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The Week of la Francophonie, scheduled for March 13-22 in Havana, will be dedicated to Haiti as announced by Alain Zayan, cultural attach of the French embassy in the Cuban capital.

The Latin American and Caribbean Unity Summit voiced today its support for Argentina's claim over the sovereignty of the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands, and rejected Great Britain's oil explorations in this archipelago of the South Atlantic.

Cuban President Raul Castro heads the island’s delegation participating in the Summit for Latin American and Caribbean Unity that will be in session on February 22-23 in Cancun, Mexico.

Foreign Ministers from 31 nations began a meeting that included all the members of Group of Rio and the Caribbean Community, apart from St. Vincent, in Playa del Carmen on Saturday.

Among the many donor nations helping Haiti, Cuba and its medical teams have played a major role in treating earthquake victims.

Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo’s visit to Haiti continues this Tuesday with the purpose of evaluating with local authorities a proposal by the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas (ALBA) regional integration and cooperation bloc to support the implementation of a new public health system in this country.

Dancers from Latin America, Europe and Africa will entertain here the Second Dance Biennial of the Caribbean, from March 23 to 28, announced organizers.

The 7th Nicolas Guillen Colloquium and Festival on Music and Poetry, to be held in this capital from March 30 to April 2, will be dedicated to the Haitian people.

Cuban musician and Goodwill Ambassador of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Jesus ‘Chucho’ Valdes, announced on Wednesday that he is composing a musical piece for the people of Haiti.

The Central American and Caribbean Games, Mayagüez 2010, will include the talent of Olga Tañón within the great opening ceremony which will take place on Saturday, July 17 from the new Athletics Central American Stadium and which will be broadcasted to more than 32 countries through WIPR Television.

A testimony from the devastated Haitian capital. Corpses on the streets, desperation, chaos and pain.

The 11th International Conference on African and African-American Culture, to take place here next April, will shine new lights on the mark left by that continent in this geographical area, announced the organizers.

ICAIC was founded 50 years ago when Fidel Castro was 32 and building his new government on the fly.

Cuba's women's volleyball team will represent the North, Central American and Caribbean region (NORCECA) in Japan 2010 World Championships.