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Prestigious Cuban dance figures, trainers of new generations of dancers, are participating in the 2nd National Meeting of Dance Teachers, which begain June 9th, in the eastern city of Guantánamo and runs through June 15th.

Chinese intellectuals Zhang Chengzhi and Liu Chengjun held talks with their counterparts from Cuba’s eastern province of Holguín, where they stayed at the invitation of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP).

George Chapelle, director of the French Allience, announced in a press conference that Barratier, who made himself known among the Cuban public with his opera prima El coro (2004), proposed for an Oscar as the best foreign movie, is presenting his most recent movie (París 1936) here however it will not start its tour in the French screens until September.

The people in Guantanamo enjoy different artistic expressions in the communities through the cultural promoters, main stars in the work of letting people know the most important exponents of the popular culture and contributing to the rescue and preservation of the traditions of the province and of the rest of Cuba.

A notable increase in the production of organic honey was reported by co-ops in the easternmost province of Guantanamo, which have nearly doubled projected production amounts for this time of year.

A British resident imprisoned at the US base of Guantanamo, and about to be sentenced to death, has asked the British government to intercede on his behalf, according to The Independent daily.

The Bush administration said it wants to close the prison, but can't do so for the moment because of a number of unsettled legal and procedural issues. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the U.S. government's efforts to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have come to a "standstill" due to procedural problems.