British firms could be first foreigners to buy land in Cuba since revolution

<p style="text-align: justify;">UK firms start talks with Cuban government about buying land for tourism and energy projects British firms are talking to the Cuban government about buying land for tourism and energy projects. Above, the beach at Maria La Gorda. Photograph: Jamie Marshall/Getty Images. British companies could be among the first foreigners to buy land in Cuba since Fidel Castro's revolution in 1959, following a delegation to the communist state next weekend. Read More

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Peterson, Klobuchar call for increased U.S. food and commodity exports to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Washington, D.C. – House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar joined members of the National Farmers Union (NFU) this week to call for passage of the Travel Restriction and Export Enhancement Act. It would boost U.S. agriculture by easing restrictions on the sale of homegrown food and commodities to Cuba. Congressman Leonard Boswell (D-IA) also attended the event and voiced support for the bill. Read More

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Silvio Rodriguez Sings in Ciudad Juarez

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 18 (acn) Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez received the acknowledgement of Ciudad Juarez, in Mexico, during a concert for peace,solidarity and Latin American fraternity, called "Voices from Latin America for Juarez." Accompanied by the Trovarroco Trio, Rodriguez interpreted the songs "En el claro de la luna", "Sueño con serpientes", "Carta a Violeta Parra", "Escaramujo", "La era está pariendo un corazón" and Ojala". Read More

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Peace Boat to Arrive in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.09.18 - 13:26:45 / [email protected]. HAVANA, Cuba. - One thousand activists will enter the Havana harbor on Tuesday on board the Peace Boat, on a trip aimed at strengthening bonds of friendship and solidarity and at getting acquainted with Cuba’s reality at first hand. Read More

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PEOPLE'S WORLD: With layoffs come opportunities in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">September 17 2010. The Cuban government recently announced plans to eliminate a half million government jobs by April 1, 2011, while opening up new opportunities in cooperatives, in self-employment and in private business. The plan is to eventually transfer about 1 million people from Cuba's labor force of 5.1 million out of the state sector, where 95 percent now work, into other forms of employment. Cuba's total population is 11.2 million people. Read More

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Cyclists from 17 Countries Will Race in Pan American Master's

<p style="text-align: justify;">09/17/2010. Almost 120 cyclists from 17 countries have confirmed their participation in the Pan American Master Cycling Championship in Havana September 20-25, the National News Agency reported. Cyclists from Argentina, the USA, Brazil, Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Ecuador, Venezuela and Cuba will take place in this championship. Read More

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Cuban Artist Awarded at International Puppet Festival

<p style="text-align: justify;">The young artist was awarded for her sobriety in the handling of puppets and her vocal work for the piece "Historia de Burros", according to the assessment made by the jury, composed of prestigious master puppeteers from the Asian continent, the Granma and Juventud Rebelde newspapers report. Read More

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Cuban Weightlifters Train in Turkey

<p style="text-align: justify;">The six Cuban weightlifters that will take part at the World Weightlifting Championship, from October 18th through the 30th, are already in Turkey, conducting double training sessions as part of their preparation for the upcoming event. Read More

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Bolt Announces his Possible Retirement after London 2012

<p style="text-align: justify;">09/18/2010. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt said to Australian press that he may retire after the London Olympic Games in 2012. He said he will participate in the Olympics and after that he will decide what to do. He also said his coach wants him to compete in other Olympics, but they will decide together how he will retire because he wants to do it from the top. Read More

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Cuban envoy to Spain says freed inmates are 'scum,' also media misreported Fidel

<p style="text-align: justify;">September 18, 2010. The Cuban political prisoners who were freed and flown to Madrid are "scum" creating problems, the Cuban ambassador to Spain said at a Communist Party seminar in San Fernando de Henares. Quoted by the Spanish daily El Mundo, Alejandro González Galiano denounced the efforts of several ex-inmates who are trying to convince the European Union to maintain its "common position" toward Cuba. That stance – "which Cuba totally rejects as meddlesome," according to González. Read More

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