Santiago de Cuba Readies Fire Festival

<div align="justify"> The 30th edition of the Caribbean Festival in that eastern Cuban province in July will welcome artists and experts from about 18 countries, with the objective of strengthening common ties and identity roots. </div> Read More

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Cuban emigre Yasmani Grandal has blossomed into a star catcher for Miami

<div align="justify"> CORAL GABLES — On his first day in the United States, 10-year-old Yasmani Grandal sat in front of a TV set at his uncle's home and wolfed down two huge Cuban sandwiches, slowing only to wash it down with a jug of Coke. </div> Read More

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Outspoken musician Silvio Rodriguez returns to New York

NEW YORK — For more than 40 years, Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez has been a polarizing figure. Read More

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Boost agricultural trade with Cuba

When Gov. Sonny Perdue, a free-trade Republican, heads a Georgia agriculture trade delegation to Cuba next week, what should he expect to accomplish? Read More

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Cuba urges water conservation amid drought that leaves its reservoirs at 40 pct capacity

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba is urging people to save water amid what it is calling a &quot;critical&quot; and &quot;tense&quot; drought that has left reservoirs at 40 percent capacity. Read More

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Tourism High Season Profitable in Sancti Spiritus province

The so-called tourism high season in Sancti Spiritus, which coincides with the island’s fresher months, moved through favorable winds this year. The number of visitors grew in  2% while incomes and benefits obtained also rose when compared to the previous year’s. Read More

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Pinar del Río reduces pollution

The Cuyaguateje is one of the most plentiful rivers in Cuba Read More

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UNESCO Declares Nicaraguan Island World Biosphere Reserve

Managua, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) Ometepe Island in Cocibolca Lake became the third Nicaraguan site in the UNESCO world network of reserves of the biosphere. Read More

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Cuba Concerned over Ecological Issues

The Second International Colloquium &quot;Jose Marti for a Culture of Nature&quot; will foster ecological issue and environmental care in Cuba. Read More

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Paul Lafargue, Cuban husband of Karl Marx's daughter

HAVANA (PL) Fate plays with chance and in one of his whims wanted the Cuban PaulLafargue to know Karl Marx, founder of socialist doctrine, and also to marry his daughter Laura. Read More

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