Autentica Cuba Caravan in Spain and Portugal

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Estela McCollin. Madrid, Sep 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuba ranks third among Caribbean tourist destinations. A yearly average of more than two million tourists have visited Cuba over the past seven years in spite of the US lengthy and ruthless economic blockade that limits free access to the vast world tourism market. This MINTUR campaign through its offices in Spain and Portugal involves numerous hotel and travel agents, tour operators and air lines. Read More

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Marathon swim: Nyad defies the sea

<p style="text-align: justify;">Sunday, September 25, 2011. MIAMI.Nyad's team said early Sunday in a website update that a so-called "staged swim record" would still be valid as long as she was on the boat only for treatment and not to rest _ rather than a nonstop record. It didn't elaborate on the specific treatment she received or how long she was out of the water, but added she resumed her swimming quest at the exact spot where she had paused for medical help. Read More

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Diana Nyad presses ahead in Cuba-Florida swim

<p style="text-align: justify;">Diana Nyad began her 103-mile swim from Cuba to Florida Friday. She was about a third of the way by Saturday afternoon, moving through calm waters, according to her Twitter account. By Kevin Gray, Reuters / September 24, 2011. American long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad stroked in the Florida Straits on Saturday, enduring stinging sea creatures as she pressed ahead in her latest bid to become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. Read More

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Five Mexican States on Alert for Hurricane Hilary

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Raquel Maria Garcia Alvarez. Mexico, Sep 24 (Prensa Latina) Five states of the Pacific coast remain on alert as Category 4 Hurricane Hilary nears, according to the National Civil Defense System. The hurricane is not forecast to make landfall, but Mexico's coast in Guerrero, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Colima and Jalisco has been being affected by wind, rain and heavy surf from Hilary. Read More

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China Willing to Develop Links with LatAm,Caribbean

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Osmany González Tocabens.Beijing, Sep 24 (Prensa Latina) China is ready to develop links with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), said Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, confirming a policy of friendship and cooperation towards the region. Yang disclosed the government stance in a meeting at the United Nations in New York with representatives of the 23-member Rio Group, who told him about the preparations for the CELAC official presentation in December, the media reported Saturday. Read More

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British Academicians Visit Cienfuegos Province

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.24 - 12:58:44 /radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Cienfuegos, Cuba. - Members of the Solidarity-with-Cuba Campaign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are carrying out a three-day tour of economic, health and educational institutions in Cienfuegos.<br /> Mostly made up of university professors from Northern Ireland, Scotland and England, the visiting delegation met with the rector and with professors of the university in this central province. Read More

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Cuban String Quartet to Festival in Nicaragua

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.24 - 13:53:37 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Holguin, Cuba.- The Pizzicato string quartet of eastern Holguin province, will participate as guest in the 10th International Festival of Classical Music, to be held in Nicaragua starting from September 26. Harold Ricardo, director of the group, told ACN that it will begin its performance as part of the giant orchestra of participants, which will offer the event’s inaugural concert. Read More

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Stage Productions from Latin America and Europe at Havana’s International Theatre Festival

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Indira Román. 24 de Septiembre 2011. Classics from the world of theatre, as well as contemporary works will be staged at Havana’s International Theatre Festival, scheduled for October 28th through November 6th. Some 20 theatre companies from Latin America and Europe will show the current trends in the world of theatre, including avant-garde proposals. Argentina, Germany, Spain, Ecuador, Slovenia, Finland, France, Greece, Holland, Mexico, Cyprus, Turkey and the United Kingdom are among the nations that will participate in this year’s Havana festival. Read More

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Cuba to access global pharmaceutical markets via Brazil

<p style="text-align: justify;">Just as Ecuador is buying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Cuban drugs and vaccines, the island’s budding pharmaceutical industry is trying to access more developing markets by way of Brazil. Brazilian Health Minister Alexandre Rocha Santos Padilha and his Cuban peer, Roberto Morales, signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday in Havana under which Brazil will make and distribute a Cuban diabetes drug and 11 cancer products. The ministers also signed an agreement about clinical research cooperation on cancer vaccines. Read More

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Cuban musician values nominations to 2011 Latino Grammys

<p style="text-align: justify;">24 de Septiembre 2011. Havana, (PL). – The Gentleman of the Son, Adalberto Alvarez, showed here his satisfaction for the nomination to the 2011 Latin Grammy Award with his CD El son de altura, in the category, Best Traditional Tropical Record. When our work is recognized in this kind of international event, it always changes your life for better. It is as a door that opens to us in the musical world, said the pianist, composer and arranger. The record of the Adalberto Alvarez y su son, made by Bis Music seal, has 10 themes, among them Linda santiaguera, La falta de ortografía, Vete, El melón, Quienserá mi amor and Bailando en La Tropical. Read More

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