No talk of US-Cuba prisoner swap: US senator

<p style="text-align: justify;">AFP. No talk of US-Cuba prisoner swap: – Wed Oct 6, 11:00 pm ET. WASHINGTON (AFP) – A top US senator just back from a five-day visit to Cuba to meet with officials there said he did not believe there was any chance of a prisoner swap between the United States and its communist neighbor. Read More

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Cuba Advances to Semifinals of Men’s World Volleyball Championship

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 6 (acn) The Cuban national men’s volleyball team edged Bulgaria in five sets (22-25, 25-23, 26-28, 30-28, 15-11) on Wednesday evening to secure a spot in the semifinal round of the 2010 FIVB Men’s World Championship that is underway in several Italian cities. Read More

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East Peoria golfers fifth in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Both teams fare better than last season. East Peoria, Ill. — The East Peoria girls golf team made significant strides this fall in its second season as a program. Their efforts culminated in a fifth-place Mid-Illini Conference tournament finish Thursday at Wee-Ma-Tuk Hills Country Club. The Raiders were sixth in the final league standings with 6.5 points, combining a 2-5 dual mark and their ranking in the <br> 18-hole finale. Read More

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President Castro: US ignored its offers on counterterrorism (AP)

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Associated Press. October 7, 2010. HAVANA -- Raul Castro says the U.S. has ignored Cuban overtures to cooperate on counterterrorism. Read More

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Omara performs in 80th birthday concert

<p style="text-align: justify;">The legendary, Latin Grammy-winning vocalist Omara Portuondo will bring her rich, soulful brand of jazz and balladry to Houston for her 80th Birthday Celebration Concert. Known as the only female to sing with the famed Buena Vista Social Club, Portuondo will perform with her own band on Friday, Oct. 8, at 8 p.m. in Jones Hall, presented by Society for the Performing Arts. Portuondo’s 80th Birthday Concert will include music from her latest, award-winning album Gracias. Last year was a landmark year for Portuondo. She was the first Cuban artist in six years to obtain a visa to perform in the United States and became the first Cuban resident to present an award at the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, delivering the prestigious Song of the Year award. That same night, she won her first Latin Grammy for Best Contemporary Tropical Album. Read More

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SOUTH JOURNAL. Guayabera Shirt, Official Garment in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">October 6, 2010 at 3:59 pm | South Journal, Havana, Cuba, a hot country where wearing a suit and tie is really uncomfortable most of the time, has established the Guayabera, or Bera Shirt either for men or women as the official garment for officials to attend diplomatic or state ceremonies. Read More

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Cuba to build docks, new terminal by 2014 as part of plan to modernize Soviet-era oil refinery

<p style="text-align: justify;">October 06, 2010. The Canadian Press, 2010. HAVANA - Cuba will build three additional loading docks and a terminal large enough to accommodate modern supertankers by 2014 at its port in Cienfuegos, part of the communist government's effort with Venezuela to rehabilitate and modernize the area's oil refinery. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a self-described socialist and close friend of Fidel Castro, attended the December 2007 re-inauguration of the Soviet-era facility on central Cuba's southern coast, and since then it has refined 55 million barrels. Read More

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Cuba: Salvadorian President Visits Latin American School of Medicine

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 5 (acn) Salvadorian President Mauricio Funes visited this Tuesday the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM by its Spanish acronym) and said he was greatly impressed and thankful by the school’s contribution to his country and the rest of the Americas.Funes had visited the school before taking office in his country, but from his new position “I can understand better its importance” he declared. Read More

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Nov. 19-29: Educator's Delegation - Cuba Labor Seminar

<p style="text-align: justify;">Subject: EDUCATORS DELEGATION - Cuba Labor Seminar to Cuba November 19 to November 29, 2010. US/Cuba Labor Exchange Seminar to Cuba, Educators program, November 19 to November 29, 2010. US/Cuba Labor Exchange. P.O. Box 39188 Redford, MI 48239 Phone/Fax: (313) 575 4933 E-mail: [email protected]://laborexchange.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html. Join the U.S./Cuba Labor Exchange to participate in the Educators program - Cuban Labor Seminar to Cuba Read More

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Montaner Matched with Lucio Gutierrez

<p style="text-align: justify;">Strange pair that appeared on NTN 24, the right-wing TV channel of Colombia aligned with the US FOX: a few hours after the coup d’état attempt in Quito, CIA operative Carlos Alberto Montaner, fugitive from Cuban justice for terrorism, joined one of the leaders of the failed complot in Ecuador, former military officer Lucio Gutiérrez, to attack President Rafael Correa. Read More

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