Cuban movie "Afinidades" to Rome

<p style="text-align: justify;">2 de Octubre 2011. Havana, (ACN).- The 2nd Festival of Iberian American Cinema to be held in Rome from October 4th through the 9th will have the Cuban movie "Afinidades" among its films to be screened in Rome, the Italian capital city. Afinidades (Affinities), co-directed by Jorge Perugorria and Vladimir Cruz, the two actors of the film Strawberry and Chocolate (1994), will participate in the 2nd Festival of Iberian American Cinema, to be held in Rome from&nbsp; October 4th through the 9th. Read More

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Venezuela, Guyana ministers friendly talks about border dispute

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Dayami Interián García.Caracas, Oct 1 Prensa Latina) The Foreign Ministers of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and Guyana, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, analyzed the border extension request Guyana presented recently before Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, the ministry said in a release. Both ministers agreed to solve the bilateral border dispute through talks, and in line with the established laws, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry informed on Saturday. Read More

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Cuba's charms now with Authentic Cuba Tourist Caravan in Portugal

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Heidy Morin Rueda.Madrid, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina)Authentic Cuba, is an international initiative of the Ministry of Tourism (Mintur) of the Caribbean nation to show its attractive recreational industry, It began last Monday until next October 6. Authentic Cuba tourist caravan travels to Portugal, after its auspicious presentations in five Spanish cities (Bilbao, Pamplona, Zaragoza, Madrid and Salamanca), where it showed Cuba´s novelties for the winter season 2011-2012. Read More

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Cuba supports the Palestinian cause at UNO

<p style="text-align: justify;">Sun Oct 2, 2011.“Cuba is familiar with the rights of the Palestinian people and categorically supports them,” Head of Cuba-Iran Parliamentary Friendship Group Hector Eligio Amigo Carcases said on Sunday. The 5th International Conference on Palestinian Intifada at the Summit Conference Hall in Iran's Capital of Tehran. A senior Cuban lawmaker says Cuba supports a bid by the Palestinian Authority (PA) at the UN to seek statehood for Palestine, and backs the Palestinians' right to return to their homelands. Read More

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Western province of Pinar del Río offers beauty to visitors

<p style="text-align: justify;">VINALES, Cuba — Waterfalls, mountains and the handsomest farmer in Cuba. Those are the top three sights in the western province Pinar del Rio, where nature provides a lush setting for peaceful moments. Natural beauty, tranquility in Cuba's Pinar del Rio province. In August, travel writer Ellen Creager toured with the first Americans to visit Cuba legally under a new program. This week: Pinar del Rio province. Last week: Havana. Read More

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Bolivia experiencing sales' surge of natural gas

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Ana Luisa Brown. La Paz, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina)The National Institute of statistics (NIS) reported that so far sales of fuel to two main foreign markets registered 32.84 percent of growth, compared to equal period of 2010. Bolivian sales of natural gas to Brazil and Argentine added up to 2.399 billion dollars until last August, emphasized an official report. Read More

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Florida quintet greatly admired by the Cuban audience

<p style="text-align: justify;">By John Fleming, Times Performing Arts Critic.Sunday, October 2, 2011. HAVANA. Presented in Oratorio San Felipe Neri, a 17th century church that was later a bank and then converted into a theater, the quintet's concert was the opening episode in a multiyear cultural exchange with Cuba that has raised the orchestra's profile in the Tampa Bay area and now created a sparkling first impression in Cuba. If all goes as planned — though there will be many hurdles along the way — the full orchestra could make a trip to Cuba in 2013. Read More

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Members from the Cuban Jewish Community celebrated the eve of Rosh Hashanah with Alan Gross

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Oct 1, 2011 (EFE via COMTEX) --The president of the Jewish community in Cuba, Adela Dworin, said Saturday in a communique sent to Efe that she and the organization's vice president, David Prinstein, visited Gross on Sept. 28, the eve of Rosh Hashanah, at the center where he is serving his sentence. The physical condition of the 62-year-old Gross "is good" and "he is receiving careful medical attention," representatives of the Jewish community said. Read More

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Leo Brower Festival being held in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 1 (acn) It is the third festival honouring the oustanding musician, the event opened Friday with a concert named "From Barcelona to Havana" at the Basilica Menor of the San Francisco de Asis Convent in the Cuban capital. Read More

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Charter flight from Atlanta to Havana starting Dec 7

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Doreen Hemlock September 30th, 2011 | 11:00 AM.Travel companies are expanding Cuba charter flights now, because the Obama administration has eased rules for Cuban-Americans to visit the island and is allowing more ”people-to-people” tours by U.S. citizens who seek to share directly with Cuban residents, from historians to cigar makers to&nbsp; students. Read More

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