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Cuba’s Tourism Shows 1 Percent Growth

Cuba received during the first half of this year 13,519 more tourists than the same period in 2009, which confirms the upward tendency of one of the principal sources of financial resources of this Caribbean country. According to data of the National Office of Statistics (ONE), up to the close of June a total of 1,389,712 visitors arrived, for a one per cent growth.

Peace Caravan Reaches Cuba

The 21st Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan with humanitarian aid arrived in Havana on Friday. Traveling from Mexico after crisscrossing the US and Canada, the 85 accompanying members are from the United States, Canada, Ireland, Germany, England and Mexico.

Cuba Over Italy, Makes Volleyball Semis

Cuba crushed Italy in straight sets Friday to reach the semifinals in the 2010 World Volleyball League (Mens). The Cubans now plays Brazil, —the tournament favorite— on Saturday hoping to make it the final on Sunday.

Florida Rep. Breaks Ranks on Cuba

Rep. Kathy Castor, a US congresswoman from Tampa, has broken ranks with other Florida legislators and became the first from her state’s delegation to sign on to the Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act.

Cuba Faces Italy in Volleyball Do-or-Die

The Cuban Men’s Team lost a hard fought match to Russia on Thursday night three sets to two in World Volleyball League final round action in Cordoba, Argentina. Tonight the Cubans play Italy in a do-or-die match to advance to the semifinals.

Cuba Has New Health Minister

Cuban Public Health Minister Jose Ramon Balaguer has been replaced by First Vice-minister Roberto Morales,43, revealed official sources on Friday, reported IPS. No reason was given for Balaguer’s “liberation”, a term frequently used to refer to dismissed officials.

Visually impaired learn computing in specialized classrooms

Cuba has 12 specialized classrooms to teach computing to the visually impaired as part of the social projects to benefit those persons. The means, equipped with screen readers that allow the impaired to learn different texts and the functioning of the computers, were donated by Spain’s National Organization for the Blind and Belgium’s Handicap NGO.