Las Tunas, Cuba, Selects Its Delegates to the National Forum Creative Women

Ten women were selected, due to their relevance in the scientific-technical proposals in the recently concluded provincial event Creative Women, to represent Las Tunas in the fifth edition of this national encounter, to take place in the Havana next October 7th and 8th. Read More

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Wood-Carving Festival, the only Cuban event in which creators are summoned to carve wooden pieces live.

"Enamorados", a wooden sculpture by amateur artist José Alberto Martínez González, was awarded with the First Prize during the Fifth Festival de la Carcoma, the only Cuban event in which creators are summoned to carve wooden pieces live, just in front of the audience of the festival. Read More

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In Cuba: The annual training drill Meteoro 2008 will take place this weekend

In order to prepare the population for any kind of disaster, the annual training drill Meteoro 2008 will take place this weekend. Read More

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Cuba Challenges Washington to Respond to Serious Accusations

In a press conference Thursday at the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, attended by the national and international press, Perez Roque said that US authorities must tell the public opinion what they know about the behavior of their diplomats and what they think about it, and if they support the money courier role played by the Chief of the US Interest Section in Havana Michael Parmly. Read More

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National Rock Festival in Camagüey, Cuba

The performance of the band Imanencia nicely surprised spectators who attended the opening concert of the Fifth National Rock Festival "Sounds of the City" to be held in Camagüey City until May 25. Read More

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Inaugurated national workshop about Carl Marx and José Martis legacy in Camagüey, Cuba

Hosted by University of Camagüey, the event has gathered more than 60 works comprising several approaches to the work of those two ideologists who built their own projects to benefit mankind since different economic and political contexts. Read More

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Canadian court rules gov't grant access to Guantanamo Bay documents

Omar Khadr, who was 15 at the time, has been imprisoned at the U.S. naval base jail in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he is awaiting trial by a military commission on charges of murder and war crimes. Read More

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Panama will be present at the Caribbean Festival in Santiago de Cuba

Panama will be present at the Caribbean Festival to be held in July in the city of Santiago de Cuba, with a renowned community theater work, said the Organizing Committee Friday. Read More

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Closing session of the 4th International Congress on Satisfactory Longevity in Cuba

Cuba considers key rules to lead a healthy longevity in good health and nutrition, physical activity, culture, motivation and sound environment. Professor Eugenio Selman-Housein Abdo, president of the 120-Year Club, said Cuba secures all of the above with its quality health care structure, the factors that help extend lifespan beyond 77 years. Read More

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This eastern province of Las Tunas achieved the second lowest children's mortality rate in Cuba, 1.95

This eastern province of Las Tunas achieved the second lowest childeren's mortality rate in Cuba, 1.95 per each thousand born alive, similar to the developed countries. Read More

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