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Ernesto Che Guevara Sculptural Complex Wins Preservation Award

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Freddy Pérez Cabrera. The Monumental Complex to Ernesto Che Guevara was awarded the Provincial Award for Conservation and Restoration of Monuments 2011 for the excellence of the preservation of the structure, the use of state-of-the-art technology in the solutions to stop the deterioration of the monument."This contest aims at encouraging the rescue of the cultural patrimony built in the province. Read More

Cubans Celebrate 83rd Birthday of Celina Gonzalez

<p style="text-align: justify;">Por marta sanchez. Havana, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) Cheerful and dynamic, Celina Gonzalez, the queen of Cuban country music celebrated her 83rd birthday at a newly-opened cultural center devoted to that popular genre. Read More

Wynwood activist never stopped fighting for her community

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Sara Gonzalez.MiamiHerald.com. Quintana was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Cuba. For more than 50 years, she called Wynwood home and fought for the rights of the needy in her community.Long-time Wynwood community activist Dorothy Quintana, who advocated for her community up to her last days, died last week of natural causes. She was 101 years old. Read More

Argentina Reports 93 Dengue Cases

<p style="text-align: justify;">Por marta sanchez.Buenos Aires, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) Only 93 dengue cases have been reported so far this year in Argentina, the Health Ministry said in a press release.The majority of the 73 cases were reported in Romang, in Santa Fe province, where the virus was detected and the DEN 1 type identified, according to health authorities. Read More

Cuban filmmaker to screen, discuss works

<p style="text-align: justify;">CARBONDALE, Ill. -- A filmmaker and director with an award-winning Cuban community media project will screen his documentaries next week at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.Carlos Rodriguez, a filmmaker and director with Cuba’s TV Serrana, will also discuss the organization’s work on Friday, March 25, in the Kleinau Theatre on the second floor of the University’s Communication Building. The event is from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Admission is free and the public is welcome.The presentation includes a selection of TV Serrana’s productions to provide a historical survey of the organization’s work. Read More

Indonesia Invites Cuba Cigar Industry Develop

<p style="text-align: justify;">Countries in Latin America intend to enhance bilateral relations with Indonesia. One of Cuba, which offers joint development of the cigar industry in Indonesia.It is made by the Cuban Ambassador to Indonesia Anna Valdez in pertamuan ‘The 4th Forum For East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) Outreach Program’, in Ball Room Hotel Gran Senyiur, Jl ARS Mohammad No. 07, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Friday (03/18/2011).Anna said the two countries Indonesia and Cuba, the potential has a very good relationship and can be improved since the time of President Sukarno, who was known quite friendly with Cuban President Fidel Castro. Read More

David Haye Says Odlanier Solis Will “Go Down As Yet Another Fat Bum”

<p style="text-align: justify;">By James Slater: WBA heavyweight champ David Haye had an opinion on Cuba’s Odlanier Solis before last night’s fight with WBC king Vitali Kitschko - Haye said, that if the man who defeated him as an amateur was at a good weight he would stand a great chance of winning - and Haye has an opinion on the 30-year-old today. Haye, speaking via his Twitter page, had nothing good to say about Solis; insisting that the excess weight the former Olympian carried into the ring with him in Germany resulted in his embarrassing, 1st-round loss. Read More