Alex Cuba Nominated for Latin Grammys

<p style="text-align: justify;">Fri, 2010-09-10 19:22.Local News. Smithers' Alex Cuba has been nominated for another award, this time in the United States. Read More

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Cuba leases to bring deepwater drilling within 50 miles of Key West

<p style="text-align: justify;">Many firms ready to deal with Cuba on oil exploration. Posted - Friday, September 10, 2010 11:00 AM EDT. By next summer, a huge semi-submersible oil rig is expected to be stationed about 40 to 50 miles from Key West for deepwater drilling to explore for oil in the Straits of Florida. Read More

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Pentagon Eases Some Rules on Guantánamo Coverage

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Pentagon has agreed to revise some of the rules that have restricted what journalists are free to report on from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, resolving a conflict that peaked in May when four reporters were expelled from the naval base there. Read More

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Why we love Cuba and you will it too ..

<p style="text-align: justify;">When we were welcomed back to the dining room with genuine concern and kindness after the previous evening's Exorcist-like expulsion of peas by our 11-month-old daughter, I knew Cuba was a special destination. Glorious beaches, rugged countryside, beautiful architecture, and fascinating history aside, it was the warmth of the Cuban people that brought us back less than a year later. Everywhere we went, our daughter was fawned over and treated like a rock star. Read More

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Matanzas is preparing for the Danzandos

<p style="text-align: justify;">The 9th edition of the Choreography and Interpretation Competition Danzandos, sponsored by the Danza Espiral Company and the Provintial Council of Stage Arts will be held from the 5 and until the 10 of October 2010, dedicated to the 90 birth date of Alicia Alonso the prima ballerina assoluta and to Isidro Rolando (2009) and Tomas Morales (2010) dance awards. Read More

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FIFA to Support Cuban Soccer

<p style="text-align: justify;">The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) plans to support Cuba in the construction of an artificial soccer field, FIFA representative Gregory Endelberth said. Read More

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Quito Chosen as 2011 American Capital of Culture

<p style="text-align: justify;">The International Bureau of Capitals of Culture has chosen Quito as the 2011 American Capital of Culture, according to the group's president, Spaniard Javier Tudela. Read More

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Cuba and Venezuela Strengthen their Bonds

<p style="text-align: justify;">09/10/2010. Venezuela’s International Tourism Fair (FITVEN 2010) was a good opportunity on Thursday for the South American nation and the Caribbean island to strengthen their accords in the tourist sector, particularly in the field of consultancy. Read More

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The LAT wants Cuba to ignore covert US agents

<p style="text-align: justify;">La Alborada - September 10. On September 9, the Los Angeles Times published an article about Alan Gross, the USAID subcontractor who has been jailed in Cuba, with this headline: "Case of detained American hampers U.S. effort to ease Cuba ties." Here is a headline we don't expect to see in the mass media: "Continuing subversive efforts hamper Cuba's effort to ease US ties." Read More

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Castro says misinterpreted on Cuban model not working

<p style="text-align: justify;">(AFP) – HAVANA — Former Cuban president Fidel Castro said Friday he was misinterpreted when a US reporter wrote he said that the "Cuban model doesn't even work for us any more." Castro, who left the presidency in 2006, met recently over three days for a rare interview with a reporter from The Atlantic magazine and a Cuba expert from the US Council on Foreign Relations. Read More

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