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Eduardo Galeano Opens 2012 Casa de las Americas Literary Awards Festival

This year’s jury is made up of 22 writers who will be taking part in round tables and panels, as well as evaluating some 400 original literary works, with the largest share coming from Argentina, Brazil and Colombia

Brazilian Foreign Minister to Tour Port of Mariel

Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota will tour the expansion works of port of Mariel on Tuesday before concluding his official visit to Cuba, which was also in preparation of the upcoming visit of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff

Suicide Bomber Kills Iraqi Shia Pilgrims

At least 61 people were killed and another 139 injured in a suicide attack in Bassra on Saturday

Otto Perez Molina Sworn In as Guatemalan President

Otto Perez Molina was sworn in on Saturday as the new president of Guatemala for a period of four years (2012-2016) before nine heads of state and representatives of some 98 international delegations

Cuban Molecular Immunology Center Increased Business in 2011

According to CIM directors, last year close to 20 countries with commercial ties to CIM increased their purchases of bio-pharmaceuticals, while the number of clinical trials abroad of Cuban vaccines also increased

Nuclear Accusation against Iran is political, denounces Ahmadinejad

Iranian President returned home after a tour that took him to Ecuador Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba

Antonio Guerrero moved to Oklahoma prison

Maria Eugenia (Maruchi), sister of Antonio Guerrero, one of the Five, sent a message to everyone in the world who has been sympathetic to this cause

Baseball should be in the Olympic program

Ricardo Fraccari, president of the International Federation of the sport, explained his organization’s projections for the future at a press conference in Havana

Eduardo Galeano to Present Latest Book in Cuba

As part of the events organized in the context of the 2012 Casa de las Americas Award, Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galiano will present his latest book Espejos. Una historia casi universal on January 17, at 4:00 pm

US Prison in Guantánamo: A Violation of Human Rights

Cuban Lisandra Guerra Wins Gold Medal in World Cycling Cup

Cuban Lisandra Guerra won the gold medal in the women’s 500m Time Trial event of the third stage of the World Track Cycling Cup that is taking place in Beijing, China

Cuban President Bids Farewell to Iranian President

Cuban President Raul Castro bid farewell to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on January 12 at the Jose Marti International Airport. Minutes before departing from Havana to Ecuador, the Iranian president said he was deeply grateful for having been able to once again visit with his Cuban friends

Ciro Silvino Licea Reappears in Cuban Baseball National Series

In the current Cuban baseball season, the seven baseball teams that won their matches on Wednesday, repeated yesterday. The experienced pitcher from the eastern province of Granma, Ciro Silvino Licea, was brought in from the minor league without previous notification

Cuban Womens U-20 Soccer Team in World Cup Qualifier

The World Cup qualifiers will be held in Panama this coming March where both the Cuban and the host’s team will compete against the United Status, Mexico, Canada and Guatemala

World Peace Hanging by a Thread

The leader of the Cuban Revolution says the Iranian President noted calm, quiet and indifferent to threats Yankees, confident in the ability of its people to face any aggression. Fidel said: "I am confident that, by Iran, thoughtless actions should not be expected to contribute to the outbreak of war"

Cuba Pays Honor to the Victims of Terrorism

Two decades after the murder of four young Cuban members of the Ministry of the Interior Rolando Pérez Quintosa,Yuri Gómez Reinoso, Orosmán Dueñas Valero and Rafael Guevara Borges at the nautical base of Tarará, the Cuban people remembered that painful date.

Venezuela and Iran Fighting Against Poverty

Presidents of Iran and Venezuela, Mahmud Ahmadineyad and Hugo Chávez Frías, expressed their satisfaction for the growing cooperation and development of the strategic relations between both countries through a Joint Declaration on the occasion of the official visit of the Iranian President to this Latin American nation

Las Parrandas de Remedio: A Legendary Tradition

Baptized as the Eighth Town of Cuba, founded in the 16th century, San Juan de los Remedios keeps up one of the oldest traditions of massive participation across the island: the Parrandas de Remedios (Remedios’ Popular Parties)

Anti-torture Activists Call for Guantanamo Closure

Members of the Witnesses against Torture group, dressed in orange prisoner uniforms, demonstrated on Monday outside the White House to demand the closure of the illegal Guantanamo detention facility, marking the tenth anniversary of its opening by the US government, AFP reported.

Guantánamo: Ten Years Too Many

The Harrowing Reality of Afghan Women

Harvest Begins in Revitalized Sugar Industry

Cuban Vice President Jose Ramon Machado reviewed responses to the challenges facing the sugar industry in Santiago de Cuba

Film on Terrorist Luis Posada Carriles to Open in Venezuela

This March the Venezuelan Villa del Cine Foundation will premiere the film Alias Bambi C-4, a fictional movie based on the terrorist activities carried out in Latin America by notorious US-protected terrorist Luis Posada Carriles

Young Cubans Demand Freedom for the Five

The president of the Havana chapter of the José Marti Youth Organization, Yusuam Palacios, said: “The José Marti Youth Organization raises its voice to demand that the US government immediately release the Cuban Five

Leinier Dominguez Loses at Semifinal of San Sebastian Chess Festival

Cuban Grand Master (GM) Leinier Domínguez (Elo 2730) lost to Ukrainian Andrei Volokitin (Elo 2695) on Wednesday at the semifinals of the San Sebastian Chess Festival, in Spain

Revolutionary Torch Carried By a New Generation

On January 2, 1959 a bearded Fidel Castro and his rebel army set off for Havana after having won a genuine national independence and the hearts of the people. The excitement experienced more than 50 years ago was revived here on January 1 when a select group of 53 pioneers and 70 youths re-enacted the departure of the “Convoy of Liberty.”

