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Cuba Loses VB 2nd Round Opener to Dutch

The Netherlands women’s volleyball team had a surprisingly easy time in defeating Cuba three sets to one in their first match of the second round of the World Championships being played in Japan.

No Fatalities Reported in Cuba from Tomas

The passing of Hurricane Tomas through the Winward Strait close to far eastern Guantanamo, Cuba left no fatal victims nor considerable material damage reported thus far, said Civil Defense authorities.

US Rules Out Gross-Cuban 5 Prisoner Swap

The U.S. government ruled out a possible exchange of contractor Alan Gross, detained in Cuba since December 2009, for Cuban Gerardo Hernández, who is serving a double life sentence in the U.S., or another of the five members of a Cuban intelligence network dismantled in 1998, according to a letter of the Departments of State and of Justice to Republican Representative Lincoln Díaz-Balart.

Cuba’s Citrus Cultivation in Crisis

Citrus cultivation, the former symbol of the Isle of Youth, the second largest of the Cuban archipelago, is in a deep crisis, reported IPS. That sector’s cultivation areas have been affected by plagues, hurricanes and the spread of the marabú weed, in addition to organizational deficiencies, Camilo Company Azcuy, director of the Comandante Jesús Montané Oropesa Citrus Agro-industrial Company.

Cuba Issues Plane Crash Passenger List

Cuba’s Aeronautic Institute has released the passenger list for the ill-fated Aerocaribbean flight that crashed late Thursday afternoon leaving no survivors of the 68 persons on board.

Cuba Civil Defense Preps for TS Tomas

A hurricane alert is now in effect for three of Cuba’s easternmost provinces as Tropical Storm moves north-northeast from its present location just southeast of Jamaica, informed the Cuban Civil Defense authorities on Thursday.

Cuba Reports Plane Crash, 68 Aboard

A passenger plane crashed in central Cuba with 68 persons aboard late Thursday afternoon reported the island’s TV and online media. The plane was flying on the route from Santiago de Cuba to Havana and there was no word of possible survivors.

Tomas Threatens Far Eastern Cuba

Tropical Storm Tomas could cross Cuba’s eastern tip between tonight and the early morning hours of tomorrow, according to the forecast of the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Tomas maintains winds of 85 kilometers per hour and it is expected it will cause heavy rains, with between 100 and more than 200 millimeters, reported IPS. The Cuban Meteorology Institute (Insmet) will issue its next report at 6:00 p.m. EST.

Venezuela By Far Cuba’s Top Trade Partner

Trade with Venezuela represented 24.9 per cent of Cuba’s foreign commerce, which strengthens it as the island’s first trade partner, Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca affirmed. In the last five years the flow of imports and exports between both countries has amounted to more than 17 billion dollars.

Church Thanks Government for Support

Cardinal Jaime Ortega thanked the Cuban government for its backing in the construction of the new San Carlos y San Ambrosio Seminary, built on the outskirts of the Cuban capital and inaugurated yesterday. The Catholic Church and the Cuban State have improved their relations in recent years, after the visit by Pope John Paul II in 1998. In that sense, the most recent episode was the negotiation to release dozens of political prisoners.