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Canary Islands Pres. to Visit Cuba

The president of the autonomous government of the Canary Islands, Paulion Rivero Baute, will make an official visit to Cuba between February 14-16, informed the Spanish Embassy in Havana.

Russian FM: Cuba Key in Latin America

Cuba is a key country in Russia’s relations with Latin America, said Foreign Minister Serguei Lavrov who begins a visit to Havana on Wedensday. The official will attend the opening Thursday of the Cuba International Book Fair, to which Russia is the guest of honor this year. Numerous Russian publishers are on hand for the event as well as a broad cultural program with Russian artists.

Puerto Rico Awaits Cuba Reply on Games

The Puerto Rican Olympic Committee awaits an announcement possibly on Wednesday from Cuba on its participation in the Central American and Caribbean Games to take place in Mayagüez in July, said David Ernier, president of the sports entity. Cuba is the all-time leader in the Central American and Caribbean Games and once again the team to beat in the 2010 event.

Cuba Travel Ban Holding Firm

Inaction on Capitol Hill and a White House so far unwilling to do what it takes to break the ice for restored US-Cuba relations, has the lifting of the travel ban forbidding ordinary US citizens from visiting Cuba at a standstill.

Cuba Opens New Archaeological Research Area

Cuba will train professionals in archaeology in a new research area opened at Los Buchillones Archaeological Site in Ciego de Avila, in the island’s central region, reported IPS. The remains of a large village of pre-Columbian indigenous people were found in that region, an unprecedented find in the Caribbean.

Bush Weed Becomes Charcoal Export

Cuban authorities hope to expand in 2010 its charcoal exports to Europe based on marabú, a thorny shrub that propagates rapidly and that has become one of the principal obstacles for national agriculture, reported IPS. About a third of the arable land in Cuba is covered in marabú.

TV to Air Cartoon on Sexual Diversity

Cuba’s state-run television will broadcast today El Trencito (The Little Train), a three-dimensional animated cartoon of the trilogy Dados a la diversidad (Given to Diversity), a series that hopes to “make society reflect on issues such as sexual diversity, gender roles and discrimination.”

Cuba’s Main Cycling Event Begins

The 35th Vuelta a Cuba 13-day competition cycling tour of the island begins on Tuesday with stage one from far eastern Baracoa to the city of Guantanamo (153 kms.). A total of ten foreign teams are competing along with cyclists from the host country. Besides the Cubans, other top racers include the Canadian team with Keuen Lacombe, who won four stages of the event in 2009.

Cuba Committed to Haiti on Health Aid

Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo arrived to Haiti on Monday to meet with Haitian President Rene Preval and visit the Cuban medical brigade. For over a decade Cuba has maintained a commitment to health care assistance in Haiti that has also included the training of several hundred young Haitian doctors in Cuba.

Woman Wins Costa Rica Presidency

Laura Chinchilla, 50, the candidate of current President Oscar Arias Liberacion Nacional Party (PLN), won the presidential elections in Costa Rica on the first round on Sunday, reported the Cuban press. When she takes office, Chinchilla will become the Central American country’s first ever female head of state.