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Second Cuban Film Festival Begins in Minnesota

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.02.24 / radiorebelde.HAVANA, Cuba. -The Second Cuban Film Festival began on Thursday in the US state of Minnesota. The event, which will run until March 31, includes the screening of five feature films and a documentary.The Minnesota-Cuba Committee, organizer of the annual Festival, announced on its Web site the showing of the movies Cangamba, Lisanka, Los dioses rotos, Eso que anda, and El diario de Mauricio, and of the documentary “Que el verdadero terrorista se ponga de pie” (Will the real terrorist please stand up) by Saul Landau. Read More

Mexicana to resume Havana flights

<p style="text-align: justify;">Ending a six-month interruption, Mexicana de Aviación will resume Mexico City-Havana flights late this month, after new owners are ready to take the Mexican flag carrier out of bankruptcy.PC Capital, a group of investors that includes Colombian entrepreneur and Avianca owner Germán Efromovich, is injecting $200 million in the airline, Mexican media reported. This will&nbsp; allow Mexicana it to resume Feb. 28 all flights to major Mexican and international destinations, including Havana. Read More

Changes in the regulations on house leasing

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.02.25 - 09:26:52 / radiorebelde.Havana, Cuba. – More flexible regulations on house, rooms and space leasing are intended to favor the growth of this activity as another way of self-employment. In light of the new provisions, some restrictions on the landlords have been repealed, namely hiring workforce; the exercise of self-employment activities in their household and deadlines for the change of currency types and lease objects.&nbsp; Read More