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January 30th

Cuban Historian Sergio Guerra Worthy of Bicentenary Award

The Cuban historian Sergio Guerra Vilaboy has been given the Extraordinary Bicentennial for Spanish American Emancipation Award. Read More

Music is what matters, an interview with a Cuban residing abroad

He came to accompany his fellow countryman, flutist Maraca, and a group of jazz stars from Cuba, the United States, Canada and even Japan, in a concert they had offered before in Monterrey, in the US state of California, and then in Colombia. Read More

Death of great US artist

Contemporary Dance professor, dancer and director Lorna Burdsall passed away in Havana at the age of 80. Read More

Almodovar's latest film divides Cuban critics

Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar has lots of devoted admirers that crowded movie theatres where his latest film "Los abrazos rotos" (Broken Embraces) is shown. Read More

House restoration project in Trinidad City, Sancti Spiritus province

The second phase of a project to restore the neighbourhoods of Tres Cruces (Three Crosses) and Plaza Santa Ana (Santa Ana Square) in the southern-central city of Trinidad, in Sancti Spiritus province, began earlier this week. Read More

Cuba Fights Epidemics in Haiti

Possible outbreaks are among the greatest risks hanging over the Haitian capital after the quake, something Cuban workers try to avoid with their vast experience and resources. Read More

Haitian Official Recognizes Cuban Response to Quake

“The response of the international community was very important to us, but of all, Cuba was the first country to help us,” Haitian government advisor Jean Rénald Clerisme told the media. Read More

Minister of the Basic Industry calls for more energy saving

The Cuban Minister of the Basic Industry, Yadira Garcia, said on Thursday that the implementation of measures to save conventional energy and its efficient exploitation, as well as the increase in the use of renewable sources of energy, are top priorities for the present year.<br /> Read More

CUBA —Senior Center to host Winter Birds Program

Dawn Kedzior and Marcia Heitz, members of the Emiquon Audubon Society, will present a program on &quot;Winter Birds&quot; at 12:45 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Cuba Senior Center.<br /> Read More

Los Van Van celebrates Jose Marti with Key West performance

It is not that Juan Formell, the leader of Los Van Van, Cuba's most famous dance band, doesn't have any political views. It is just, he says, that he doesn't come to the United States - or to Miami, where Los Van Van play Sunday night - to promote them.<br /> Read More