Montserrat and Cuba to benefit from cultural exchange programmes

The government of Montserrat is to establish a range of cultural exchange programmes with the people and government of Cuba. Montserrats Director of Culture Herman Cupid Francis has been holding discussion with members of a delegation from Cuba who were on island this week. Read More

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"Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco", tours around Peru

Danceable music group Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco, belonging to Clave Cubana`s catalog, ARTEX S.A, will jumpstart a tour around Peru since March 17 until April 2 to have diverse presentations at different places from Lima. Read More

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Cuba attends International Book Fair in Calcutta

The works of Cuban authors translated into English and Bengali were exhibited at the International Book Fair of Calcutta, India. The Cuban selection included books by Cuban poets Jose Marti and Nicolas Guillen, as well as collections of speeches by Fidel Castro and Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Read More

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Cuba wins regional shooting championships

Cuba swept to victory at the 1st Centro-American and Caribbean Shooting Championship that took place in the capital of Guatemala, winning 13 gold medals, five silvers and three bronzes. Read More

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Another Habano Cigar Shop opens in China

A new Habano House, selling the best of Cuban cigars, was recently opened in China in the hotel Westin in Beijing, with the presence of many local business men and Cuban embassy officials. This is the fifth House opened in the Asian country by the Cuba Habano S.A company, making a total of 117 franchise shops of the well-known Cuban cigars in the world. Read More

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Cuba outstanding in Tourism Hall in Paris

With the new slogan "VIVA CUBA" and the exhibit of attractive posters inviting people to tour the Caribbean beaches, Cuba stood out in the World Tourism Hall held here. Visitors and tour operators went to the Cuban pavilion and enjoyed Cuban typical drinks and the good music during the inauguration. Read More

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Chile lawyer to defend cuban singer

Cuban singer Silvio Rodriguez reported that the Chilean lawyer Eduardo Contreras will be his defender in a lawsuit against him from that country. "Now I have legal council with Eduardo Contreras, who advised my friend Gladys Marin in the first dispute against (Augusto) Pinochet, in 1989", the poet and composer reported to Prensa Latina. Read More

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Cuba attends Russia Tourist Fair

Cuba's stand at the International Tourist Fair "Inturmarket-2007," opened Sunday in this capital, was noticed by thousands of visitors who attended the main Krokus-Expo exhibition center. Read More

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Drummer Dafnis Prieto praised in Turkey

Cuban drummer Dafnis Prieto made his debut in Istanbul with his new musical band Absolut Quintet that lends its name to his most recent CD featuring pieces he himself penned. Read More

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Compay Segundo award presented to Omara Portuondo

Cuban renowned singer Omara Portuondo received the Compay Segundo Centenary Award in San Miguel de Allende, amid the 4th Cuban Culture Event, that is underway in that municipality of the Mexican state of Guanajuato. Read More

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