Author: Circles Robinson

Obama on Libya: All Options Open

As more Libyan towns and cities fell to anti-government forces Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama said Washington is preparing “the full range of options” to respond to the ongoing violence in the oil-rich North African state.

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Silvio Rodríguez asks Obama for Internet for Third World

Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez asked U.S. President Barack Obama and Google to finance “a satellite belt that would provide Internet to the Third World,” in a message published in his blog Segunda Cita. Rodríguez was one of the founders of the New Song Movement, one of the island’s most important musical currents in the 20th century.

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Judge Resumes Trial against Posada

U.S. Judge Kathleen Cardone decided to continue the trial against self-confessed terrorist Luis Posada Carriles and rejected the defence’s petition to annul some of the 11 charges or simply cancel the process.

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Cuba and Belarus to Strengthen Cooperation

Cuba and Belarus will strengthen cooperation in the areas of informatics, biotechnology and the production of pharmaceuticals, Serguei Martinov, foreign minister of the Eurasian country, affirmed after a meeting with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodríguez in Minsk.

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Habano Festers Visit Cuba Farms

Hundreds of participants in the Habano Cigar Fest taking place this week in Cuba paid a visit on Tuesday to tobacco farms in the western province of Pinar del Rio, where most of the export quality tobacco comes is grown. Have a look at our pictures of the visit. (8 photos)

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Profile of a Painter

Julio is a painter who feels great satisfaction painting as well as teaching youth to paint in his workshop on Obispo Street, where he gives classes and paints. Everyone who enters can see him carrying out these activities and the great pleasure he has doing it. (26 photos)

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Cuba Book Fair 2011 Gallery (2)

For those of us who turn out for the Havana International Book Fair year after year, it’s not strange to note certain coincidences like massive attendance or the repetition of published authors. However large attendance doesn’t always indicate interest, meaning that not everybody who goes to the fair wants to buy books or has developed the habit of reading. (24 photos)

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