Feeling Havana heat with a retro 80's action film

<p style="text-align: justify;">Aug 19 2010 04:20 PM ET. We begin with the plot: “Havana is a mysterious, sensuous city with gorgeous architecture, white Caribbean beaches, hot,pulsating music, vintage American automobiles and some of the most beautiful women in the world. Read More

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Greene: Easing Cuba travel restrictions would be good for Florida

<p style="text-align: justify;">Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene said again Thursday he was open to lifting travel and trade restrictions with Cuba, saying the tourism impact for Florida created by easing the restrictions could be huge. Read More

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Oil Prospects in Cuba Have Some Rethinking U.S. Trade Embargo

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Cuba.WASHINGTON " As speculation surfaces of oil prospects in Cuba, officials are worried that the United States’ <br> embargo will fall short with trade, as the island continues to attract global investments from countries such as China. Read More

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Cuban distinguished in Mexico for promoting improvised oral poetry

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, (AIN).- Poet Waldo Leyva, cultural attaché of the Cuban embassy in Mexico, was recognized today in the Aztec city of Querétaro for his systematic work in favor of the preservation, study, and promotion of the improvised oral poetry in Iberian America. Read More

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Puppets are Partying at the Bertolt Brecht

<p style="text-align: justify;">The children’s theater company “Integración” will stage “Maria Moñitos, la lluvia y algo más” at the Theater Cafe of the Bertolt Brecht Cultural Center, in Havana’s Vedado district. The performances will begin at 11:00 am all Saturdays and Sundays in August. Read More

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Cuban Triple Jumper Goes to Youth Olympic Final

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban triple jumper Radame Fabar classified for the finals of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olypic Games with a personal best of 15.99 meters on his first attempt, a mark he says he can beat. Read More

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More Cuban dissidents arrive in Spain

<p style="text-align: justify;">MADRID (AFP) – Two more political prisoners from Cuba arrived in Spain Thursday, bringing to 25 the number who have reached the country following their release by Havana in a deal with the Catholic Church. Read More

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USA broadening ties with Cuba?

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Obama administration is considering easing travel restrictions to Cuba, raising the prospect of what lifting the half-century-old U.S. trade embargo against the Cuban government might mean for both countries. Read More

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Cell Phone Service to be Expanded in Pinar del Rio

<p style="text-align: justify;">PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba, Aug 19 (acn) The territorial office of the Telecommunications Company of Cuba (ETECSA) is leading works for the building of the second radio base station in the city of Pinar the Rio with which mobile telephone service will be broadened in the area. Read More

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Sao Paulo Forum Urges US to End Blockade Against Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 19 (acn) The Sao Paulo Forum (FSP) claimed for the lifting of the US economic, financial and commercial blockade against Cuba and the freedom of the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters imprisoned in the United States. Read More

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