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Silvio Rodriguez to perform in Chile

Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez chose March to perform again before the Chilean people in several stages in Santiago, where hell launch his new musical production "Érase que se era". Two years ago, and at the mythical "Víctor Jara" Stadium of the Chilean capital, large crowds followed his voice and guitar and enjoyed the concerts of the tour "Cita con ángeles". Read More

Correa heralds ties with Cuba

Ecuadorian President-elect Rafael Correa has augured a strengthening of the bilateral relations and collaboration with Cuba after meeting with the island s Vice President Carlos Lage. Sunday, in declarations to Cuban journalists, Correa said his nation will import high-quality and low-priced medicines from the Caribbean state to be able to truly offer free public health to his people. Read More

Cuban "Operation Miracle" programs restores sight to 10,000 ecuadorians

More than 10,000 eye surgery operations have been carried out in Ecuador under the Operation Miracle program that Cuba is carrying out in several Latin American countries, according to information provided today by government sources. Read More

Cuba promotes tourist attractions in Argentina

Cuba is promoting its tourist attractions in Argentina, as part of an initiative aimed at increasing the number of travelers to the Caribbean Island. Sources from the tourist sector pointed out that Cuba, Brazil and Mexico are the countries that have best promoted their tourist products in this South American nation. Read More

Cuba lowest Latin American infant mortality

Cuba registered the lowest infant mortality rate in Latin America with 5.3 deaths for every 1000 live births in 2006, only surpassed on the continent by Canada, local dailies revealed on Wednesday. Read More

Brazilian president drops plans to visit Nicaragua, Cuba

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday that he decided to drop plans to visit Nicaragua and Cuba. Lula said he would skip the inauguration of Nicaraguan President-elect Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, and that he would also give up the planned visit to Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Read More

Latin Americas extraordinary present time

Cuban singer song-writer icon Pablo Milanés termed as "extraordinary" the present time that Latin America leftist wing experiences at the time his recital held in Teatro Nacional de La Habana was over. Read More

Cuban films in Venezuela

The Cinemateca Nacional of Venezuela will celebrate the 48th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution with a showing of 21 feature films and dozens of animated shorts from the island and a premiere of the Argentine documentary Blockade: The War Against Cuba. Read More

Cubas Zulia Calatayud top Latin American female athlete

Cuban runner Zulia Calatyud and Venezuelan pitcher Johan Santana were named the top individual Latin American and Caribbean athletes of 2006 in an annual survey conducted by Prensa Latina. The Brazilan mens volleyball team was recognized as the top collective effort. Read More

Venez, Cuba, Brazil win sports poll

Venezuelan Johan Santana, Cuban Zulia Calatayud and Brazilian volleyball players won Prensa Latinas survey on the best Latin American and Caribbean sportspeople in 2006. The US pitcher Santana, Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell and Brazilian soccer player Ronaldinho Gaucho won first prizes of this annual survey. Read More

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