Population and Housing Census will Help Economic Planning in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.04.07 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Population and Housing Census will Help Economic Planning on the island. Havana, Cuba. – The Cuban minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, said on Wednesday that a national population and housing census scheduled for 2012 will contribute to the betterment of the country’s economic planning in the coming years. Read More

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Cubans, Europeans in Schools against Hurricanes Project

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Estela McCollin.Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Apr 7 (Prensa Latina) Schools Against Hurricanes, a project of Cuban and European artists supported by UNICEF, will also benefit Haiti and other Caribbean countries, singer Raul Paz announced. Read More

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Cuba: Overhaul UN security council

<p style="text-align: justify;">Thursday 07 April 2011. By Our Foreign Desk. The UN security council is "undemocratic" and should be reformed to better represent developing countries and eliminate the veto wielded by its five permanent members, Cuba's top diplomat said on Wednesday.After addressing the council about reconstruction in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said he supported efforts to expand the number of permanent seats on the 15-member council to include emerging powers such as India and Brazil. Read More

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Cuba’s Isle of Youth Ready to Host Annual Int’l Underwater Photo Contest

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.04.07 - 13:13:03 /radiorebelde.icrt.cu. International Underwater Photo Contest (FOTOSUB 2011) NUEVA GERONA, CUBA.- Hotel Colony, in Cuba’s western Isle of Youth, is ready to host nearly 15 competitors from six countries who will participate in the annual International Underwater Photo Contest (FOTOSUB 2011) scheduled for April 10-14.The general manager of the tourist facility, Maria Nidia Perez, told ACN that everything —including the boats needed for this kind of event— is ready to receive the competitors from Italy, France, Russia, Spain, Mexico and Cuba. Read More

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Cuba’s HEBERPROT-B Present in Int’l Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.04.07 - 14:18:00 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu.Havana, Cuba. – Cuba is one of the three Latin American countries invited to participate in the 39th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva that takes place in that Swiss city until Monday.Specialists from the Havana-based Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) and the Cuban Office of Industrial Property (OCPI) are representing the Caribbean nation in the event in which Brazil and Colombia are also participating. Read More

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Bad Year for Caribbean Tourism

<p style="text-align: justify;">By. Raquel Maria Garcia Alvarez.Hamilton, Apr 7 (Prensa Latina) Caribbean tourism is facing the worst period in history due to the global economic crisis, said Director General of the Caribbean Hotel Association Alec Sanguinetti.Sanguinetti, who is attending the Conference on Sustainable Tourism in Nassau, said the tourist industry is also threatened by inadequate government policies, including tax increases of the last few months. Read More

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WonderfulHavana.com Wins UK Travel Award

<p style="text-align: justify;">A new Irish-owned travel website just six months old has won a prestigious travel award from the UK’s favourite cruise agent, Cruise.co.uk.(I-Newswire) Dublin/Havana, April 6, 2011 - WonderfulHavana.com (http://www.wonderfulhavana.com) , the new expert guide to what’s going on in Havana, won the Website Award from Cruise.co.uk. The award was given for "offering great advice and accurate reviews and news" and being "informative, helpful and accurate." It is one of only 13 websites recognised, and the only one specifically related to Cuba to be awarded. Read More

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Satellite Images Support Geology Studies in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.04.06 - 21:00:49 / wradiorebelde.icrt.cu. Havana, Cuba.- Specialists from the Institute of Geology and Paleontology of Cuba (IGP) are using satellite images to support the study of Cuban geological characteristics.IGP researcher Virginia Acosta told ACN on Wednesday that they are using geographic information programs and remote sensors to visualize rocks and minerals in different places; and they have a bank of aerial images on different scales for processing information. Read More

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Carlos Acosta, Cuban National Dance Award 2011

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Cosette Pérez. Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta 07 de abril de 2011, 00:06Havana, Apr 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta was awarded the National Dance Prize 2011 in recognition of his brilliant career, which began in the National Ballet. Acosta has being invited to perform with prestigious international dance companies, including the American Ballet Theatre, the Royal Ballet of London and the Kirov in St. Petersburg. He is known for his technical strength shown in roles as Basilio in Don Quixote, and the warrior Solor in La Bayadere. Read More

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Cuba to see five exploratory offshore drills within two years

<p style="text-align: justify;">Foreign companies will perform at least five exploratory drills in Cuban waters between this summer and 2013, a Cuban official announced during an international conference in Havana, without identifying the companies.Manuel Marrero Faz, a consultant and principal oil expert at the Ministry of Basic Industries, said during the Geociencias 2011 conference Tuesday that the drills will be in water depths between 400 meters (0.25 miles) and 1,500 meters (1.6 miles).Six companies and consortia have contracted 22 blocks so far. Read More

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