Pablo Milanes, Happy with Cuba Tour

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.01.28 - 13:39:43 / NUEVA GERONA.- Cuban singer songwriter Pablo Milanes concluded in the Isle of Youth a successful tour across Cuba that started last year’s November 9 in the easternmost province of the island, Guantanamo.Milanes, internationally known for Yolanda and El Breve Espacio en que no estas, told CAN he was happy to see people from all generations in his concerts during the tour, but he said to be rather particularly impressed to see young people singing his songs. Read More

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The Cuban jutia that eats using a tablespoon

<p style="text-align: justify;">radiobanes.cirt.cu /Saturday, 29 January 2011. Have you ever seen a jutia eating with a tablespoon? Chito is a six month old jutia of the conga species that was easily domesticated because it is the offspring of a mother in captivity. Joel Palacios Alcazar, its owner, shows it with much pride because it is the favorite pet of the family living at 714, Cardenas avenue, in the city of Banes, in the Cuban province of Holguin. Read More

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French ferry operator proposes Caribbean link

<p style="text-align: justify;">A French ferry operator that plans to launch passenger service between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico March 16 would like to extend a leg from the Dominican Republic to Cuba and — ultimately — from Cuba to Florida, Diario Dominicano reported.Daniel Berrebi, who controls America Cruise Ferries Inc., said he perceives the three island nations as the major tourism destinations in the Caribbean; his idea is to replicate ferry operations in the Mediterranean that live off multi-destination tourism. Read More

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Canadian Experts Acknowledge Developments in Cuban Analog Forestry

<p style="text-align: justify;">GUANTANAMO, Cuba, Jan 28 (acn) The changes induced by the analog forestry program in salinized soils of the locality of Paraguay, located in the semidesert region south of this province, were acknowledged on Thursday by Canadian specialists.Julia Girard and Natalie Perini, experts in Agronomy and the Environment,respectively, and consultants with the project, praised the results obtained in three pilot hectares in the communities of Cecilia, La Sombrilla and Paraguay of eastern Guantanamo province. Read More

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Cuba to increase vaccine sales to Vietnam

<p style="text-align: justify;">HANOI, Jan 29 (NNN-Prensa Latina) -- In 2011, Cuba will increase sales to Vietnam of vaccines for Hepatitis B and other biotechnology products, after signing a technology transfer agreement on Friday in this capital.The contract between the Cuban company Heber Biotech and Vietnamese pharmaceutical firm Hapharco is worth $2.5 million USD, 20 percent higher than in 2010.The Heber Biotech sales manager for South East Asia, Mai Thao, said obstacles to the distribution of these Cuban products in Vietnam had been overcome. Read More

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Cuba, Slovenia sign cooperation agreements

<p style="text-align: justify;">14:17, January 29, 2011. Cuban and Slovenian representatives signed two agreements on Friday to expand their friendship and cooperative ties.Both nations expressed their interest to strengthen bilateral collaboration under the principle of equality and sovereignty, as well as respect of each other's internal affairs. Read More

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Defense focuses on key witness' trips to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">The U.S. government paid nearly $80,000 to a confidential informant and main witness in the case against Luis Posada Carriles.EL PASO, Texas -- The unusual trips to Cuba of a key witness in the trial of Luis Posada Carriles began to emerge in court Friday as the defense questioned him for a fifth day.Jurors also heard testimony that the U.S. government spent nearly $80,000 on the witness, Hialeah exile Gilberto Abascal, after he agreed to testify against Posada. Read More

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Cuba renews clampdown against illegal satellite dishes

<p style="text-align: justify;">17:05, January 28, 2011. In a renewed effort to ban illegal satelllite dishes, Cuban authorities reiterated that the law prohibits manufacturing and marketing of such dishes and antennas. Read More

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Salvadorean party seeks stronger Cuba ties

<p style="text-align: justify;">11:54, January 28, 2011. Vice President of Cuba's State Council Esteban Lazo met Thursday with Medardo Gonzalez, head of El Salvador's Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), who was seeking stronger ties between the two nations which were only restored in 2009. Read More

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Church spokesman asks Cubans to not fear self-employment or 'the newly rich'

<p style="text-align: justify;">Excerpts from "Without Fear of Wealth," an article in Palabra Nueva, the monthly publication of the Archdiocese of Havana. It was written by Orlando Márquez Hidalgo, spokesman for the Archdiocese, and deals with the lifting of restrictions on self-employment. Read More

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