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Cuba’s Alfredo Guevara dies at 87

Alfredo Guevara, founder of the Havana Film Festival, and an old friend of Fidel Castro, died today in Havana from a heart attack at age 88. Guevara was also the founder of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) created two months after the revolution triumphed in January 1959.

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Cuba to Get More Brazilian Investment

Brazil is weighing granting the construction company Odebrecht a $150 million credit to remodel airport terminals in Havana and other Cuban cities, reports the Reuters news agency, citing unidentified official sources. The credit would be issued by the Brazilian Development Bank, BNDS.

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Massiel to Perform in Cuba

The famous Spanish singer and actress Massiel, will perform in Havana on May 11, during the main gala in the local campaign against Homophobia, organized every year by the National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX).

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Cuba Document Forgers Accused in Miami

A total of twenty persons were charged Wednesday in South Florida for forgery and sale of false Cuban birth certificates, which, thanks to the Cuban Adjustment Act, would have facilitated processing hundreds of undocumented persons to illegally obtain permanent residency status in the United States.

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