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Varadero Adjusts to Rising Seas

Varadero, Cuba’s leading tourist destination for sun and beaches, loses between 70 centimeters and one meter of coastline each year due to rising sea level, reported the Cuban News Agency.

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Havana Weather for Dec. 26 – Jan. 1

This week we will have quite good weather. Only on Sunday and Monday we’ll have some light scattered rains associated with the passage of a cold front from the west. For the rest of the time, we will have partly cloudy days until Saturday and clear skies after Monday.

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Cuba to Increase Wages for Doctors

A much-announced wage increase will reach the pockets of Cuban health professionals this coming January, sources that prefer to remain anonymous told HT. There had been talk of this for about a year.

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French-Cuban Film with Padura Script

The renowned French director Laurent Cantet and popular Cuban writer Leonardo Padura, decided to combine their talents to create a new film about Cuba, which will be completed in early summer 2014, reported EFE.

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Six Cubans Lost at Sea, Search Continues

A new tragedy of Cuban migrants at sea takes place as we near Christmas. The US Coast Guard reported that it is searching for six Cubans aboard a capsized boat. The vessel was trying to get reach Puerto Rico from the Dominican Republic.

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Cuban Labor Code to Protect LGBT Rights

As a result of discussions in the Cuban parliament, the new Labor Code explicitly included a clause against discrimination based on sexual orientation, reported gay activist and journalist Francisco Rodríguez Cruz on his blog.

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