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May 25th

Meteoro 2008: Cuba will Test Emergency Preparedness this Weekend

Cuba will carry out the civil defense exercise Meteoro 2008 this weekend, to test the preparation of the country for the upcoming hurricane season starting June 1. Read More

For the first time the Seville set by the Cuban painter Servando Cabrera to be exhibited

The oil paintings that the Cuban painter Servando Cabrera Moreno (Havana, 1923-1981) dedicated to Seville will be exhibited for the first time as a set on behalf of the 85th anniversary of his birth. Read More

Cuba: Hunger is not new Issue in International Agenda

Cuba believes a just world without hunger is possible and will become a reality, said Cuban Ambassador Juan Antonio Fernandez at a special session of the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva. Read More

95 poets from all five continents will assist to the 13th Havana International Poetry Festival in Cuba

About 95 poets from all five continents will assist to the 13th Havana International Poetry Festival, which is to start here next May 26 with a call to rescue the original languages. Read More

Film on Che Guevara at Cannes Festival would be at the forefront to win grand prize

If it were about ovations, favorable remarks and respect for history, the film on Che Guevara, at Cannes Festival, would be at the forefront to win grand prize. Read More

May 24th

Las Tunas, Cuba, Selects Its Delegates to the National Forum Creative Women

Ten women were selected, due to their relevance in the scientific-technical proposals in the recently concluded provincial event Creative Women, to represent Las Tunas in the fifth edition of this national encounter, to take place in the Havana next October 7th and 8th. Read More

Wood-Carving Festival, the only Cuban event in which creators are summoned to carve wooden pieces live.

"Enamorados", a wooden sculpture by amateur artist José Alberto Martínez González, was awarded with the First Prize during the Fifth Festival de la Carcoma, the only Cuban event in which creators are summoned to carve wooden pieces live, just in front of the audience of the festival. Read More

In Cuba: The annual training drill Meteoro 2008 will take place this weekend

In order to prepare the population for any kind of disaster, the annual training drill Meteoro 2008 will take place this weekend. Read More

Cuba Challenges Washington to Respond to Serious Accusations

In a press conference Thursday at the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, attended by the national and international press, Perez Roque said that US authorities must tell the public opinion what they know about the behavior of their diplomats and what they think about it, and if they support the money courier role played by the Chief of the US Interest Section in Havana Michael Parmly. Read More

National Rock Festival in Camagüey, Cuba

The performance of the band Imanencia nicely surprised spectators who attended the opening concert of the Fifth National Rock Festival "Sounds of the City" to be held in Camagüey City until May 25. Read More