A Canary owner’s debt keeps eight Cuban seamen confined at Morocco

Abandoned and desperate, without knowing what to do and whom to go to, even thinking about sending a letter to the Alawian Monarch the 6th  to ask for its mercy. That’s how things are for the eight Cuban sailors throughout a year on board the Alutrans ship a Panamanian flag vessel owned by a Canary shipowner and former president of the Port Authority at Las Palmas, Manuel Barreto Acuña. Read More

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Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez Ties 4 in a Rows

Cuban chess GM Leinier Dominguez tied his fourth straight match at the CORUS Chess Tournament underway in Switzerland. Read More

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Camagüey, Cuba: UNESCO Cultural Heritage Site

Part of Camagüey will be officially declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity on February 2, celebrating the 495th anniversary of the traditional date of the foundation of the city. Read More

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Cuba: An example of the use of nuclear energy for the benefit of mankind

Cuba's nuclear program has reached a high degree of maturity and has a staff capable of facing the new challenges of this technology. Read More

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Cuban Health Minister José Ramón Balaguer Opens Medical Congress

Cuba’s Health Minister Jose Ramon Balaguer presided over the inauguration of the Calixto Garcia University Hospital Congress in this capital. Read More

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More Foreign Tourists Go to Cuban Varadero

Arrival of tourists to Varadero, the main Cuban beach resort in the first days of January is around 27,000 people, for a rate higher than 4 percent, an official source reported. Read More

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In Habana: Casa de las Américas, novel fiftieth anniversary

As if it were discovering the secret of eternal youth, the Casa de las Américas Award is reaching its fiftieth anniversary with the air of new proposals and an unseen image. Read More

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The edition of the South African-Cuban poetry book to be projected

The edition of a South African and Cuban poetry book gave its first steps during an interview between the Cuban ambassador here, Angel Villa and the president of the Association of South African Writers, Morakabe Raks Seakhoa.<br /> Read More

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Libro mayor de Violeta Parra to be presented in the Book festival of Cuba

Isabel Parra, the daughter of the deceased Chilean singer and composer Violeta Parra, will travel to Cuba in February together with the president of the country, Michelle Bachelet, in order to present the re-edition of a book on her mother with which the Cuban troubadour Silvio Rodríguez has collaborated. Read More

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The second Portuguese tour of the Cuban children theater group La Colmenita to end

The Cuban children theater group La Colmenita ended very successfully its second tour around Portugal, after performing in nine important Portuguese cities in less than two weeks.<br /> Read More

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