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Read MoreThe archbishop of the Cuban capital, Jaime Ortega, will arrive today in Spain where he will meet with Foreign Minister Trinidad Jiménez, sources from the Foreign Ministry of that European country reported. Cardinal Ortega, together with former Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, was one of the architects of the negotiation with the island’s government that has made it possible to release the majority of the political prisoners tried in 2003.
Read MoreThe urban and suburban agriculture programmes will be extended to 156 of the 169 municipalities of Cuba before the close of the year, said Adolfo Rodriguez, head of the National Group in charge of that initiative, which until now has 36,000 farms throughout the island. The Caribbean country’s authorities are promoting the local production of food to reduce imports, estimated at more than two billion dollars.
Read MoreThe Partagás cigar factory, located in the Cuban capital, donated 23,600 convertible pesos (around 29,000 dollars) to the country’s health system. The donation comes from its annual meeting, which on this occasion convened more than 400 specialists in the production and sale of this product as well as cigar aficionados from around a dozen countries.
Read MoreSpecialists with the Centre for Environmental Studies and Services of the central province of Villa Clara made an assessment of the situation of the mangroves in the area of Cayo Santa María, one of the tourist destinations on Cuba’s northern coast, Luis Reyes Suz, environment expert of that institution, announced. Those forest formations reduce the impact of hurricanes and avoid soil salinity, in addition to being home to a varied population of fish and crustaceans.
Read MoreThe trial begun by Ana Margarita Martínez, ex wife of a Cuban spy, who is demanding 27 million dollars from the airlines that carry out charter flights to Cuba, will remain in a federal court due to the U.S. government’s interest in the case, Judge Federico A. Moreno announced. Washington and the affected companies agree that the result of this demand could paralyze flights to Cuba.
Read MoreCuban baseball authorities have apparently changed their mind on suspending Cuba’s Mr. Clutch, Frederich Cepeda, who announced he would be back with his Sancti Spiritus team when the season begins next week.
Read MoreThe 24th edition of the international marathon Marabana 2010 took place this past Sunday in Havana with the participation of 2,500 runners from 74 countries. The competition consisted of the full marathon (42 kilometers and 195 meters), the half marathon (21 kilometers and 97.50 meters), in addition to shorter courses of 15 and 10 kilometers. (28 photos)
Read MoreCuban intellectual Alfredo Guevara, president of the New Latin American Film Festival, backed the process of shrinking the State’s role in Cuba and expressed his hope that the government will limit its functions and allow the development of society, in a press conference held in the island’s capital. The government of Raúl Castro has begun a series of economic reforms that should be deepened in 2011, after the holding of the 6th Congress of the Communist Party.
Read MoreThe Cubarte publishing house released the first digitalized facsimile edition of Orígenes magazine, one of the most important Cuban cultural publications of the 20th century. The multimedia, which contains documents, photos and audio files linked to the members of the Orígenes group, forms part of the tributes for the centenary of the birth of writer José Lezama Lima.
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