Cuba dances to a Celtic beat

<p style="text-align: justify;">Meeting of music: revellers at CeltFest CubaMeeting of music: revellers at CeltFest Cuba. MAGAN'S WORLD:THE LATEST Fáilte Ireland video presents Ireland exactly as you’d hope it would be to the world – as a potent, self-confident place brimming with beauty and joie de vie. It’s revelatory, and ought to be forwarded to everyone you know abroad – make promoting Irish tourism a viral campaign. Read More

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Cuban Experiment Should be Adopted to Divert the Food Crisis

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Abbey Kibirige Semuwemba. The current rise in food prices is a problem which we are capable of solving ourselves especially if all the stakeholders are committed to the cause. The food crisis problems go well beyond the Uganda borders as it is also a marginal problem even here in the UK where i live such that I have registered with several supermarkets online to help me compare prices before I do my home shopping.But with fertile Uganda soils, surely we can do better with the support of the current government. Read More

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Jean Ferrat and his visits to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Rafael Lam. It is one It is one year since the death of Jean Ferrat, considered the last of the great French singers along with Jacques Brel, Leo Ferré and Georges Brassens. His last visit to Cuba was in May 1967.To learn more details of Ferrat’s trip to the island 44 years ago, I spoke to Julio Bidopia, general manager of Agencia Clave, who was responsible for the French singer’s engagement here.Ferrat toured Cuba twice, the second time was for the 1st International Festival of Popular Song in Varadero.The Parisian public described Jean Ferrat as "an icon of protest song." Read More

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Slow rail rehab project with Cuban participation facing more delays

<p style="text-align: justify;">After seven years, the $340 million rehabilitation of Venezuela’s Central-West railroad still is incomplete, an official of Venezuela’s Instituto de Ferrocarriles del Estado (IFE) said March 31 as part of a larger announcement, according to Agencia Venezolana de Noticias.The official didn’t explain the delays of the project connecting Barquisimeto to Puerto Cabello, whose completion AVN reported last year had been expected for the end of 2010. Read More

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Swiss Surgeon Pleased at Exchange with Cuban Doctors

<p style="text-align: justify;">Por Indira Santana.Ciego de Avila, Cuba, Apr 1 (Prensa Latina) The prestigious Swiss doctor Martin Herrmann expressed his satisfaction over exchanging experiences with Cuban doctors on inguinal hernia surgery with local anesthesia.In remarks to Prensa Latina, Herrmann stressed the importance of showing his skills to surgeons interested in surgical procedures that facilitate the work and have a greater impact on the population. Read More

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Cuban artist pleads not guilty in molestation case

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban painter Agustin Bejarano is pleading not guilty to Florida charges that he sexually molested a 5-year-old boy.The written plea was entered Thursday on Bejarano's behalf by the Miami-Dade County public defender's office. Bejarano, of Camaguey, is being held without bail on the felony charge of lewd and lascivious molestation of a minor. Read More

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Coppelia: 24 hours of Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">New Yorkers are accustomed to getting what they want 24/7, but what happens when they want Cuban? Oh wait, that dude's always on TV! Giving you the food kind of Cuban 24/7: Coppelia.Named for a Havana ice cream shop, this all-hours "traditional Cuban luncheonette" from the Toloache/Yerba Buena chef's outfitted Caribbean-style with a large marble bar sporting spinning stools, and a stained glass window separating the kitchen from a dining room set with rounded banquettes &amp; booths that resemble the backs of '50s Chevys, though that doesn't mean they're convertibles. Read More

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News Culture Havana's Concert by Buena Fe Against Invasion of Libya

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana's Concert by Buena Fe Against Invasion of Libya. By RHC / radioangulo.icrt.cu / Friday, 01 April 2011 10:19. Buena Fe toured across Cuba these last weeks with the youths' broad support, in the picture their highly clapped concert in Holguin last January. The Guantanamo born “Buena Fe” duet will not alone delight the Cuban youth at the concert it will give Saturday, April 2nd at the University of Havana, but it will also protest against the violent and imperialist military aggression against Libya. Read More

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Cuba, T&T draw 0-0 in Caribbean derby

<p style="text-align: justify;">Friday, April 01, 2011. GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala — Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago battled to a 0-0 draw in a Caribbean derby at the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship at the Cementos Progreso Stadium here on Wednesday night.The result means that Group D leaders Mexico have advanced to the quarter-finals after they opened their account with a 3-0 win over Cuba on Monday night.Cuba will now have to await the result of the Trinidad/Mexico match-up today to know their fate. Read More

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Carter aide Robert Pastor speaks about Cuba visit (morning roundup)

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba-Carter. Top News: Jimmy Carter's former aide Robert Pastor provided a bit of insight into the ex-president's trip to Cuba this week, according to reporting that appeared in a pair of articles for the Miami and Nuevo Heralds. Pastor served as Carter's point man on Cuba when he worked as National Security Adviser, and he accompanied Carter on this week's visit to the island. Read More

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