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Call Issued for the Celebration of May Day

Through a notice in the weekly Trabajadores newspaer, the Cuban Confederation of Workers (CTC) called on its members on the island to participate in the national May Day celebration.

Chavez to Detail Campaign Plans Saturday

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has called on his supporters to turn out at the presidential palace on Saturday afternoon where he will give “the general political plans” for the campaign leading up to the October 7th presidential elections.

Chavez Leaves Cuba, Back in Caracas

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home to Caracas on Friday afternoon after new surgery in Cuba to remove a cancerous tumor on February 28. The charismatic leader has announced he will undergo radiotherapy to try and prevent a return of any cancerous cells.

Cuba to Participate in Olympic Wrestling Trials in US

Cuban wrestlers will participate in the Olympic qualifying rounds for the Americas, which will be held from March 23 to 25 in the US city of Orlando, Florida. Fourteen athletes from the island will be competing there.

Bureaucratic Red-tape Slows Cuba Projects

Delays by the Cuban government in assessing international collaboration projects are leaving foreign aid workers in complete limbo, according to a report released this week by Havana correspondents of the IPS news agency.

Alan Gross Asks to Visit His Ailing Mom

Jailed American agent Alan Gross has asked Cuban President Raul Castro for permission to travel to the US for two weeks to visit his mother, 89, who is gravely ill.

Cuba Shows at Paris Tourism Fair

Cuba is promoting itself as a tourist destination in the Caribbean at the World Tourism Exhibition, which is taking place in Paris at the Port de Versailles Exhibition Park.

Cuba’s Church/Police Evict Dissidents

Cuban police responded to a request from the Catholic Church on Thursday night and dislodged a group of 13 protesters from the Nuestra Señora de la Caridad church in Centro Habana.

Cuba Ban Leads Correa to Snub Summit

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said today that he will be not attend the Americas Summit (April 14-15) in Cartagena, Colombia in protest of the Obama administration’s pressuring to exclude Cuba.

Three New Cave Art Sites Discovered in Cuba

Three new cave art sites in Cuba were recently discovered at the Imias Nature Reserve in the eastern province of Guantanamo. This set of pictographs created by pre-Columbian groups or populations — most of these painted in red colors — were found during a joint expedition of the “Speleological Society of Cuba” and the “Cuban Cave Art Research Group.”