Ghana fulfils Usufruct Agreement with Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">December 14, 2010. Accra, Dec. 14, GNA - Ghana on Tuesday fulfilled her part of the Usufruct Agreement signed in April, 1982 with Cuba following the handing over of the Chancery building of the Cuban Embassy in Accra. Read More

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Visitors to Cuba from USA on pace not seen since the 50s

<p style="text-align: justify;">Tourists and locals sit on a wall along the waterfront in Havana; Aug. 25, 2010.As many as 400,000 U.S. citizens are expected to visit Cuba by year's end, Nick Miroff reports from Havana for NPR. That's five times more than in 2008, the year before the Obama administration lifted travel restrictions for those with family on the island, and a number not seen since before the Cuban revolution. Read More

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U.S. baseball officials may visit Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana is scheduled to host a meeting of the executive committee of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) on Feb. 5, to which Major League Baseball (MLB) officials are invited.The meeting will make decisions about international tournaments, including the Major League-led Baseball Classic 2012, and a strategy to bring baseball back to the Olympics, IBAF President Riccardo Fraccari said on Cuban radio, according to the correspondent of Mexico’s Por Esto. Read More

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Cuban Crafters Opens, Bringing Premium Boutique Cigars to the AIRMALL(R) at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

<p style="text-align: justify;">CLEVELAND, Dec. 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelers in search of a unique gift for the upcoming holiday season now have another option with the recent opening of Cuban Crafters at the AIRMALL(R) at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE). Located on Concourse D, Cuban Crafters (1,000 sq. ft.) offers cigars, humidors, cigar gifts and accessories. The brand's premium boutique cigars are handmade with special attention to detail. Cuban Crafters also offers a money-back guarantee on its products. Read More

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Bolivia to Buy Satellite from Chinese Firm

<p style="text-align: justify;">EFE - 12/13/2010. LA PAZ – The Bolivian government and China Great Wall Industry Corporation moved a step closer to finalizing a deal for Bolivia’s first communications satellite with the signing on Monday of a purchase agreement.Talks on the prospective Tupac Katari satellite, named after the leader of an 18th century rebellion against the Spanish, began in 2009. Read More

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Antiterrorism rules hit U.S.-Cuban cigar trade

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Michael Tarm. Associated Press. CHICAGO - It's an unintended consequence of the fight against terrorism that has left some cigar aficionados fuming: Terrorists in Yemen try to send bomb-laden packages to the United States on cargo planes, and now a connoisseur in Iowa can't get his Cuban cigars from Switzerland. Read More

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Researchers Agree to Strengthen Cuban Biodiversity Network

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.12.14 - 13:46:15 / [email protected]. HAVANA, CUBA.- Researchers from 18 Cuban institutions meeting in Havana agreed to create conditions to strengthen the Cuban Information Network on Biodiversity (RIBC). The decision was adopted in a meeting held under the auspices of the Cuban Node of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), according to the Bissea digital newsletter on the preservation of plants of the Cuban National Botanic Garden. Read More

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Senior Chinese military official arrives in Cuba for visit

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010-12-14 06:19:06 GMT2010-12-14 14:19:06 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English. HAVANA, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- General Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, arrived here Monday for a goodwill visit at the invitation of Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces Ministry. Read More

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Cuba Launches Its Own Version of Wikipedia

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Sandy M. Fernández. Published December 13, 2010.Fox News Latino. Cuba is launching its own version of the popular crowd-sourced encyclopedia Wikipedia. According to its homepage, EcuRed -- which is billed as “Knowledge by all and for all” -- already holds over 19,500 entries, including one about the United States that calls it “the empire (imperialist?) of our time and the most powerful country in the world.” Read More

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Today's Cuba Weather News this December 13

<p style="text-align: justify;">It will be breezy and cooler with low clouds in the West and Mainland, whereas in the East, it will be sunny and pleasant; the clouds and rains will move in the afternoon towards the eastern provinces with the advance of the cold front. Read More

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