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Archive - Dec 22, 2010

Cuba's key tourism sector up in 2010, with number of visitors rising 4 per cent from last year

<p style="text-align: justify;">Published Tuesday December 21st, 2010. The Associated Press. HAVANA - Cuba says its crucial tourism sector is looking up, with the number of visitors rising 4 per cent in 2010. The official Prensa Latina news agency says some 2.5 million people visited the Caribbean island this year. That compares with about 2.4 million in 2009. The report says authorities hope foreign visitors reach 2.7 million next year. Read More

Raul Castro Visits Prima Ballerina Alicia Alonso

<p style="text-align: justify;">Escrito por Ana Julia Suarez Cruz. miércoles, 22 de diciembre de 2010. Havana (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Raul Castro visited prima ballerina absolute Alicia Alonso at her home on her 90th birthday. Alonso, founder of the National Ballet of Cuba, was surruonded by her family, friends, and collaborators in a private and cordial environment when the Cuban president came to visit her, the Granma newspaper reports. Read More

Cuba convicts Salvadoran on terror charges

<p style="text-align: justify;">By JENNY BARCHFIELD. The Associated Press. Wednesday, December 22, 2010; 11:21 AM.HAVANA -- An El Salvador man has been convicted on terrorism charges for helping plan and carry out a string of bombings against Cuban tourist sites and was sentenced to 30 years in prison, Cuban state media said Wednesday. Read More

Cuba's Emphasis on Preventive Medicine

<p style="text-align: justify;">SUMMARY: Ray Suarez continues his series from Havana with a report on the Cuban health care system's emphasis on preventive medicine.RAY SUAREZ: One of Cuba's greatest prides is its health care system. Cuba's government promotes the country's free and universal medical care from the moment a baby is born as the cornerstone of its communist state.And, according to the World Health Organization, the country has much to boast about. The average Cuban lives to the age of 78. Read More

Great Britain, Canada and Russia to send cruise ships to Cuba in 2011

<p style="text-align: justify;">General View of a Spanish cruise ship entering Havana Port in November 2010. Efe. By AFP. HAVANA. Cruise vessels from Great Britain, Canada and Russia will join Cuba’s tourist industry in 2011, as part of a program to diversify options offered to tourists on the island, an official of the branch reported on Sunday. An English cruise ship is going to have five entrances of two nights to the Havana port. Read More

Nickel, sugar production below expectations

<p style="text-align: justify;">Production of nickel is 6,700 tons below expectations this year, and this year’s sugar harvest is expected to drop below last year’s record-low harvest of 1.1 million tons, Economy Minister Marino Murillo told the national parliament on Saturday. Read More

Chopin Statute Unveiled in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.12.21 - 11:41:40 / [email protected]. HAVANA, CUBA.- A statue of the pianist and composer Frederic Chopin sitting in a bank was unveiled in Old Havana, the culmination of the celebrations in Cuba for the bicentenary of the birth of the Polish artist. Read More

New line of pickled products for domestic consumption now available in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.12.20 - 18:26:39 / [email protected]. Havana, Cuba.- The “Caribe” Canned Fruits and Vegetables Factory restored old tanks and built new ones for the preparation of pickles to launch a new line of these products in the domestic market. Read More

Cuba Increases Cigar Exports by 7.5 percent on 2010

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.12.20 - 18:35:48 / [email protected]. Havana, Cuba.- Cuba increased this year its exports of mechanized cigars by 7.5 percent in relation to 2009, resulting in the sells of about 18.8 million dollars, report government sources.In accordance to a report by the Empresa Internacional Cubana de Tabaco S.A., published by the Granma newspaper, the production was estimated in 119.3 millions cigar units, which accounted for a 7.5 percent increase on the exports. Read More

Cuban Farmers Attain Record in Production of Cow Milk

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.12.20 - 19:58:58 / [email protected]. Camaguey, Cuba.- Farmers from the central Cuban province of Camaguey, affiliated to the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) attained a record on the sell of cow milk to state enterprises, which then sell it to the population. Read More