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Golf Courses with Canary Island Capital

Cuban tourism authorities are interested in investments from Canary Islands business people, especially to develop golf courses, said Cuban tourism minister Manuel Marrero on Tuesday in discussions with Paulino Rivero, president of the Canary Islands, Spain autonomous government.

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Cuba City Council Nominations to Begin

The nomination period for candidates for Cuba’s municipal assemblies (city councils) begins on February 24 and lasts for a month. Elections are set to take place on April 25th. The Cuban government hails its elections as being highly democratic while detractors believe that voters have no real choices. The voting age in Cuba is 16.

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A Vegetarian in Cuba

My meals almost always consist of white rice (I hardly ever have brown rice), beans, root vegetables, a vegetable stew or a salad with fresh raw vegetables (sometimes both). My diet also includes fruits, milk products, pies and sweets.

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Gov. Imposes Fines in Santiago de Cuba

The Cuban authorities have imposed more than 20,000 fines on those who have not complied with the hygienic-health regulations in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba, as part of the drive to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits diseases such as dengue.

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Cuban Literacy Method in Argentina

The application of the Cuban “Yo sí puedo” (Yes I can) literacy method made it possible to declare four Argentine municipalities free of illiteracy, announced Claudia Camba, president of the foundation “A better world is possible.” The illiteracy rate in those areas of the far province of Jujuy decreased from 8.89 to 1.32 per cent.

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Diarrheic Diseases Alert

The Cuban health authorities urged the families of minors to go to healthcare centers as soon as symptoms of diarrheic diseases appear, in face of the increased occurrence of these cases reported in the island.

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Cuban Parliament 43% Women

The Cuban National Assembly of People’s Power (parliament) is the legislative body with the highest representation of women in Latin America, with 43.2 per cent of its members, according to a study by the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The island ranks fourth in the world, after Rwanda, Sweden and South Africa.

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Spain Wants 5 Guantanamo, Cuba Prisoners

Spain is willing to receive five of the prisoners who still remain locked up at the Guantanamo Naval Base prison camp, located on Cuban territory, affirmed Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos during a press conference in Madrid. Some 200 persons continue under arrest and without legal rights on the US base located on occupied Cuban territory.

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