Havana Hosts Film Festival About Genre and Environment

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 21 (acn) The Third Humberto Solas Low-Budget Cinema Theme Festival will be about genre and environment and it will take place in Havana from October 13-16. For the first time the festival will be held outside its traditional venue of the southern city of Cienfuegos. The event will provide a space for the exchange between the cinema avant-garde and social sciences specialists and search for solutions to currents obstacles in audiovisual productions. Read More

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AUSTRALIA: Melbourne -Spring Latin Fiesta, Solidarity Gathering October

<p style="text-align: justify;">Join us for a night of Latin American music to get you in the mood for spring!Saturday September 25, 7pm, MUA Hall, Two fantastic Latin American bands, "Madre Monte" The best Colombian band in Melbourne, Regea ballads, rumba and Latin rhythms. Read More

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Mexican University Gives Honoris Causa Degree to Cuban Personalities

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.09.21 - 11:51:33 / [email protected]. HAVANA, CUBA.- The University of Veracruz in Mexico has given the Doctor Honoris Causa degree to Havana historian Eusebio Leal and to singer-song writer Silvio Rodriguez for their significant contribution to arts and universal culture. Read More

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Cabrisas to visit China

<p style="text-align: justify;">Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas, Cuba’s front man for key economic partner countries, is scheduled to visit China Sept. 25-Oct. 1, the Chinese foreign ministry announced at a press briefing Tuesday. Read More

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Cuba: Studies on Scorpion Venom in International Event

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban researchers will present experiences on the extraction and management of scorpion venom in the 2010 Labiofam International Congress and the Symposium of Natural Products in Cancer Therapy, expected in late September. Miguel Betancourt, a specialist of the Bio-Pharmaceutical Laboratories (LABIOFAM) from Ciego de Avila, told Prensa Latina they have spent several years investigating the properties of scorpion venom as a therapy against cancer. Read More

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Underwater Photography Contest ‘FOTOSUB 2010’

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban photographers are gearing up for this year’s Underwater Photography Contest ‘FOTOSUB 2010’, scheduled for September 23rd through the 26th here in Havana. Read More

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Chico Buarque and Alice Walker claim freedom for the Five

<p style="text-align: justify;">09/21/2010. Chico Buarque, one of the most famous poets and musicians of Brazil, joined the initiative launched in the U.S. by prominent personalities from all over the world. Read More

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A Question of Political Will (IPS)

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Sep 20, 2010 (IPS) - "I am not pessimistic, but I am realistic. Under present conditions and the prevailing system of world government, the Millennium Development Goals simply cannot be achieved," Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno said in an interview with IPS. Read More

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Fidel Castro Meets with Members of the Peace Boat

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 21 (acn) The leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro met this morning with the members of the Peace Boat, which arrived in Havana on Tuesday. Read More

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