Gabo Sends Message to Juan Manuel Santos

<p style="text-align: justify;">Gabriel García Márquez (Gabo), winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, sent a message of support to Colombia's elected President Juan Manuel Santos, who replaces Álvaro Uribe on Saturday. Read More

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Despaigne's heroics carry Cuba to championship

<p style="text-align: justify;">Despaigne hit a game-tying solo homer in the eighth inning and added a walk-off three-run blast in the 10th to lead Cuba past the United States 4-3 in the final of the 5th World University Baseball Championship on Saturday at Jingu Stadium. Read More

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Coast Guard sends 28 migrants back to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">The U.S. Coast Guard returned 28 Cuban migrants to Cuba Friday, after intercepting two rustic boats headed for Florida earlier in the week. Read More

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Cuba travel boost

MEXICO CITY: US President Barack Obama may ease travel restrictions on Cuba, allowing more Americans to visit the island on educational and cultural trips, a US official said. Read More

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Artists from six Countries in Circuba 2010

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, (Prensa Latina).- Companies and artists from Europe, USA and Latin America will compete in Havana in the International Festival Circuba 2010, the largest meeting of its kind in Cuba, from August 10 to 15. Read More

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Crude oil storage facility going up in Matanzas

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban workers are building a 1.8 million barrel crude-oil storage facility near a supertanker terminal in the northern port city of Matanzas, official newspaper Trabajadores reported. Read More

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Obama expected to make travel announcement

<p style="text-align: justify;">An unnamed U.S. official told Bloomberg News that President Barack Obama will soon make an announcement further easing travel to Cuba. Also, Washington insider Al Kamen wrote in his Friday “In the Loop” column in the Washington Post to “look for Obama Administration action, after Congress leaves town, to loosen travel restrictions.” Read More

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Film “Habana Eva” Premiered in Venezuela

<p style="text-align: justify;">Film “Habana Eva”, directed by awarded Venezuelan filmmaker Fina Torres and co-produced by the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC), began its commercial premiere in about seven Venezuelan cities on July 30.&nbsp; Read More

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Cuba allows young Canadian to leave

<p style="text-align: justify;">TORONTO, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A young Canadian man kissed the ground at the Toronto airport after returning from an unwanted three-month stay in Cuba. Read More

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Fidel Castro Says It is Obama's Call to Avoid a Nuclear War

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 7 (acn) Commander in Chief Fidel Castro insisted on his warning of the terrible consequences a new war could bring to mankind and reiterated his call to US President Barack Obama to avoid an armed conflict,during an extraordinary meeting of the parliament. Read More

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