Cuban artwork on display in Flint

<p style="text-align: justify;">Freep.com | Detroit Free Press. Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art': Works by artists who have remained in Cuba, and those who left the island. Through Dec. 7 at the Flint Institute of Arts. Noon-5 p.m. Mon.-Wed. and Fri., noon-9 p.m. Thu., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. 11290 E. Kearsley. Flint. $7, $5 seniors and students. Free 12 and younger. www.flintarts.org. Read More

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Film on Japanese Immigration to Cuba Premiers in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Cuba, Sep 16.- The documentary “El sol rojo en el poniente” (Red Sun in the West) by filmmaker Marina Ochoa premiered last night at the 23 y 12 movie theater in Havana city. The documentary addresses the Japanese immigration to Cuba, men and women that came looking for an&nbsp; opportunity to improve their lives, from the perspective of their descendants. Read More

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Senate confirms Tampa native to oversee Voice of America, Radio Marti

<p style="text-align: justify;">Friday, September 17, 2010. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Dick Lobo, a Tampa native who ran WEDU-Ch. 3, to be director of the International Broadcasting Bureau. "I'm delighted and honored," said Lobo, 73. Read More

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Raul Meets with the PM of the Commonwealth of Dominica

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 16 (acn) Cuban president Raul Castro met at Revolution Palace on Wednesday afternoon with Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, who is now on an official visit to Cuba. Read More

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Cuba offers 19 ways Obama can loosen US embargo

<p style="text-align: justify;">AP. HAVANA – Cuba is offering a series of small but specific steps the administration of President Barack Obama can take to soften the United States' 48-year-old trade embargo, including expanding flights and establishing ferry service between both countries and dropping bank bans that keep U.S. credit cards from working on the island. Read More

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Spirit of Cuba defies gravity

<p style="text-align: justify;">Sydney Morning Herald - September 15.Reviewer rating: 5 out of 5 stars. If you like your contemporary dance unapologetically alive, Danza Contemporánea de Cuba is for you. A spectacular explosion of desire, conflict and passion, Danza Contemporánea de Cuba pitches bodies against bodies and dance against music with a furious energy that will leave you breathless. Read More

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Cuba One of the Best Islands for Tourism

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba classified as one of the best islands in the world for tourism, according to the Readers Travel Awards 2010 sponsored annually by the British magazine Condé Nast Traveller. Read More

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Cuban Squad to 39th World Chess Olympiad

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban Great Master Leinier Dominguez leads the team that will represent the island at the 39th World Chess Olympiad, set for September 23rd through October 4th in Russia. Read More

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Cuba shares the little it has

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Heads of State of Caricom and the Government of Cuba met at their first summit in Havana in December 2002 and decided to celebrate Cuba-Caricom Day on December 8. This historic decision institutionalised a permanent mechanism of dialogue at the highest governmental level between Cuba and the Caricom countries. Read More

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Panel calls for end to Cuba embargo

<p style="text-align: justify;">September 15, 2010. A panel in Washington, D.C. Tuesday discussed a U.S. House bill to remove obstacles to selling U.S. agriculture commodities to Cuba. The measure would also end American travel restrictions to Cuba. Read More

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