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Raul Castro Congratulates New Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe

Havana, May 17 (RHC) -- Cuban President Raul Castro has congratulated the new Prime Minister of Haiti, Laurent Lamothe, over the ratification of his newly appointed cabinet by the country’s parliament.

Cuban Economists to Adapt Socio-Economic Guidelines to Each Work Place

Santi Spiritus, May 17 (RHC) -- Roberto Verrier, the president of the Cuban Association of Economists and Accountants (ANEC), said that the organization is debating the adaptation of the Social and Economic Guidelines approved at the 6th Communist Party Congress to each work place.

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Sports

Matanzas and Ciego de Avila Won in Baseball Post Season

Matanzas surpassed 4-2 against Industriales this Sunday while Ciego de Avila thrashed Granma 13-2.

Ivanchuk Strokes the Capablanca in Memoriam Crown

The Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk signed tables on Sunday with Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi and reached 7 points of 9 possible, and is about to get his 6^th of these traditional Capablanca in Memoriam Chess Tournament crowns, based in Havana.

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Exclusives

Jahcoozi to make Havana stage debut (interview)

RHC recently had the opportunity to interview the members of Berliner electro pop trio Jahcoozi, who are to perform an outdoor concert at one of the most hip and happening places in Havana, the Jardines de la Tropical. The multicultural gang made up of London-born, Sri Lankan songwriter and front woman Sasha Perera and two multi-instrumen...

Speech of FEU´s president Maidel Gómez Lago

Speaking at the Ceremonial Parade by the 50th anniversary of the victory of Playa Girón, Maidel Gómez Lago, president of the Federation of University Students of Cuba, FEU, said that today Cuban people can count on and appreciate its history.

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World

Spain Officially Enters Recession for Second Time in Two Years

Madrid, May 17 (RHC)-- The Spanish economy officially entered recession in the first quarter of 2012, registering a decline of 0.3 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP), according to the National Statistics Institute (INE).

Participation of DEA in Military Operation in Honduras is Denounced

Tegucigalpa, May 17 (RHC) -- Social organizations in Honduras denounced the participation of agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in a military operation that killed four people and wounded four others in the eastern part of the Central American country.

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Culture

Havana Historian at the United Nations headquarters in New York

Havana Historian, Eusebio Leal Spengler, is in New York, briefing the UN Board of Directors on restoration and social work underway in Old Havana, the Cuban capital’s old historic section.

Community Contemporary Arts Museum opens in Havana

Artists from Germany, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, France, Switzerland and the United States inaugurated MAC/SAN, an open contemporary arts museum at the Havana neighborhood of San Agustín.

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Opinion

Five Facts That Put America to Shame

In this sensational Op-ed, Paul Buchheit explains why the United States, in spite of being the most developed and wealthy nation in the world, has some of the lowest indicators of social development and welfare among developed nations.

Cuba To Continue Working for Non-Aligned Movement Unity

The complex challenges imposed by the current international situation becomes even more essential for the unity of the Non-Aligned Movement, an objective that Cuba has always supported, the only founding Latin American member nation of that forum.

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More News and Reviews of Interest

Science and TechnologyTurtle Festival in Western Cuba

Experts and residents in the Western province of Pinar del Rio are preparing for the first festival in Cuba dedicated to turtles, to be held on May 11th and 12th at the site of the turtles spawning ...

TourismTourism Record in High Season in Cuba

Havana, May 9 (RHC)The presence of more than 1 million 730 thousand travellers to Cuba between December and April represents a record of foreign visitors in a season of high reception of tourists. ...

EconomyInternational Construction Fair opens in Havana

The International Construction Fair, Fecons 2012 opened Tuesday at the capital’s PABEXPO showground in Havana, with the participation of more than 195 exhibitors from 26 countries.

HealthMany U.S. young adults at risk of skin cancer

Despite warnings about the dangers of excess sun exposure, many U.S.young adults still get sunburned or use indoor tanning beds, which are increasing their risk for developing skin cancer, accordin ...