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Cuban VP Predicts Major Private-Sector Expansion

Between 40 and 45 percent of economic activity in Cuba will shift to the non-state sector in the next five years, predicted Esteban Lazo, a vice president of the Cuban Council of State.

Chavez Takes Treatment, Battles Rumors

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez came out of 10 days of seclusion on Monday for a press conference in Havana that refuted some media claims of his possible death.

Despaigne Wins Cuba Home Run Race on “Oddity”

Granma’s Alfredo Despaigne took back sole position of the league record with his 36th smash of the campaign, on an inside-the-park homer Sunday afternoon in his second-to-last at-bat of the season.

US Bishops Demand End to Cuba Blockade

The Conference of US Catholic Bishops demanded on Thursday that the Obama administration end the embargo on Cuba and restore diplomatic relations with the island.

Costa Rica ‘Loses Track’ of Illegal Cuban Immigrants

Costa Rican immigration authorities have lost track of 800 Cubans who over the last three months entered that country illegally from Panama and had sought refuge there, reported a newspaper in that Central American country on Thursday.

Cuban Catholic Church Holds Forum on Migration

A meeting organized by the Cuban Catholic Church to discuss issues ranging from the diaspora to the economy, culture and legislation started on Thursday morning and will run until Saturday (April 21) in the Cuban capital.

Cubans Intercepted by Authorities in Colombia

A group of six Cubans were discovered on Wednesday by Colombian authorities in waters off the coast as they were being transported by three nationals on a boat headed towards the Panamanian border.

Civic Group Suing Cuba’s Parliament

The Latin American Federation of Rural Women in Cuba introduced a lawsuit on Wednesday against the Popular Power National Assembly in the eastern province of Holguin for ignoring their petition concerning the country’s dual currency.

Two Cuban Doctors Die in Traffic Accident in Venezuela

Two Cuban doctors and a Venezuelan who were part of the Mission Milagro eye-care program died in a traffic accident on Monday in that South American country, reported EFE.

Cuba Denies Entry to Singer Manolin

The musician Manolin, known as “The Doctor of Salsa,” complained on Thursday through the Facebook social network that the Cuban government had “not authorized” his entry onto the island to record an album.