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This weekend, people in Havana will be able to enjoy hip-hop, house, rock, pop, reggae, Swedish traditional rhythms, electronic music and Cuban music. The place: Los jardines de La Tropical. The reason: “The Peace and Love Festival.”

Cuba should “be prepared for that (US government) project that is so sinister and alien to an authentic cultural exchange” against Cuba, said Minister of Culture Abel Prieto at a ceremony to pay tribute to a State Security agent who revealed alleged US plans to promote anti-government actions among intellectuals and artists.

To explore the possibility of importing agriculturally-based products from Cuba, there are two options: Contact the Cuban Cámara de Comercio (Chamber of Commerce), or Contact the commercial counsellor at the Cuban Embassy within your country.

Recently, Cuba registered the first therapeutic vaccine for advanced lung cancer and its effectiveness for other tumors (prostate, uterus and breast) is being tested.

If you will be in Cuba on either a tourist or student visa to learn Spanish, you will not be able to work as this is not allowed with these kinds of visas. However, you may well be able to find a way to offer your Internet Development skills in a volunteer capacity.

One of the finest ophthalmological hospitals in Cuba is the Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología Ramon Pando Ferrer (Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology), located in Havana. In addition to being both a national and international reference hospital, it is also a leading teaching center.

Unfortunately, Cuba is still well behind accepted international practices on this issue. Not only is there no apparent policy in place relating to the rights of the visually challenged, be they international visitors or Cubans, to use guide dogs, but there is very little broad-based understanding of the difference between service dogs and pets, including in the tourist sector.

Several Canadian programs exist which provide the opportunity for Canadian volunteers who want to do short-term teaching of English as a Second Language in Cuba.

There are four main options for getting from the Varadero Airport to a particular hotel in Varadero.