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Cuba Baseball Finals Game Six Underway

Game six of the Cuban championship baseball series is underway in Ciego de Avila with the home team down three games to two in the best-of-seven series with Pinar del Río. The score is 0-0 in the second inning.

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Cuba Tourism Fair Begins Monday

While most of the island’s workers had the day off on Monday, Cuba’s International Tourism Fair kicked off in the capital. Cuba will present its latest tourism products at the annual week-long event attended by tourist agency reps from dozens of countries.

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Cuba’s CTC Workers Day Speech

The Cuban Workers Confederation (CTC) pledged its support to the country’s top leaders, socialism and all economic reforms approved by the recent 6th Communist Party Congress in its message to the International Workers Day parades in Cuba on Sunday.

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Kewalta Habana Cultural Calendar

No single Cuban or foreign website can claim to have all the listing of cultural happenings in Havana. Some do a more complete job than others and they all have their strengths and weaknesses. Here at HT we post monthly the What’s On magazine of Cuba Absolutely in Spanish and English (Usually available 3-5 days into the month). To add to their effort we also want to call attention to Kewelta Habana, a Cuban site in Spanish only, with a lot of information on the cultural world of the capital.

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Cuba Holds Annual May Day Parades

International Workers Day is synonymous in Cuba to parades in support of the country’s top leaders as well as government policies. This Sunday such May Day marches took place throughout the country. (55 photos)

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Rookie Keeps Ciego Alive in Cuba Playoffs

Ciego de Avila Manager Roger Machado took a gamble by leaving in his rookie hurler Yadir Rabi, 22, in a crucial situation and it paid off. His Tigers are now down 3-2 in the best of seven Cuba championship series with Pinar del Rio, instead of defeat.

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Cuba May Day March to Support Reforms

The Cuban Worker’s Confederation (CTC) is calling on workers to turn out for Sunday’s International Worker’s Day parade in support of the reforms approved less than two weeks ago by the 6th Communist Party Congress.

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Cuba Baseball Finals Could End Tonight

The Cuban baseball season could come to an end tonight if Pinar del Rio finishes off Ciego de Avila in game five of their championship series. On Thursday the pride of the island’s westernmost province held on for a 5-4 win over Ciego’s top pitcher Vladimir Garcia putting the series at three games to one. Vladimir Baños was the winner for Pinar.

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Havana Weather for April 28-May 4

We will be under the influence of a high pressure zone. The arrival of a weakened cold front could cause isolated rains on Sunday. Apart from this, we will have a week of good weather with high temperatures. The maximum temperatures will fluctuate between 32°C (90°F) and 33°C (91°F). The minimum temperatures will be around the 23°C (73°F).

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