UNASUR Health Ministers Meet on Haiti Epidemic

<p style="text-align: justify;">10/26/2010. Health ministers from the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) will hold a videoconference from Quito on Monday, coordinated by Ecuadorian Health Minister and UNASUR president David Chiriboga. The objective of the meeting is to plan emergency aid for Haiti, which is facing a major health crisis provoked by a cholera epidemic which has killed 253 people, with more than 3,000 hospitalized as suspected cases. Read More

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Cuba Beats SKorea in Baseball Intercontinental Cup

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Cuban baseball team made good use of its pitchers and defeated South Korea 3-0 in its second game at the Intercontinental Baseball Cup in that city. Veteran right-hander Norge Luis Vera allowed only three hits in six innings, striking out three and allowing one walk before been replaced by Yulieski Gonzalez. Read More

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U.N. votes against U.S. embargo on Cuba for 19th year

<p style="text-align: justify;">UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to urge the United States to lift a half century-old economic embargo against Cuba. The assembly passed a non-binding resolution -- with 187 votes in favor, two against and three abstentions -- for the 19th consecutive year, reflecting the world's disapproval of Washington's long-standing effort to isolate Havana. Read More

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UN Vote on Anti-Blockade Resolution

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte.Martes, 26 de octubre de 2010. 08:58United Nations, Oct 26(Prensa Latina) For the 19th consecutive year, the UN General Assembly will vote on Tuesday on a resolution demanding the end of the almost 50-year U.S. blockade of Cuba. The subject is agenda item No. 41 of the current UN session, under the heading "The Necessity of Ending the Economic, Commercial and Financial Blockade Imposed by the United States of America Against Cuba." Read More

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I have always considered myself a singer-songwriter

<p style="text-align: justify;">"Sombras Amarillas", Polito Ibañez’s latest album, is already on sale thanks to the Bis Music record label. This is a production that, like others previously made by the author, features a well-done lyrical speech, which confirmed him as a singer-songwriter. Polito said that what he likes the most in making a CD is not the fame or the money, but feeling he will be part of Cuban culture the next 250 years. "This is an attempt more ambitious than any other." Read More

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Ray’s Patience: music that bears fruits

<p style="text-align: justify;">10/25/2010. By Elizabeth López Corzo. “Paciencia” (Patience), the debut disc by singer-songwriter Ray Fernandez, stands out as a great success in the contemporary panorama of Cuban music because of the authenticity of his proposal that comes from the traditional trova and the Nueva Trova (New Trova) to renew itself with dissimilar local and foreign rhythms. “Paciencia”, recently released by the EGREM, reaffirms the author as a restless questioner of everything that surrounds him, as much when he sings to love as to what happens in Cuba. One of the luxuries of the album is the participation of the diva of the Buena Vista Club, Omara Portuondo. Read More

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Algerian Minister of Youth and Sports Concludes Visit to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">[email protected]. HAVANA, CUBA.- “I’m very satisfied with the results of this stay in the Island because we analyzed the possibility of increasing the cooperation of Cuban sports specialists in our country,” said Hachemi Djiar, the Minister of Youth and Sports of Algeria, who concluded a five-day day official visit to Cuba. Read More

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Cuban Resolution against US Blockade Ready

<p style="text-align: justify;">[email protected]. Cuban Resolution against US Blockade ReadyHAVANA, CUBA.- For the nineteenth consecutive year, the General Assembly of the United Nations will vote on a Cuban resolution demanding the end of the almost 50-year-old US blockade against the island. Read More

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EU seeks more dialogue with Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">EU foreign affairs chief, Baroness Ashton - 25 Oct 10 Lady Ashton is steering foreign policy as head of the EU's new diplomatic service. The EU foreign affairs chief, Baroness Ashton, is set to contact the Cuban government in an effort to improve ties with Havana, diplomats say. Read More

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Cuba publishes rules for self-employment into law, gives new details on taxes

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Associated Press. HAVANA - Cuba has made official the grand economic changes it announced last month, publishing nearly 100 pages of rules and regulations for small businesses in the government Gazette on Monday. The move means eagerly anticipated licenses for the self-employed should be around the corner. Lines of potential entrepreneurs formed Monday at several government offices around the capital. Read More

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