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May 11th

The Union of the Comoros in Favor of Increasing Cooperation with Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba, May 10 (acn) Ahmed Ben Said Jaffar, Minister for Foreign Relations, Cooperation, Diaspora, Francophonie and the Arab World of the Union of the Comoros, ratified his country's willingness to increase its bonds of cooperation with Cuba. Read More

Silvio Rodriguez wonders if Cuba should 'evolve'

HAVANA – Three decades after he last played New York, Cuban legend Silvio Rodriguez is headed to Carnegie Hall. Read More

World Tourism Organization Praises Cuban Strategy in the Sector

HAVANA, Cuba, May 10 (acn) The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (WTO), Taleb Rifai, praised Cuba’s capacity to diversify its tourist offers while protecting the environment. Read More

Cuba -- 'The Next Hot Holiday Destination' Reports dealchecker.co.uk

Cuba has been quietly and steadily getting its tourism act together for several years now, and summer 2010 is looking like being the biggest year so far for Cuba holidays, reports dealchecker.co.uk. So what's the story? Read More

Cuba mulls foreign buyout after worst sugar harvest in a century

HAVANA, May 10 (UPI) -- Cuba is considering foreign -- possibly Brazilian -- buyout of its troubled sugarcane industry after the worst harvest. Read More

MH: Four of 10 South Florida homes are 'under water'

More than four of every 10 owners of single-family homes in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area owed more on their mortgages than their homes were worth at the nd of March, according to a report released Monday. Read More

Cuban Chess GM Undefeated in Spanish Tournament

HAVANA, Cuba, May 10 (acn) Cuban GM Omar Almeida is tied with two other players in the first position of the Salou Open, underway in Spain, where he will face the fourth consecutive Grand Master today. Read More

May 10th

Esteban Lazo in Costa Rica for Presidencial Inauguration

HAVANA, Cuba, May 8 (acn) Esteban Lazo, Vice-president of the Council of State, is heading the Cuban delegation that will participate on Saturday in the swearing-in ceremony of the new Costa Rican head of state, Laura Chinchilla Miranda. Read More

Cuban migrants stopped at sea, returned to island

More than two dozen Cuban migrants were repatriated to Cuba on Sunday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Read More

Obama Urged to Lift U.S. Restrictions on Religious Travel to Cuba

Leaders of the National Council of Churches and Church World Service are urging the president to lift the restrictions on religious travel to Cuba, calling the current U.S. policy toward Cuba “ineffective and counter-productive.” Read More