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May 12th

Florida refunds Cuba charterers $364,500 for costs incurred fighting Rivera bond bill

The state of Florida last week paid a total of $364,500 to 13 travel agencies that provide charter flights to Cuba. Read More

Cuban Kayakers Win Bronze in Vichy World Cup

Cuban kayakers Carlos Montalvo and Reinier Torres clocked 1:27.727 minutes to win the bronze medal in the 500 meter K2 event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup held in Vichy, France. Read More

Ecologists from around 20 nations to meet in Havana

Specialists from around 20 nations will meet until Thursday at the National Hotel of Cuba, in Havana, about the use of agro-ecological techniques in favour of agriculture and the environment. Read More

Do You Or Don't You Need Health Insurance?

On February 16th, the Cuban government announced that as of May 1 all tourists – including Canadians – would require medical coverage to be allowed into the country. Read More

Cuba Urges Population to Save Energy this Summer

MATANZAS, Cuba, May 11 (acn) Cuban experts warned about the need to increase savings and to control energy spending on daily basis to counteract the electricity demand generated by the high temperatures forecasted for this summer. Read More

New Harley-Davidson rental location in Havana, Cuba

MC-Travel, one of the biggest Motorcycle Tour Operator in Denmark and Authorized Harley-Davidson Tour Operator, opens new Rental location in Havana, Cuba from the first of November 2010. Read More

For nostalgic Russians, Cuba is a tropical time machine

Tourists look for bittersweet traces of Soviet past in Cuba's present. Read More

May 11th

Cuba Surpasses One Million Tourists in 2010

With more than a million tourists travelling to the island between January and April 2010, Cuba concluded the first quarter of the year with a new record of visits, announced Minister of Tourism Manuel Marrero at the opening ceremony of the <br /> thirtieth International Tourism Fair in Havana. Read More

Bank agrees to forfeit $500 million to US

WASHINGTON — A bank formerly known as ABN Amro Bank N.V. agreed on Monday to pay the government $500 million for facilitating the movement of illegal funds through the U.S. financial system, the Justice Department announced. Read More

Raul Castro Receives VP of Russian Duma

HAVANA, Cuba, May 11 (acn) Cuban President Raul Castro met on Monday with the vice president of the Russian Duma (Parliament), Ivan Melnikov, and a delegation accompanying him on an official visit to the island. Read More