Cuba and Canada make it to the NORCECA finals in DR tournament

<p style="text-align: justify;">Santo Domingo.– Cuba and Canada booked tickets to the women’s final phase of NORCECA Confederation Beach Volleyball Continental Cup when the Cuban girls bounced back to defeat United States and Canada outclassed Puerto Rico on Tuesday.Both teams will meet for the top position of the Central Zone on Wednesday while USA and Puerto Rico now are to face Mexico and Dominican Republic respectively with the winners completing the top-four qualified teams to the final event towards the 2012 London Olympic Games. Read More

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U.S. fears Cuba oil drilling, Mexico suggests talks

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Tom Doggett. WASHINGTON | Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:41am EDT. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. official said on Thursday they were concerned about Cuba opening its offshore waters to oil drilling, while Mexico, which has a boundary dispute with the island nation, said the three countries should try to work out differences."For us it is an issue of concern," said U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar about drilling in Cuban waters. "Obviously, because it's located 60 miles off the coast of Florida ... it's an issue that we're monitoring carefully." Read More

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Raul Castro must still heed Fidel, Chinese analyst says

<p style="text-align: justify;">EFE. Beijing –&nbsp; Fidel Castro hasn't retired yet and his brother Raul and other Cuban leaders must still listen to his opinions, according to a Chinese analyst of the online publication China Business News.The expert said that Fidel Castro continues to write articles every day for Granma, the official mouthpiece of the Cuban Communist Party. Read More

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Cuba launches era of perestroika

<p style="text-align: justify;">20.04.2011. Cuba launches era of perestroika. The congress of the ruling Communist Party is being held in Cuba for the first time in 14 years. It was opened with the address of virtual head of state Raul Castro. In his speech he announced major upcoming changes. However, as the leader assured, "there will never be the "shock therapy" in Cuba under socialism and "the revolution will not leave anyone without support." Read More

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Cuba Seeks Self-Sufficiency in Wood

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba will begin this year a program of intensive management of plantations in order to meet domestic demand for timber in the medium term, announced Tuesday Juan Alberto Herrera, who is the coordinator of the Forest Development Project.With the arrival of the rainy season will begin planting of fast growing plants, including Cuban and exotic species, Herrero told Prensa Latina. Read More

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Raúl Castro Proposes Change from Within Socialist System

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Dalia Acosta. HAVANA, Apr 19, 2011 (IPS) - Accompanied unexpectedly by Fidel Castro, his brother Raúl brought the sixth congress of Cuba's Communist Party (PCC) to a close Tuesday with a call to "change everything that should be changed," but without abandoning the socialist path taken on Apr. 16, 1961."The congress is over; to work now," was President Raúl Castro's closing remark at the end of the four-day congress, in which some 1,000 delegates met in Havana and elected him first secretary of the PCC. Read More

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Cuba Meets 2010-2011 Sugar Production Plan

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, CUBA.- The head of the Office of Institutional Communication of the Cuban Sugar Ministry (MINAZ), Liobel Perez, announced that the 2010-2011 sugar production plan has been met.Perez noted that the achievement is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of the socialist character of the Revolution and of the victory over the U.S.-backed mercenary invasion of Bay of Pigs in 1961, and to the Sixth Congress of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC). Read More

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National Conference of the Cuban Communist Party called for January 2012

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.04.19 - 11:57:12 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. HAVANA, CUBA.- A National Conference of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) will take place in January 2012 as announced on Tuesday morning in the closing session of the Sixth Congress of this political organization at Havana’s Convention Center. Read More

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China praises Cuba's planned economic reforms

<p style="text-align: justify;">TUESDAY Apr 19, 2011 06:12 ET. By Associated Press. China has praised Cuba's ruling Communist Party for approving sweeping economic and social reforms.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Tuesday the decisions made during Cuba's Sixth Party Congress were sure to have a "profound and far reaching impact" on the country. Read More

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FAC added 19 new travel service providers

<p style="text-align: justify;">Monday, April 18, 2011.The Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, updated its list of travel service providers. Companies shown as newly authorized Read More

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