US, Cuba to meet next week on migration

<p style="text-align: justify;">WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States and Cuba will hold new talks on migration issues next week, almost exactly 50 years to the day since the US severed diplomatic ties with the island, a US official said Thursday.Officially this would be the fourth round of talks on the issue, with the last discussions having been held on June 18 in Washington. Read More

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Are Russia and China racing for Cuba’s refineries?

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Jorge R. Piñón. Chinese and Russian companies will be exploring for oil in the Orinoco Basin soon, and within the next five years they will begin exporting their respective equity production of what eventually will be more than 400,000 barrels per day of 32 degrees API upgraded Venezuelan crude. This, in turn, brings up the issue of refining. Most of the Venezuelan crude oil will find a home within the existing refining capacity of its “natural” market in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico basins. Read More

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Karnataka farmers to get Cuban organic farming experience

<p style="text-align: justify;">January 06, 2011&nbsp;&nbsp; 7:17:42 PM. Kestur Vasuki. Bangalore. After sending groups of farmers to China and Israel, the BJP Government in Karnataka is all set to send organic farmers to Cuba to learn organic farming techniques. The Government is sending 1,000 organic farmer couples to Cuba in March. This week-long trip is not an excursion for the farmers but all learning about Cuba’s success in organic farming. The Government, which is expected to spend around two lakh rupees per couple on this trip, promises to be a learning experience for the State’s organic farmers in Cuba. Read More

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Cuba ron company launches new rum to the market

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Cuba, Jan 5.- Renown Cuba-Ron S.A Company launched the Caney 12 years to the market, a new product of excellent quality that represents the best traditions of Cuban rum culture. Rum master Tranquilino Placencia told ACN news agency that this new beverage was created by experts at the legendary Santiago de Cuba rum factory, where the Cuban light rums were born. Read More

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Sculptures by Degas in Havana's museum of fine arts

<p style="text-align: justify;">By AIN / [email protected] / Thursday, 06 January 2011 08:38. Degas' art in Havana. he Cuban National Museum of Fine Arts announced that the exhibit of sculptures by French Edgar Degas (1834-1917) will be open for the public until the end of January.Cuban Ballet Legend Alicia Alonso Acknowledged with the National Arts Teaching Award. The exhibit, in the Museum of Universal Arts, in Havana, includes 74 sculptures, the only ones rescued out of the 150 pieces found on his workshop in 1917 after his death. Read More

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Cuba rolls out red carpet for British cruise ship

<p style="text-align: justify;">PA. A salsa band, dancing schoolchildren and showgirls in bikini tops and feather headdresses welcomed around 1,500 tourists on a British cruise liner - one of the biggest ships to visit Cuba in years.<br /> Once a frequent sight, cruise ships had become a rarity since 2006, Tourism Ministry official Jose Manuel Bisbe said the arrival of the Thomson Dream underscored the recent resurgence of cruise traffic to the island. Read More

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Ecuadorian Children to Receive Cuban Vaccines

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.01.05 - 13:37:36 / [email protected]. HAVANA, Cuba.- Almost 1.3 million Ecuadorian children will be immunized this year —free of charge— with Cuban pentavalent vaccines and against pneumococcus. Read More

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Cuba trying to attract Canadian cruise tourists

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Cuban tourism ministry is “working very hard” to attract a cruise line that offers around-Cuba cruises for Canadian tourists next winter, an official told weekly business magazine Opciones.José Manuel Bisbé, commercial director of the Tourism Ministry, didn’t specify. Read More

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Tunisia Favors Friendly, Cooperative Relations with Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Escrito por Rose Ana Berbeo.05 de enero de 2011, 11:04 Tunisia, Jan 5 (Prensa Latina) President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali sent a message to Cuban President Raul Castro expressing his desire to further strengthen his country´s friendly, cooperative relations with Cuba, diplomatic sources said Wednesday. Read More

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More than 56,000 Russian Tourists Visited Cuba in 2010

<p style="text-align: justify;">Escrito por Yoama Chappottin Ford. miércoles, 05 de enero de 2011. 05 de enero de 2011, 00:11By Antonio Rondon Garcia. Moscow, Jan 5 (Prensa Latina) In 2010, 56,234 Russian tourists visited Cuba, nearly 19,000 more than in 2009, sources of the sector reported.The figures confirm the Cuban historical record of vacationers in 2010. Read More

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