Cuba to Host 31st International Festival of the Caribbean

<p style="text-align: justify;">SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, Jun 24 (acn) The eastern Cuban province of Santiago de Cuba will host the 31st International Festival of the Caribbean, also known as La Fiesta del Fuego (the Fire Feast), from July 3 to 9. According to Granma newspaper, the guest of honor on this occasion is Trinidad and Tobago, an archipelagic state to the south-western of the Caribbean, close to Venezuelan shores. According to Granma newspaper, the guest of honor on this occasion is Trinidad and Tobago, an archipelagic state to the south-western of the Caribbean, close to Venezuelan shores. Read More

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Chavez 'stable' following surgery in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Updated: 15:13, Sunday, 26 June 2011. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who is in Cuba following emergency surgery, is in a 'critical' but stable condition.Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who is in Cuba following emergency surgery, is in 'critical' but stable condition, Miami's El Nuevo Herald reported.<br /> Mr Chavez's government has said he was operated on for a pelvic abscess on 10 June and is recovering well. Read More

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Call issued for Submarine Photography Contest

<p style="text-align: justify;">26 de Junio 2011. Havana, (ACN).- The Cuban Federation of Underwater Activities (FCAS) issued a call for a national submarine photography contest to take place by the end of this month for promoting love and care of nature and seabed.According to Prensa Latina news agency, an official statement by FCAS notes that the Fourth National Submarine Photography Championship is scheduled from June 30 to July 3, in Playa el Coral, in the western province of Matanzas, about 100 kilometers east of Havana. Read More

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Put the sea in Cuba - a cruise is the perfect way to see Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Sarah Whitfield King, Sunday Mirror 26/06/2011. WHAT better way to start a trip to Cuba than a visit to Havana’s Tropicana Club? You’ll see a spectacular show, performed under the stars by a 32-piece orchestra and a cast of 200 dancers, which is sure to leave your head &shy;spinning.Mind you, it could have something to do with the bottle of rum which arrives at your table as soon as you sit down, as much as the moves of the dancers on stage and high up in the trees. Read More

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Cuba: Analogous Forestry a Developing Preservation Technique

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Dora Pérez Sáez. juventudrebelde.cu. Analogous Forestry is a technique used to favor biodiversity by managing reforestation in degraded areas in order to achieve their original conditions. Cuba keeps developing what is known as Analogous Forestry, a technique used to favor biodiversity by managing reforestation in degraded areas in order to achieve their original conditions, said Ordilia Echevarria, an expert with the Institute of Forest Research, in conversation with JR. Read More

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