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July 20th

Oil drilling near Cuba worries U.S.

WASHINGTON, July 19 (UPI) -- A Spanish company is considering drilling for oil off the northern coast of Cuba but a U.S. senator says the administration should not permit it. Read More

Sixty-Year-Old Woman Will Try To Swim From Florida To Cuba

<div align="justify"> Diana Nyad is an International Swimming Hall of Fame member who made a splash in 1979 for swimming the more than 100 miles from the Bahamas to Florida. </div> Read More

Cuban Dancer Wins Gold Medal in International Ballet Competition

<div align="justify"> HAVANA, Cuba.- Cuban dancer Oscar Valdes Carmenates won the Gold Medal in the Senior Category at the Second Cape Town International Ballet Competition (CTIBC) in South Africa. A member of the Ballet de Camagüey, Valdes Carmenates brilliantly performed the Don Quijote male variation in the final round. </div> Read More

US Diplomats in Cuba convene meeting

<div align="justify"> The US diplomatic mission in Cuba has convened a meeting with relatives of political prisoners who are refusing an offer to leave and emigrate to Spain, wives of the jailed dissidents say. </div> Read More

Debate over travel to Cuba heats up

<div align="justify"> A congressional debate over whether all Americans should be able to travel freely to Cuba appears to be heating up. </div> Read More

Cuba: Oil Exploration

Question Taken at the July 16, 2010 Daily Press Briefing, July 19, 2010 Read More

July 19th

Caravan challenges blockade of Cuba

<div align="justify"> This year marks the 20th anniversary of the annual U.S.-Cuba Friendshipment Caravan, sponsored by IFCO/Pastors for Peace. </div> Read More

Cuba Achieves Single Dose Pentavalent Vaccine

<div align="justify"> Cuba has achieved a single-dose vaccine to prevent five diseases: diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, Hepatitis B and Haemophilus Influenzae Type B, the national media reported Monday. </div> Read More

The release of political prisoners progresses in Cuba

<div align="justify"> On Tuesday, nine political prisoners arrived to Spain and joined the ones who had arrived last week, as was announced by Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos. “Next Tuesday will arrive nine other political prisoners” said Moratinos. </div> Read More

Kuwait, Cuba to boost cooperation in trade, culture

<div align="justify"> Cuba and Kuwait have signed agreements aimed at boosting cooperation in trade and culture, the official Radio Reloj reported on Sunday. </div> Read More