Winter Solstice Arrival to Be Celebrated in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">miércoles, 15 de diciembre de 2010. 15 de diciembre de 2010, 15:20Havana, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) Cuban astronomy lovers will be able to watch the winter night sky with telescopes enabled at the Havana Planetarium on December 21st during the longest night in the year 2010.The arrival of the winter solstice in the north-western hemisphere will be celebrated by foreign tourists and Cubans alike in Old Havana. They will be able to watch the brightest planets in the sky. Read More

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Bar Trip to Cuba Leads to Cubs ‘Caribbean Classic’ Talks

<p style="text-align: justify;">Posted Dec 15, 2010 9:44 AM CST. By Debra Cassens Weiss.A bar-sponsored trip to Cuba staged so Chicago judges and lawyers could learn more about the Cuban legal system could lead to some baseball diplomacy. Chicago and Cuban officials are discussing a “Caribbean classic” baseball series with the Chicago Cubs, according to Crain’s Chicago Business (sub. req.). Read More

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Russian Cruise Ship to Begin Circumnavigation Tour around Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.12.15 - 11:50:06 / [email protected]. HAVANA, CUBA.- The Russian cruise ship Adriana, of the Tropicana Cruises LTD company, will soon begin a regular circumnavigation tour around Cuba under the name “Knowing Cuba from the Sea”. The director of International Sales Development of the Cubatur travel agency, Juan Carlos Escalona, said the circuit will begin on December 25 and it will be similar to the first circumnavigation around the Caribbean island in 1509 by Spanish Sebastian de Ocampo. Read More

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Cuban Cigars Confiscated More Than Ever, Retailers Rejoice

<p style="text-align: justify;">Nearly every cigar smoker who's gotten nailed bringing Cubans back into the country has hatched some sort of conspiracy theory about where the snatched goods go. Invariably, the imagined plot ends with the TSA propping its feet up at the Grand Havana Room – or some other swanky establishment – puffing away on what should have been ill-gotten gains. Read More

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Cuba, Kiribati sign cooperation agreements

<p style="text-align: justify;">Xinhua. 18:16, December 15, 2010. Cuban Vice Foreign Minister Marcos Rodriguez Costa and Kiribati Foreign Minister Tessie Eria Lambourne signed an agreement Tuesday to boost bilateral cooperation. Kiribati President Anote Tong and his delegation are officially visiting the Caribbean island country. Read More

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Cuban Cooperative Collects One Million Liters of Milk

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.12.14 - 17:31:54 / [email protected]. Cuban Agronomy Students Take Advantage of Onfield Training Camaguey, Cuba.- The Benito Viñales Credit and Services Cooperative, in the central Cuban province of Camaguey, sold the State a million liters of milk for the first time, and it is the seventh unit in the territory to attain these figures. Read More

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Cuban Parliament’s Standing Commissions Meet Prior to Full Session

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.12.14 - 18:27:04 / [email protected]. Cuban Parliament’s Standing Commissions Meet Prior to Full Session. Havana, Cuba.- The 12 standing commissions of the Cuban parliament started their working meetings prior to the Sixth Period of Sessions of the Seventh Legislature.Deputies will analyze the work done by the commissions throughout the year and they will approve plans to be implemented in 2011. Read More

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EU business administration program suspended

<p style="text-align: justify;">In a sign of how all-encompassing changes are keeping government officials busy, the launch of a European Union-funded business administration school in Havana has been suspended. Read More

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Ex-ambassador declines to discuss his advocacy of Bush's policy on Spain, Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">He was just a messenger, former envoy says. The Cuban-born ex-U.S. ambassador to Spain, Eduardo Aguirre Reyes, has written a noncommittal explanation of why he cannot expand on the WikiLeaks revelations about his diplomatic service in Madrid between 2005 and 2008. Read More

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Cuban newspaper praises relations with Vietnam

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Granma daily newspaper, the official organ of the Cuban Communist Party, has run an article, highlighting the 50 th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Cuba and Vietnam. Read More

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