event commemorating 186 years of the Battle of Pichincha that marked the end of Spanish domination. Read More

35-member Team of Cuban Doctors to Assist Earthquake Victims in China Includes 3.5 Tons of Medicine and Equipment

The 35-member team, made up by surgeons and orthopedics specialists, arrived in the capital of the province, Chegdu, at 8:30 p.m. The Cuban help also includes 3.5 tons of medicine and medical equipment that will get to the affected areas. Read More

Digital Photography Exhibition in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

Offering the poetry of images is the intention of the Haikus photographic sample, by Yuri Limonte Hera, at the Raúl Martínez Art Gallery, in Ciego de Ávila city. Read More

May 26th

Cuban poets at the Bogotá International Festival

It is an event that is being organized since 1991 by the literary magazine Ulrika and it will gather together poets from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Uruguay and Venezuela. Mexico is the guest country. Read More

The 2008 Popular Song Festival will be very soon in Varadero, Cuba

Sponsored by the Cuban Ministries of Culture and Tourism, the event will be presided over by the famous musician Juan Formell, director of the Van Van orchestra. The Festival will be held at the famous Varadero amphitheatre as well as in other locations of the blue beach, such as the Plaza America Convention Centre. Read More

In Ciego de Avila, Cuba: Five Years Without Deaths by Traffic Accidents in Jardines del Rey

Since May 9, 2003 no death by traffic accidents has been recorded on the roads of Jardines del Rey (King's Gardens), the famous tourist destination, in Ciego de Ávila, the central Cuban province. Read More

Cuba will build 14 new prefabricated plants to increase house building in the next few years.

Touring the Cuban eastern province of Camaguey, Construction Minister Fidel Figueroa said the new system will allow to build 4,000 houses a year. Read More

Positive environmental indicators exhibit the province of Camagüey, Cuba

Positive environmental indicators exhibit the province of Camagüey after the implementation of programs indicted to mitigate the contaminant load and to improve the quality of the soil. Read More