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Cuban Baseball Championship Turns 50

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Ruth. viernes, 26 de noviembre de 2010. (Prensa Latina) The first Cuban Baseball Championship after the triumph of the Revolution was inaugurated on January 14, 1962, and its 50th edition will soon begin. Read More

Information about Cuba in Japanese Tourist Guide

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.11.26 - 18:22:43 / [email protected]. HAVANA, Cuba. - The Japanese Globe Trotter news agency has published a tourist guide in Japanese language that offers general and updated information on Cuba and promotes its most notable tourist attractions. For the first time, the agency, which has made several publications on Cuba, dedicates an extensive section to the Caribbean island, under the title “Cuba and the Caribbean islands.” Read More

President of Cuban Parliament Concludes Visit to China

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.11.26 - 11:09:42 / [email protected]. President of Cuban Parliament Concludes Visit to ChinaHAVANA, CUBA.- The president of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament), Ricardo Alarcon, concluded on Friday an official visit to China, where he met with Vice President Xi Jinping and with the president of the Permanent Committee of the Chinese People’s National Assembly, Wu Bangguo. Read More

Cuba to import raw materials for small businesses

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba to import $130 million of equipment, materials in 2011 for private businesses. Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press, On Friday November 26, 2010, 2:49 pm EST. HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba's government will spend about $130 million next year to import raw materials and equipment for independent businesses following its decision to allow some kinds of self-employment, officials said Friday. Read More

Lesbians Demand Fair Treatment from Health Providers

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Dalia Acosta. HAVANA, Nov 25, 2010 (IPS) " Lesbian and bisexual women’s groups in Cuba,which welcome anyone who wishes to participate “with solidarity and in a respectful, friendly and healthy manner,” point to the need to sensitise health personnel to the issue of female sexual diversity. Read More

SILIVE: Havana Cigars - a smoker's haven

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana Cigars - a smoker's haven. Published: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 2:56 PM. Mark D. Stein. Havana Cigars in Great Kills offers its customers a place to enjoy a cigar and watch a sporting event. Anyone interested can become a member, giving them 10 percent off all items, as well as a personal locker for keeping their cigars fresh. (Staten Island Advance/Mark Stein) Read More

Cuba-Texas Trade Is Languishing in Poor Economy

<p style="text-align: justify;">Thursday, November 25, 2010. By JULIAN AGUILAR, The New York Times. When the global shipping giant CMA CGM announced in April that it had obtained a license to ship container vessels to Cuba via the Port of Houston, business executives and trade experts marveled: Unabashedly Republican Texas would soon become the Communist island nation's leading United States trade partner. Read More