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Fidel Castro May Go Public

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez invited on Sunday former Cuban President Fidel Castro to attend the upcoming December summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) Summit in Havana.

Cuba Votes Shift after Payoffs

Taking campaign contributions from right wing political actions groups is nothing new on Capitol Hill, but Republican congressman Sam Graves of Missouri is in the news this week for letting his position on the US blockade on Cuba be swayed.

Cuban VP in Rome for Food Summit

Ulises Rosales del Toro, one of Cuba’s Vice Presidents of the Council of Ministers, is in Rome, Italy for the World Food Summit. The Summit, sponsored by the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), will address such crucial matters as world hunger and food insecurity faced by a large segment of humanity.

Cuba-China Co. to make appliances

Cuba and China will launch in 2010 a joint venture to produce household electrical appliances such as washing machines, ACs, lights, monitors, PCs and laptops, a joint effort between the Haier Corporation and the island’s Electronic Group.

Cuba’s Trade with Canada Up 15%

Commercial exchange between Cuba and Canada registered a 15 per cent growth in the first nine months of 2009, announced Canadian Minister of State for the Americas Peter Kent during a meeting with Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Dagoberto Rodríguez.

Orbitz Keeps Plugging for Cuba Travel

Orbitz Worldwide travel company continues to campaign for an end to the US ban on its citizens from visiting neighboring Cuba. The OpenCuba.org campaign started by the firm has to date received 100,000 signatures from people trying to send a message to Washington.

Interview with Honduran Activist

No one would be speaking of Honduras if people in the resistance had not struggled and sacrificed their lives for almost 140 days. The great actor in this whole story is the Honduran people, and what should prevail is their command.

Cuba’s “emos” Characterized

A study by the psychology faculty of the University of Havana revealed the special features of the “emos” in Cuba, an urban tribe whose presence has spread across the world. The Cuban emos are happy, are conquerors and enjoy that image because it allows them to attract the opposite sex.

Pollution Drops in Bay of Havana

The recovery work in the Bay of Havana made it possible in 2008 to reach the “minimum permissible threshold for marine life,” a mean five milligrams of oxygen per litre, affirmed Santiago Reyes Pérez, assistant director of the Working Group for the Cleaning, Conservation and Development of the Bay of Havana (GTE-BH).

Cuba to Host ALBA Alliance Summit

The next summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) will be held in the Cuban capital on December 14 and 15, announced Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca. According to the Bolivian minister, one of the event’s fundamental topics will be the U.S.-Colombian military agreement.