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Cuba Asks Washington to Lift Commercial Restrictions

Cuba rejected Washington`s request to send a team of experts to evaluate the damage caused by hurricane Ike, noting that all the countries willing to help the island have sent humanitarian aid without asking to inspect the affected areas beforehand. Read More

Cuban record company EGREM launched collection “Canto a los Orishas" by Lázaro Ros

Cuban record company EGREM launched collection “Canto a los Orishas. Lázaro Ros, el apkwón mayor”, an important title of the so-called Afro-Cuban genre. Read More

Vietnam is to send a large shipment of rice to Cuba, donation aid valued at $200,000

Vietnam is to send a large shipment of rice to Cuba, donation aid valued at $200,000 to help Cubans overcome the damages left by hurricane Ike in the Caribbean nation. Read More

In Cuba: The 2008 Camaguey Theater Festival has been postponed

The 2008 Camaguey Theater Festival scheduled for September 12 to 21 has been postponed due to the damage to the installations to be used caused by Hurricane Ike.<br /> Read More

President Raul Castro received a phone call from his Namibian counterpart Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba

President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Army General Raul Castro received a phone call from his Namibian counterpart Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba, who supported the island&quot;s people after the passing of the devastating Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.<br /> Read More

The organizing commission of the 2nd Varadero Jam Session Jazz Festival decided to cancel

The organizing commission of the 2nd Varadero Jam Session Jazz Festival decided to cancel the event due to the difficult weather situation facing the province of Matanzas and the country after the passage of hurricane Ike. Read More

Cuban runner Yunidis Castillo became the Latin American queen of the women"s 200m

Cuban runner Yunidis Castillo became the Latin American queen of the women&quot;s 200m, winning her second gold medal in the Paralympic Games.<br /> Read More

India Entity Backs Cubans over Disaster

Workers of the Indian Biocon biotechnological company agreed on Thursday to donate a day-salary to the Cuban people, immersed in hard recovery from the damages of hurricanes Gustav and Ike. Read More

Cuba recovers with work of all of the destruction of the hurricanes

Cubans respond Friday to a call made by the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR)'s National Secretariat with a massive voluntary work campaign recover after two hurricanes. Read More

Cuban guitarist and composer Leo Brouwer Tribute Concert to Víctor Jara

Victor Jara was tortured and murdered in city of Santiago de Chile on September 16, 1973 by the repressive forces of the US-backed dictator Augusto Pinochet who launched a coup, overthrowing Salvador Allende. Read More