Cuban and Mexican Universities sign cooperation agreement

The Mexican Autonomous University of Puebla and the Cuban University of Camaguey have signed an agreement seeking to boost the scientific and academic exchanges established between the two countries over the last 15 years Read More

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USDA announces sales to Cuba

Private exporters reported to USDA export sales of 100,000 metric tons of hard red winter wheat for delivery to Cuba during the 2007/2008 marketing year. The marketing year for wheat began June 1. Read More

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Dean leaves a trail of destruction in Mexico, but no victims

Now it remains to quantify the damage in all its magnitude and begin reconstruction works which, for many, will be by their own means if the governments do not fulfill their promises. Read More

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Press Release by the lawyers of the Cuban Five

This hearing is one more step in the long appeal process of these five men since they were sentenced in 2001. As in the past, the Government of the United States was once again unable to refute the arguments of the Defense and sustain the accusations against the five. Read More

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Bulletin Hurricane Dean advisory number 31, Extremely dangerous Hurricane Dean expected to strike Yucatan

At 500 pm edt-2100z the center of Hurricane Dean was located near latitude 18.2 north longitude 84.2 west or about 270 miles-435 km east of Chetumal Mexico. Dean is moving toward the west near 20 mph-32 km/hr and a westward or west-northwestward motion is expected over the next 24 hours. On this track the center of the hurricane is expected to make landfall on the Yucatan peninsula very early tuesday morning. Read More

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Cuban painters at the Museo de Arqueologia de Chamizal

The museum plans for this exhibit with Cuban artists Jorge Hidalgo, Daniel Santiesteban and Eduardo Leyva to be the start of a series of exchanges between Juarez artists and Cuban artists. Read More

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U.S. Women's Team upsets Cuba 3-1

Cuba, along with Brazil, completed the first weekend (Aug. 3-5) of World Grand Prix preliminary action with an undefeated record. Cuba is currently ranked fifth in the world rankings. Read More

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The Cuba-Mexico smuggling route

The Mexico route is more dangerous than a direct, 90-mile voyage from Cuba to Florida, but there is less chance the U.S. Coast Guard will intervene. Read More

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A Night in Havana: A 90th Birthday Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie, August 28th at the Harris Theater

The Jazz Institute of Chicago will present a gala celebration of the moment that changed jazz forever: when Dizzy Gillespie visited the Caribbean island of Cuba, featuring an heir to Dizzy's legacy; Jon Faddis with Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, bebop orginial James Moody and world class percussionists Giovanni Hidalgo and Ignacio Berroa in a program celebrating the profound transformation Gillespie's love of Latin rhythms made to legacy of jazz. Read More

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Fidel Castro says Cuba 'marching ahead'

HAVANA"Fidel Castro said Wednesday that Cuba is "marching ahead" without him in power, insisting that he is consulted on all important decisions but giving no hint about when"or if"he might retake office after stepping down one year ago. Read More

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