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January 13th

Demonstrators Around the World Demand an End to Detentions and Tortures a US Naval Base in Guantanamo

The demonstration held in front of the US embassy in London was similar to those in Rome, Athens, Sydney, Madrid and Washington where hundreds of activists demanded the closure of the prison, part of Washington's so called "war on terrorism". Read More

Critic Award to be given in Chile to a Cuban writer

When he backed up the distinction, the Chilean writer Manuel Peña highlighted the importance of the work created by Barnet and his mastery of testimonial narration. Read More

4th National Cuban Television Festival to be announced

For this edition there were presented 262 pieces in different categories and specialties. 172 of them were nominated and 110 of them corresponded to fiction and recreational programs of reality and the rest were informational. Read More

Cuban play writer José Milián to win National Theater Award

Among the nominated to the 2008 National Theater Award were other personalities such as the play writers Nelson Dorr and Gerardo Fulleda as well as the actresses Adria Santana and Corina Mestre. Read More

Cuba Shows Slight Advances in the Construction of Housings

"The collapse of the socialist field - from where a big amount of the materials came -, the imperialistic blockade that makes the products more expensive, the scourge of eight hurricanes. Read More

Over a Million Recover Their Eyesight Thanks to Operation Miracle

Operation Miracle has made possible operations on 1,003,288 patients at 49 ophthalmological centers in 31 countries on three continents by the end of 2007. Read More

January 12th

Pinar del Río with high marine biodiversity

<div align="left">It is estimated that about 13 thousand marine species live in the archipelago, therefore, near 30 percent of them has not been discovered yet, especially microorganisms and deep water fauna.</div> Read More

Cuban Heroine Celia Sanchez Honored by Social Workers

During the ceremony, participants sang songs, read poems and laid a wreath by a bronze sculpture dedicated to Celia at the Lenin Park in Havana. Read More

Holguin Increased its Teledensity

This step was prompted by the installation of 3,415 new services in current and alternative lines, but a long way short of the populations needs. Read More

Amnesty International calls for U.S. to Close Down Guantánamo Prison

The head of the organization in Spain also mentioned that they are set to stage other events in order to ensure that this subject is tackled in the presidential campaigns in the United States. Read More