Benefit planned for teen who was stuck in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">A benefit concert to raise money for the family of an Ontario teenager who spent more than three months stuck in Cuba under threat of imprisonment for a traffic accident will take place next month. Read More

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An Excellent Meeting with Fidel, Declares Piedad Cordoba

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 13 (acn) Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba described as excellent her meeting with Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, held in this capital on August 12. Read More

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Catholic church raises profile in Cuba with icon of virgin

<p style="text-align: justify;">AFP. For the first time since the Cuban revolution half a century ago, an icon of Cuba's patron saint is making the rounds of the island in a sign of a gradual rapprochement between the Cuban authorities and the Catholic Church. Read More

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New Cooperation Accords between Cuba and Brazil

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 12 (acn) Cuba's Deputy Foreign Minister, Rogelio Sierra, and Antonio de Aguiar, general secretary for Foreign Affairs of Brazil, signed on Thursday in Brasilia five agreements complementing a bilateral cooperation accord. Read More

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Cuba's Cardinal Ortega receives highest award of Knights of Columbus

<p style="text-align: justify;">WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Receiving the Knights of Columbus' highest award, Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino of Havana heralded recent "unprecedented" progress in church-state relations and "a new situation of social appreciation" for Catholics in the Cuban nation. Read More

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Cuban Animated Film Awarded in Portugal

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, CUBA.- The animated film “20 Años”, by Cuban producer Barbaro Joel Ruiz, won the animation prize at the International Festival of Avanca, a renowned event on cinema, television, video and multimedia, held in Portugal. Read More

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Cuban Scientists Genetically Improve Forest

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban scientists are working on the genetic improvement of important forest species, as part of the national reforestation strategy the island has implemented. Read More

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Cuban Scientists Improve Genetically Forest

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban scientists are working on the genetic improvement of important forest species, as part of the national reforestation strategy the island has implemented. Read More

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CS, A Leader in Travel to Cuba, Ready If Legal Travel Becomes Available

Largest Provider of People-to-People Cultural Exchange Travel to Cuba Ready to Apply Again Read More

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Cuba makes Meñique, its first 3D animation movie

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba makes its first 3D animation movie, Meñique, based in the story under the same name, adapted by the Cuban hero Jose Marti (1853 - 1895) for the magazine La Edad de Oro. The music for the movie was written by Silvio Rodríguez, announced the Juventud Rebelde newspaper. Read More

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