Colombian singer Juanes, who has organised the event, has received death threats from Cuban-American opponents of the regime in Miami. But he has won support from dissidents within Cuba. More than 20 of Cuba's best-known political dissidents, in prison since 2003, issued a message of support for the concert earlier this month.
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Cuba: Castro Warns of Tough Times Ahead and Demands a Rise in Productivity
The worsening situation has frustrated many Cubans who hoped Castro would reform Cuba's economy after taking over from Fidel Castro last year. But his only major reform so far has been in agriculture, where he launched a program to let private farmers cultivate unused state land.
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U.S.-Cuban Military Cooperation Goes Public
Although U.S. forces at this remote base have been engaging in the annual rite with the Cuban Frontier Brigade for more than a decade, this is the first time that the Southern Command acknowledge the fact.
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Winner of several Latin Grammies and Grammy awards Juanes Visits Havana
Colombian singer Juanes, winner of several Latin Grammies and Grammy
awards, returned to his country on Thursday after a less than 24-hour
visit to the Cuban capital
Small-size varieties of bananae more resistant to hurricane winds developed at cuban biotech institut
Cuban experts from the Plant Biotechnology Institute (IBP) in Santa
Clara province are once again dedicated to grow small-size varieties of
banana, which are more resistant to hurricane winds.
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Roots and Identity in Santiago de Cuba at the Festival del Caribe
Santiago de Cuba will host the 29th edition of the event.
Festival del Caribe, Santiago de Cuba.
Festival del Caribe, Santiago de Cuba.
Submitted by nesy on Sat, 2009-06-20 16:19.
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Playoffs of Cuban Baseball. Villaclara goes to its homeland with two games after a 3-1 on Friday night
Favored Santiago de Cuba is in the tough position, the team must win
four of five games to make it to the Eastern Division semifinals of the
Cuban Baseball Playoffs.
Submitted by editor on Sat, 2009-05-09 14:55.
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New Change in Cuba Goverment, Miguel Diaz Canel is the Minister of Higher Education designed by Raúl Castro
Diaz Canel electronic engineer replaces Dr. Juan Vela Valdés who was former dean of Havana's University, it was not stated if he would go to another government post although was stated the congratulations on his efforts.
Submitted by editor on Fri, 2009-05-08 19:18.
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Cuban Population still on the Decrease
Statistics reveal that the Cuban population will not reach 12 million
inhabitants by 2020; on the contrary, it will decrease by 25,000
Submitted by nesy on Tue, 2009-05-05 18:30.
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Cuban Potato Harvest in central-eastern Province with a record yield
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The goal was reached thanks to good planning and appropriate availability of resources before the start of the campaign.
Submitted by nesy on Sun, 2009-05-03 18:32.
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Cuban Heritage Cities to be Promoted at International Fair
Havana’s Morro Cabaña Complex – a colonial fortress
enjoying the status of a world heritage site – will be the venue of Cuba’s
International Tourism Fair (FITCUBA 2009) from May 4th to 8th this year.
Submitted by nesy on Sat, 2009-05-02 17:03.
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Cuba on Alert by Swine Flu, but 1st May Annual Parade proceeded succesfully in the whole country
With no suspected or confirmed cases of swine flu, Cuba made
succesfully it biggest annual gathering, the May Day parade through the
capital’s Revolution Square.
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Today special TV program to inform cuban population about swine flu, still no Cases reported in Cuba
No cases of swine flu have thus far appeared in Cuba and there are no
patients who could be suspicious of having the disease in any Cuban
hospital
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Swine flu: 40 cases confirmed in USA, one in Spain, seix in Canadá and many suspected in Mexico and from New Zealand to Israel
Mexico still appeared the epicenter, with 1,614
suspected swine flu cases and as many as 103 deaths in which the virus
is suspected
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Cuba is investing and making research in Wind Energy
Wind energy is an indirect result of solar energy. Cuba plans to continue taking advantage of this renewable energy source