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50th anniversary of the assault on the Palace
Today’s homeland and university: the best tribute
March 14,
2007
GENERAL of the Army Raúl Castro, second secretary of the Communist Party and
Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, presented a group of direct
participants in the events of March 13, 1957 with a stamp recalling the 50th
anniversary of the assault on the Presidential Palace, the taking of Radio
Reloj...
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Raúl Castro praises
success of Western Army training
February 26,
2007
OPERATION Caguairán, begun in Cuba in mid-2006 with the objective of training
and improving troop mobilization and deployment as well as the systematic
preparation of reservists and militia members, is successfully underway in the
territory covered by the Western Army, according to General of the Army Raúl
Castro Ruz, second secretary of the Party and minister of the Revolutionary
Armed Forces.
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Cohiba and Montecristo,
main attractions of Habano Festival
February 22,
2007
THE 9th Festival of the
Habano — from February 26 to March 2 in Cuba — is featuring as its main
attractions the launching of the Cohiba Maduro cigar and the new Reserva de
Montecristo, which features leaves that have all been aged for three years.
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Havana mother
embroidering portraits of the Five
February 16,
2007
ONE day I passed by her house and I noticed that she wasn’t
sitting in her usual place in the doorway. For a long time now, Margarita has
been an attraction for passers-by... perhaps she never even noticed her
popularity. Absorbed in her embroidery and without specifically deciding to do
so she would show, to whoever was interested, her magical creations:
butterflies, flowers, doves, Cuban flags...
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Prime Minister of Guinea
Bissau continues agenda in Cuba
January 31,
2007
HAVANA, January 31 (PL).— Arístides Gomes, prime minister of
Guinea Bissau, is continuing his stay in Cuba with an agenda that encompasses
the closure of the 8th Session of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission.
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Guinea Bissau decorates President Fidel
Castro
January 30,
2007
THE Amilcar Cabral Medal, the highest distinction of the Republic of Guinea
Bissau, has been awarded to Fidel Castro, president of the Councils of State and
Ministers, by the government of that nation and, in particular, by its
president, General Joao Bernardo Vieira, in recognition of Cuban solidarity with
and contributions to that African country.
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Fidel awarded honorary diploma at
Science and Technology Forum
January 26,
2007
HAVANA, Jan. 25 (AIN) —. An honorary diploma was awarded to Cuban President
Fidel Castro in the name of the three million grass-roots level participants in
the 15th National Science and Technology Forum, which ended here on Thursday.
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Environment
Cuba increases forested areas
December
27, 2006
THE
reduction this year in the amount of pollution to the environment in Cuba was
highlighted yesterday by Dr. José Antonio Díaz Duque, deputy minister for
science, technology and the environment (CITMA). During a press conference he
added that in the eight hydrographic basins of national interest, this figure
dropped, compared with levels in 2005, to 3.8% and 3% in the principal bays.
Also, at the end of the current year, according to the minister’s explanation,
the country’s forested areas rose to 24.54% of national territory...
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The king of Cuban
snails
December
8, 2006
A
considerable number of terrestrial mollusks exist in Cuba; the most well-known
include those distinguished by their extraordinary beauty such as the Vianas,
endemic to the western region of the island, with colorful shells in yellow,
burgundy and white. There are also the so-called Liguus snails, which have a
conical shape and are white or yellow, with or without stripes, and can be found
throughout the country and in some of the larger cays.
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Book on Cuban universities
November
5, 2006
THE heir to
elitist universities to which only the wealthiest layers of society had access,
and alienated from our country’s real necessities of economic and social
development, after successive transformations, today’s universities, since the
triumph of the Revolution in 1959, has begun to make into reality that idea of
José Martí’s: “From birth, all men and women have the right to be educated, and
then, in payment, to contribute to the education of others.”
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Cienfuegos: making progress on
development
November
5, 2006
THE smallest of Cuba’s provinces, but one of the most audacious
in its development, Cienfuegos has just taken an important step toward greater
economic and social progress: it joined seven other provinces in the country
that are part of Local Human Development Program (LHDP).
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Cuba guarantees
comprehensive sustainable development in the mountains
November
3, 2006
ON the immense plain that makes up the greater part of Cuba’
territory, four dispersed mountain groups rise up on the island’s geography.
They include, in the west, the Sierra de los Órganos; in the center, the
Escambray, and in the east, the Sierra Maestra, together with the
Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa.
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