Cuba Celebrates Anniversary of Childcare Centers

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Apr 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Sunday is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first daycare centers, focused on strengthening children's intellectual and motor skills.On April 10, 1961, the Camilo Cienfuegos, Fulgencio Oroz and Crio Frias institutions began providing daycare services for children under the age of five during working hours, ensuring the full integration of women into work or study. Read More

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Algeria, Cuba call for immediate ceasefire in Libya

<p style="text-align: justify;">IANS India Private Limited.By Indo Asian News Service. Algiers, April 11 (IANS) Algeria and Cuba have called on all concerned parties in Libya to end clashes and begin peace talks at the earliest, Xinhua reported.In a joint news conference Sunday, Algeria Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci, with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, said they hoped the 'fighting in Libya would end and dialogues would be launched soon'. Read More

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Algerian-Cuban cooperation, "extremely fruitful," says FM

<p style="text-align: justify;">ALGIERS- The relations between Algeria and Cuba are marked by an "extremely fruitful and concrete" cooperation, said Sunday here Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci. "The long-standing relations between Algeria and Cuba, which are marked by an active solidarity and an extremely fruitful and concrete cooperation in various fields, especially in health, youths and sports," Medelci declared in a press conference held jointly with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla. Read More

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Cuban Minister, Azerbaijani Writers Union President Meet

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Raquel Maria Garcia Alvarez. Baku, Apr 9 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Culture Minister Abel Prieto Jimenez met with the president of the Union of Writers of Azerbaijan, Anar Rzayev, at the union headquarters in Baku, according to diplomatic sources.The organization was created in 1934, and has 1,500 members and chapters in Russia and Georgia. Read More

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Cuba Playoffs with Pinar & Granma up 2-1

<p style="text-align: justify;">April 10, 2011. HAVANA TIMES, April 10 — Cuba’s baseball semifinal playoffs see Game 4 action on Sunday with Pinar del Rio and Granma both taking 2-1 series leads on Saturday.In the Western Division, Pinar del Rio, the only frequent post season team left in the playoffs, shut down Cienfuegos 7-1 on stellar pitching by Julio Alfredo who went eight innings allowing eight hits and one run while striking out six.&nbsp; Norberto Gonzalez took the loss allowing five runs on ten hits in seven innings. Read More

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Havana Film Festival puts focus on Latin American life

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Albor Ruiz | nydailynews.com | 10 de Abril 201. It is springtime in New York, the time of the year in which, along with the trees and the flowers, many film festivals bloom all over the city.Without a doubt one of the most interesting of these is the Havana Film Festival New York, which during its 12 years of existence has carved a place in the city´s cultural landscape. For New Yorkers worried about the anemic economy, the three wars the U.S. is currently involved in, and the Democratic, Republican and Tea Party madness in Washington, the variety of the films featured at the festival should be a breath of fresh air. Read More

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Cuba: Increasing Tourist Arrivals

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Ray.Havana, Apr 10 (Prensa Latina) The number of tourists arrivals in Cuba reached the one million mark on Sunday, 13 days earlier than last year, the Ministry of Tourism said in a press release.Cuba saw 10.4 percent growth in tourism during the first quarter, boosted by visitors from Canada, Russia, Argentina, the UK, Chile, Poland, Venezuela and Belgium, the note said.Cruise ship arrivals are also boosting those figures, and hotel rooms have been added in Cayo Santa Maria, north of Villa Clara, and Varadero, the top Cuban beach resort. Read More

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Danza Contemporanea de Cuba National Tour Comes To The Joyce

<p style="text-align: justify;">www.broadwayworld.com | 10 de Abril 2011. Danza Contemporanea de Cuba will make its long-awaited, highly anticipated U.S. debut this spring with a two-week engagement at The Joyce Theater from May 10 - 22. This season, part of the company´s first U.S. tour, will feature two distinct programs that will include, among many highlights, a premiere by Pedro Ruiz entitled Horizonte, the first work ever created for the company by a Cuban-American choreographer. The two-week engagement of Cuba´s Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, presented by The Joyce Theater during the company´s debut U.S. tour this spring, will include two different programs of eclectic choreography ranging from the U.S. premiere of Casi-Casa, a work created by Swedish choreographer Mats Ek that is set to disco, hip-hop, swing and jazz. Read More

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Alex Cuba: Emotions carry the words in an electric show

<p style="text-align: justify;">J.D. Considine. From Monday's Globe and Mail. Published Sunday, Apr. 10, 2011 12:02PM EDT. In Toronto on Saturday. He has two Junos and a Latin Grammy. He co-wrote half of Nelly Furtado’s last album. He’s got a single on the charts in Puerto Rico right now. But being Canada’s biggest Cuban music star isn’t an easy job, even if B.C.-based Alex Cuba makes it seem that way.<br /> <br /> Read More

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Manny Ramirez: Sad End to a Great Baseball Career

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Ray. Santo Domingo, Apr 10 (Prensa Latina) There is a great deal of sorrow among baseball fans in the Dominican Republic following the early retirement of Major League baseball player Manuel (Manny) Ramirez due to testing positive for doping.The outstanding Dominican player tested positive for banned substances three consecutive times, leading to a 100-game suspension. Read More

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