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Virgilio Piñera at the Cuba Book Fair

The principal works written by the renowned Cuban playwright and poet Virgilio Piñera will see the light again during the upcoming 2012 Cuba International Book Fair to be held from February 9 to 19 during its Havana juncture before traveling to the provinces.

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Cuba Rejects Statements by EU Diplomat

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs today rejected recent statements by Catherine Ashton, the head of diplomacy for the European Union, concerning the reintroduction of temporary arrests of peaceful demonstrators in Cuba.

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ALBA Summit Concludes in Caracas

The regional trade and cooperation organization the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of the Americas (ALBA) yesterday concluded its eleventh ordinary summit in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Cuba’s Fidel Presents Spoken Memoirs

Fidel Castro presented a two-volume book of spoken memoirs on Friday.Titled: “Fidel Castro Ruz: Guerrillero del tiempo”, and covering the period of his childhood, youth and on up to December 1958, the books contain conversations with the writer Katiuska Blanco.

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Raul Castro to Venezuela for ALBA Summit

Cuban President Raul Castro traveled to Caracas, Venezuela on Friday to attend a summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) as well as an activity commemorating the unsuccessful 1992 coup attempt led by Hugo Chavez.

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Yoani Sanchez Grounded as Castro Flies

For the 19th time Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez has been denied an exit visa in order to travel abroad. The continued grounding of Sanchez came on Friday as Cuban President Raul Castro traveled to Caracas to attend a summit of the ALBA nations.

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