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RELIGION-CUBA: Saint Worshipers Predict a Bad Year
Cubans are facing a "rough year ahead" if the predictions of the babalawos, religious leaders of an afrocuban cult known as 'Santeria,' come true.RELIGION-CUBA: Merchandising The Pope’s Visit to Cuba
The hoopla over the visit here by Pope John Paul II next month has moved into top gear with posters, postcards and other souvenir merchandise appearing throughout Cuba.RELIGION: Mechandising Pope’s Visit to Cuba
The hoopla over the visit here by Pope John Paul II next month has moved into top gear with posters, postcards and other souvenir merchandise appearing throughout Cuba.RELIGION-CUBA: Pope’s Visit Could Bring In 20 Million Dollars
Pope John Paul II's January visit could bring Cuba some 20 million dollars in revenues.CUBA: Exiles Come Home for Christmas in Droves
Some 15,000 people born in Cuba and living in the United States will be visiting the island for Christmas or the new year.CINEMA: Film Festival Brings Cheer to Cuba
Cubans put aside their day-to-day economic concerns this week to flock to cinemas in the capital and around the country to see about 300 works shown at the 19th Festival of New Latin American Film.CINEMA: Film Festival Brings Cheer to Cuba
Cubans put aside their day-to-day economic concerns this week to flock to cinemas in the capital and around the country to see about 300 works shown at the 19th Festival of New Latin American Film.RELIGION-CUBA: Pope’s Visit Could Bring 20 Million Dollars
Pope John Paul II's January visit could bring Cuba some 20 million dollars in revenues.CUBA-UNITED STATES: Guantanamo to Give Up Emigrant Interception
Illegal entry to the US Guantanamo Naval Base on the south eastern coast of Cuba, will no longer serve as a reason, advantage or benefit in obtaining a US entry visa.LITERATURE: Veteran Cuban Poet Takes Top Prize
Carilda Oliver Labra, the 73-year-old poet who proclaims at the top of her voice to have been "messed up" by love, has become the second woman to win Cuba's National Literature Prize.MIGRATION-CUBA: Havana and Washington Start Eighth Round of Talks
Representatives of the Cuban and U.S. governments met Tuesday in Havana to start the eighth round of talks on migration issues since the 1994 "rafters crisis".DEVELOPMENT: Cuban Sugar Harvest Underway Early
Cuban farmers are already bringing in this year's sugar crop, in an efort to offset the affects of weather blamed on the "el Nino" phenomenon.RELIGION-CUBA: Family, Values And The Pope
Pope John Paul II's message to the Cuban family in 1998 will have to start with tolerance if he hopes to win the hearts of even the most committed Catholics in a country where some values are more liberal than the Vatican allows.HEALTH-CUBA: Gov’t Downplays Importance of US Humanitarian Aid
The scarce humanitarian aid provided by the United States cannot hide the economic embargo's effects on Cuba's health system, said government officials, who refuted Washington's claims that it was the "biggest source" of such aid.RELIGION-CUBA: Family, Values and the Pope
Pope John Paul II's message to the Cuban family in 1998 will have to start with tolerance if he hopes to win the hearts of even the most committed Catholics in a country where some values are more liberal than the Vatican allows.DEVELOPMENT-CUBA: Economy Up Depite Falling GDP
Official forecasts expect 2.5 percent economic growth in Cuba this year, despite a disheartening drop in Gross Domestic Produc (GDP) threatening a backslide on the path out of seven years of crisis.CUBA: Economy Up Despite Falling GDP
Official forecasts expect 2.5 percent economic growth in Cuba this year, despite a disheartening drop in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) threatening a backslide on the path out of seven years of crisis.POLITICS-LATAM: Parlatino Condemns US Graham Amendment
The Graham Amendment, which describes Cuba as a threat to U.S. security, has become a new source of concern in Latin America, according to the Parlatino's Political Affairs Commission.CUBA-US: Graham Amendment Heightens Tension
A bill in the US Congress awaiting the signature of President Bill Clinton will add a new military element to the already tense relations between Havana and Washington.CUBA: Erosion Threatens Cuba’s Beaches
Sand erosion is threatening many of Cuba's fabled beaches that stretch along the shoreline less than a 30 minutes drive from the centre of the capital.CUBA-US: Trial of U.S. Citizen Heightens Tension
The Cuban office of the public prosecutor's request for 20 years in prison for a U.S. citizen accused of planning an attempt on the life of President Fidel Castro has heightened tensions between the Caribbean island nation and the United States.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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