Copy of Guayasamín Portrait of Fidel Castro Given to Ecuador's VP

<p style="text-align: justify;">An oil print of a recreation of the first portrait of Cuban leader Fidel Castro by Oswaldo Guayasamín was given Friday to the Ecuadorian vice president, Lenin Moreno, by representatives of Guayasamin Foundation and Radio Habana Cuba. Read More

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Ballet Nacional de Cuba Gears Up for Nutcracker Season in Canada

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban News Agency. Friday, December 03, 2010. HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 2 (ACN) Ballet Nacional de Cuba will be performing Nutcracker at the Hamilton Place Theatre in Ontario, Canada, on the days between December 9 and 12 in a season dedicated to the 90th birthday of Alicia Alonso. Read More

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Self-employment 101: FAQs in Granma

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Communist Party daily Granma has begun to provide answers "to questions that worry our readers about the legislation for Self-Employment, the Available and Interrupted Workers, and the Tax System." Read More

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Haiti - Epidemic : Brazil-Cuba partnership against cholera

<p style="text-align: justify;">04/12/2010 08:20:52. The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced Friday the transfer of $1MM to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to fight against cholera in Haiti. This amount will allow the establishment and operation of a new Cholera Treatment Centre (CTC) with a capacity of 110 beds in the town of Carrefour, for a period of three months. Read More

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Cuba travel bill dead in lame duck session (morning roundup)

<p style="text-align: justify;">Top News: Several senior Democrats said Thursday that a bill to relax travel restrictions for U.S. citizens to Cuba will not move forward. Read More

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Chucho Valdes, Edesio Alejandro Nominated

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban musicians Chucho Valdes and Edesio Alejandro were nominated for Grammy Awards in the categories of best album of Latin jazz and tropical Latin album, respectively.&nbsp; Valdés was nominated for his CD Chucho Steps, recorded with his new band Mensajeros afrocubanos, under the label Concord Picante, while Edesio Alejandro got it with his "100 Cuban son", which he produced with Nelson Estevez and Juan Hidalgo with the label J &amp; Records. Read More

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Sol Melia Opens Hotel Number 25 in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Spanish hotel chain SOL MELIA has opened its 25th hotel in Cuba Wednesday, all of them Cuban property establishments, reasserting its business on the Cuban tourism that the company started 20 years ago. Read More

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Venezuela approves Orinoco oil venture with Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Venezuelan parliament approved a triangular joint venture between the state oil companies of Venezuela, Cuba and Angola that will produce oil in the Orinoco Basin. Read More

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Three leading teams at the Guadeloupe DigiCup semi finals

<p style="text-align: justify;">Jamaica will play Grenada in Friday's semi-finals of the Digicel Caribbean Cup after Cuba face Guadeloupe in the other semifinals. The Reggae Boyz drubbed Guyana 4-0 Wednesday night led by two goals from schoolboy Marvin Morgan, to complete their Group "I" campaign unbeaten. Read More

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Cuban medics a big force on Haiti cholera frontline

<p style="text-align: justify;">Reuters Pascal Fletcher. They don't send out press releases, don't have public information officers and their contacts are not widely publicized by the huge international humanitarian operation helping cholera-hit Haiti. Have your say: Cuba. But when the United Nations appeals for more doctors and nurses to combat the deadly disease that is killing dozens by the day, it is to Cuba's medical brigade that U.N. officials are likely to turn to first. Read More

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