WebHavana your Guide to Havana Cuba

Cerebrovascular disease is the third cause of death in most countries, and the first cause of physical handicap for its aftereffects.

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The Havana-based Casa de las Americas began a project called “Ayiti cheri” in solidarity with the people of Haiti that is suffering the consequences of a devastating earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince last January.

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The growing delivery of agricultural raw material from several parts of the country has allowed the recovery of the Avilanian preserves industry and especially several canning lines that were out of use.

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Abel Prieto Jiménez, minister for Culture, stated in Guantánamo that one of the main challenges of the nation is to preserve and transmit the love for traditions from one generation to the next one.

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A museum dedicated to the revolutionary work of Vilma Espín Guillois will be inaugurated on April 7 in Santiago de Cuba, announced Carolina Aguilar, member of the National Committee of the Cuban Women Federation (FMC in Spanish).

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The Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center exhibits, from Monday onwards an exhibition of artistic videos from the Pompidou Center, in Paris that includes work by Jean-Luc Godard and nine more international artists.

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The Cuban National Assembly has roundly rejected a resolution by the European Parliament, calling it a vicious attack on Cuba.

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Hugo Martinez, Foreign Minister from the Republic of El Salvador, will arrive in Havana on Thursday for an official visit, at the invitation of his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez.

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Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, first Vice-president of the councils of State and Ministers, urged to be objective and careful in the process of contracting with enterprises, given its importance for a systematic supply of markets.

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The «blue» teams only need one triumph to win the gold medal. This Wednesday the men will spike before the girls.

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The United States is easing rules for cash payments of agricultural sales to Cuba through September 2010, according to a document posted on the US Treasury Department's website.

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More than a dozen countries so far have confirmed their participation in the Sixth International Congress Didactics of Science, slated March 15 through 19 in Cuba, organizers informed.

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The streets of Hialeah, in Miami, were the scene of a demonstration in demand of freedom to travel to Cuba, while in Madrid activists demanded the European Union to eliminate restrictions against the island.

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In my hands I’m holding Patricio Amaro's new disk, the boy who sung "love I never forget you, / I never forget you, my love".

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The Second International Congress on Neurorehabilitation "NEUROREHABANA 2010" started this Wednesday in Havana, with the attendance of renowned scientists from Cuba, Spain, the United States, Great Britain and Panama.

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Cuba requested on Wednesday at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to retake the case of the Cuban Five, the detention of which in the United States was termed arbitrary in this capital.

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The 13th International Festival of Electroacoustic Music ‘Primavera de la Habana’ (Havana’s Spring) will take place in the Cuban capital on March 15-21.

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Relatives of Canadian Terry Fox will visit Cuba for the first time to participate at the XII Marathon that bears his name to be held next March 20 all over the country.

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The 11th edition of the Santiago Alvarez in memoriam International Documentary Festival was inaugurated in this city, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Cuba’s Film Library and of the Latin American Newsreel of the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC), declared as Memory of the World by UNESCO.

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The Ecuador national boxing squad faces on Tuesday and Wednesday the main Cuban boxers, both in the senior and junior categories at the Havana city’s Rafael Trejo gym.

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