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Weather in Havana, Sept. 13-19

Weather conditions for the upcoming period will be pleasant. The days will be sunny, becoming partly cloudy in the evenings and producing some isolated showers – most likely starting on Monday, September 17.

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Cuban Farmer Produce Biogas in Bags

Daniel Garcia, a farmer living on the edge of the western Cuban province of Pinar del Rio, produces homemade “biogas”(gas produced by breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen) that he stores in plastic bags.

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Cuba Grants Legal Autonomy to Co-ops

Cuba’s Council of Ministers approved a new regulation which gives “legal autonomy to Basic Units of Cooperative Production (UBPC), They will now be able to make direct purchases, by check or cash, of certain unsubsidized products such as salt, sugar, vinegar and packaging and building materials.

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Cuban Dissidents on Hunger Strike

A dozen of Cuban political dissidents, headed by the economist Marta Beatriz Roque, declared themselves on a hunger strike starting today. They are demanding the Cuban government respect national laws regarding the treatment of members of the political opposition.

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Global Free the Cuban 5 Activities

September 12 marks the fourteenth year since the Cuban Five were jailed in the United States. The international committee that supports their release has convoked activities in numerous countries including several in the United States itself. Click here tor the schedule and more information.

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