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Cuba’s 4-Day Jazz Plaza Opens Tonight

The 27th Jazz Plaza festival opens Thursday night in the capital with a host of Cuban and visiting performers. The four days of concerts (Dec. 15-18) takes place in ten different venues (including one in Varadero) and also includes a program of workshops and conferences. The opening night gala at Havana’s Mella Theater includes performances by the Cuban Symphonic Orchestra, Digna Guerra and the Entrevoces vocal group, Arthur O’Farrill (USA) and Gonzalo Rubalcaba.

The Weather in Havana, Dec. 15–21

The weather for the next seven days will be influenced by a high pressure system; therefore we’ll have generally good climatic conditions. However rain is expected with the arrival of a frontal system at the end of the period. The maximum temperatures will reach up to around 26°C (79 F) and the lows will fall to about 20°C (68°F).

Cuba Allocates Funds for Mosquito Control

The Cuban government issued a report on state spending for the campaign against the “Aedes aegypti” mosquito, the transmitter of the dengue plague that affects the Cuban people.

US Nobel Chemist Interested in Cuba

US biologist Peter Agre, the 2003 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, expressed his desire to establish partnerships between scientists from the US and the island when he spoke yesterday at a meeting between researchers from the two countries.

Cuba Parliament to Discuss Economic and Judicial Issues

The upcoming session of Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power (parliament), scheduled for December 23, will focus its discussions on economic and judicial issues.

US Gov. Opposes Appeals by Cuban 5

The US government requested the Florida Southern District Circuit Court on December 6 to reject the appeals by Ramon Labanino and Fernando Gonzalez, two of the Cuban Five imprisoned in that country since 1998 for conspiring to commit espionage.

Cuba Farmers Suffer Gov. Contract Breaches

Orlando Lugo Fonte, the president of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP), revealed today in an interview with the Granma newspaper that the country has still not paid between $2.5 million and $3 million owed to its farmers.

Eliades Ochoa Nominated for Grammy

The CD Afrocubism by the legendary Santiago de Cuba troubadour Eliades Ochoa has been nominated for a Grammy Award for in the “Best World Music” category.

Pope Confirms Cuba Trip before Easter

During a Vatican Mass in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Monday, Benedict XVI confirmed his visit to Cuba for next year. The Pope explained that the journey, which will also include Mexico, will take place before Easter, which begins on April 1.

Mexico, Brazil Clean up at Cuba Film Festival

The Mexican film El infierno, directed by Luis Estrada, won the first prize Coral Award at the 33rd Havana Film Festival, which concluded last night at the Karl Marx Theater in the Cuban capital.