Frederick Cepeda is back to play with Sancti Spiritus’ team

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: ANNE-MARIE GARCIA. AP. Havana. Cuban baseball star Frederich Cepeda said on Tuesday he will play with Sancti Spiritus’ team next Cuban Baseball Championship beginning on Sunday. Cepeda said he is back to training "on Wednesday" and added he was "happy to contribute to the cause of Sancti Spiritus in the upcoming campaign," according to an interview published Tuesday by the local and state Escambray Daily . He continued saying he will be with the roosters (Sancti Spiritus’ team) the next series." Read More

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Cuba Standard poll: Americans favor end of sanctions, 2-1

<p style="text-align: justify;">By a greater than two-to-one margin, Americans would like President Barack Obama and Congress to lift the Cuba embargo, according to a Widmeyer post-election online survey commissioned by Cuba Standard. Forty-seven percent of those polled said “yes” to lifting the embargo, compared to 22 percent saying “no”, and three in 10 (31%) unsure. Americans in favor of lifting the embargo and allowing travel to Cuba are also more intense, with double the number saying “definitely yes” (18%) than those saying “definitely no” (9%). Read More

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Phl Embassy in Cuba Warns Against Job Offers in Haiti

<p style="text-align: justify;">Tuesday, 23 November 2010 15:50 Public Information Service Unit. 23 November 2010-The Philippine Embassy in Cuba reiterated its warning against unscrupulous individuals recruiting Filipinos for non-existent jobs in Haiti. Read More

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Brazil, Cuba aid cholera-hit Haiti

<p style="text-align: justify;">23 November 2010 0829 hrs.BRASILIA: Brazil, Cuba and some Brazilian universities have joined forces to provide health care to cholera-ridden Haiti, including building a treatment centre near its capital, the Brazilian Health Ministry said Monday. The ministry said it signed agreements with Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and Federal University of Santa Catarina to set up a network of health clinics and train 2,340 health workers in Haiti. Read More

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Cuban Aires de Concierto Jazz Band to Offer Sole Concert

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.11.22 - 19:52:05 / [email protected], Cuba.- The Cuban Jazz Band ‘Aires de Concierto’ will offer a sole concert on December 11, at the theatre of the Cuban National Museum of Fine Arts. Band director Janis Abreu said that the performance marks the third anniversary of the band. All its members studied music together at the conservatorium and then at the Higher Institute of Arts, where they decide to create the group. Read More

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In Love with Cuban Biodiversity

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.11.22 - 19:39:07 / [email protected]. Havana, Cuba.- Dr. Eric L. Ekman was a renowned Swedish naturalist that visited Havana in April of 1914 with the objective of making a short stopover before continuing his trip to the island of Española. However, his interest to the unknown Cuban biodiversity trapped him for the following 10 years. Read More

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Cave Painting in Punta del Este

<p style="text-align: justify;">By:&nbsp; Marta Gómez Ferrals. The eminent Cuban researcher Fernando Ortiz announced in 1922 the undeniable scientific value of the five caves discovered early this century in Punta del Este, former Isla de Pinos, and now Isle of Youth. The wise man described those caves, especially the cavern Number one as the Sistine Chapel of the West Indian cave painting and time proved he was right. Read More

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Recovery of Culinary Tradition for Havana's 491st Anniversary

<p style="text-align: justify;">The recovery of culinary tradition as a part of culture is one of the features of the celebration for the 491st anniversary of Havana, a very cosmopolitan and touristy city. Indeed, one of the initiatives is the first Conference on the Rescue and Promotion of Culinary Culture in Cuba, sponsored by the City Historian's Office and the recreational company Habaguanex SA. Read More

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Cuban Eglys Cruz Qualifies for 2012 Olympics

<p style="text-align: justify;">By PL —Cruz won the gold medal in the women's shooting competition at the 10th Championship of the Americas in Rio de Janeiro.&nbsp; Cuban Eglys Cruz won the gold medal in the women's shooting competition at the 10th Championship of the Americas in Rio de Janeiro, qualifying her to compete in the 2012 Olympics. Read More

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Spill prevention and response get scrutiny at oil event

<p style="text-align: justify;">A team of the Instituto de Oceanología de Cuba is developing a comprehensive oil spill information system, team leader Ramón Pérez Díaz said during an oil safety conference in Cienfuegos. Read More

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