Madrid Wakes Up to Move Closer to Quarterfinals

Real Madrid came from behind to beat Malaga 3-2 on Tuesday, and took a big step towards the quarterfinals of the Spanish league

Peruvian and Iranian Presidents to Visit Venezuela this Weekend

The traditionally large number of visits of heads of states to Venezuela as a demonstration of the international prestige and importance of the Bolivarian Revolution begins early in the new year with the arrival in Caracas of the presidents of Peru and Iran

Where is the World Heading?

The New Year has arrived in a world shaken by crisis and wars and the protest of people outraged by the injustice and irresponsibility of those who seek control and gains by putting at risk the lives of the rest of the world

New Cuban Documentary on 1968 Film

Young Cuban Filmaker Marian García Alan spoke with Juventud Rebelde about her first documentary, La novia de Akira, which tells the story of the first and only Cuban film made with the collaboration of a Japanese director

Cuba Celebrates 50 Years of Special Education Program

Cuban pioneers celebrated the 50th anniversary of the nation’s Special Education Program with a night of poetry, dance and song at the 23 y 12 Theater in Havana. During the celebration a special recognition was awarded to Armando Hart, the current director of the José Marti Center, who as Minister of Education created the Department of Special Education in 1962

The Eyes of January

Cuban Five Send Message of Hope for 2012

New Year’s messages from the Cuban Five: Fernando González Llort, Ramón Labañino Salazar, Antonio Guerrero Rodríguez, René González Sehwerert and Gerardo Hernández Nordelo

New Arab League Observers to Syria

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak once again levied threats against the Bashar al-Assad government saying on Monday that he only had a few weeks left in power. Meanwhile observers from the Arab League are in several Syrian cities to supposedly find a solution to the rising tensions, although some experts believe that their real objective is to damage the image of the country

Chess in the New Year

Cuban chess Grand Master Leinier Domínguez begins the quarterfinals of the San Sebastian Chess Festival against Peruvian GM Julio Granda (Elo 2640); a well-known rival

China and Cuba Set Out Economic Agenda for 2012-2016

China and Cuba agreed on Tuesday to work on developing a medium-term bilateral economic agenda. The agreement demonstrates the strategic nature of the relationship shared between the two countries as was confirmed in Cuba with the work of the 24th session of the intergovernmental Commission

Cuba Celebrates Anniversary of First Official Baseball Game

The 137th anniversary of the first officialy documented baseball game in Cuba was celebrated in the Palmar de Junco Stadium in the province of Matanzas with the unveiling of a plaque marking the historic event of December 27, 1874

Cuba Names Top Athletes for 2011

The best Cuban athletes for 2011 were announced at a press conference in Havana held on Monday. Boxer Julio César la Cruz won as the top male athlete for 2011 while discus athlete Yarelis Barrios won in the women’s category

Cuba Producing 98% of its Veterinary Medicines

The LABIOFAM Cuban Pharmaceutical Laboratories is currently providing 98% of the national consumption of veterinary medicines, said LABIOFAM General Director José Antonio Fraga Castro

Havana Jazz Fest 2011: Perfect Mixture of Classical and Jazz

The recently concluded 27th Havana International Jazz Festival highlighted the close ties shared by jazz and classical music

Cuban President Address to the National Assembly

Cuban President Raul Castro’s address to the Cuban National Assembly

Unprecedented attacks in downtown Damascus

The attacks were directed against the State Security Directorate, headquartered in the Kafur Suse area, and against the Damascus regional office of the Military Investigation Police, just a kilometer and a half from the first and close to the Central Customs Office

Cuban Minister of the Economy and Planning Presents 2011 Economic Performance Report

Cuban Minister of the Economy and Planning Adel Yzquierdo Rodríguez report on the 2011 Economic Performance Report and 2012 Economic & Social Plan

Special Education: A Human Task

Special Education continues to grow in order to cover all the educational needs in Cuba fifty years after its implementation.

Portuguese Intellectuals Ask Obama to Send The Five to Cuba

Nearly one hundred and fifty Portuguese intellectuals demanded justice to be done in the case of the five Cuban antiterrorists unfairly condemned in that northern country, in a message sent to US President Barack Obama

Cuban Experts Call for Greater Integration of Environmental Programs

Specialists of the Parliamentarian commission on Energy and Environment agreed on the need for programs fighting climate change to be better interconnected both at a national and regional level

MERCOSUR Summit Underway in Uruguay

The regional bloc signs Free Trade Agreement with Palestine

Cuba Boosts Use of Sugarcane Biomass to Generate Electricity

Members of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament) discussed on Wednesday the potential of sugar mills in the Caribbean nation to generate electricity using industrial biomass, a natural material obtained during the cane sugar production process

Cuba: Number of Self-Employed Workers Exceed 357,000

Cuba’s Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security Jose Barreiro Alonso announced on Wednesday that the number of self-employed workers in the Caribbean nation now exceed 357,600, which represents a significant increase compared to last year

Cuban Duo to Golden Circus Festival

The Cuban girls Hill perform the hair hanging act in the 18th Golden Circus Festival which Hill take place from Friday until the 8th of January in the Italian capital. José Manuel Cordero