HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 24 (acn)
SANTA CLARA, Cuba , June 17 (acn) The World Day against Desertification and Drought was celebrated today in central Villa Clara province with a wider use of organic fertilizers and the preservation of 9,600 hectares of soil.
HAVANA, Cuba, June 17 (acn) An expert with the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and Drought (UNCCD) today described Cuba's experiences in this field as valuable.
Summer at Capital Culture Gallery, 3 Bedfordbury, Covent Garden London WC2
There is currently a mixture of work by photographers James Sparshatt, Ilona Karwinska, John Kenny and Ernesto Fernandez hanging.
James Sparshatt
HAVANA, Cuba, June 12 (acn) Running in his third race of the season, Cuban Dayron Robles set a World record in the 110m Hurdles, clocking 12.87 at the Golden Spike Grand Prix, IAAF World Athletics Tour, in Ostrava, as the official website of the event reported (www.iaaf.org).
Blazing from the start, the 21-year-old runner had forged a commanding lead by the fourth hurdle and never relented. His performance knocked 0.01 seconds from the previous record of 12.88 set by Liu Xiang on 11 July 2007 in Lausanne.
HAVANA, Cuba, June 5 (acn) Cuban writer Senel Paz received the Literary Creation Award on Wednesday during a ceremony that took place in Lisbon, the Portuguese capital, with the presence of Literature Nobel Prize laureate Jose Saramago.
Writer, broadcaster and national treasure Monty Don was in revolutionary mood as he made his first public appearance since a stroke led to his retiring as presenter of Gardeners' World.
Of his health, Don said: "I'm fine. I'm recovering well. I can't do regular TV – you know what it's like, 12 hour days – so I am happy to have that burden taken from me at the moment." He stepped down from the BBC television programme six weeks ago.
The premier event for the Cuban recording industry, the Cubadisco 2008 Awards were held May 17-25 at Karl Marx Theater, Havana. Many artists were awarded in different categories, among them Cuban saxophonist César López who was awarded in the category of Instrumental Music with the CD Clásicos de Cuba (Bismusic); Ulises Hernández won the Cubadisco 2008 Grand Prize with the CD Mozart en La Habana; the CD Revoluxion, by X Alfonso, was awarded the Fusion Prize; DVD Secretos Cantados, by Liuba María Hevia (Bismusic), won in the Children´s Music category; Haila María Mompié was awarded the Dance Pop Prize with the CD Tal como soy (Bismusic); Elito Revé y su Charangón won the Popular Dance Music Prize with the CD Fresquecito.com; the CD ORU Ritual y Fiesta de lo cubano by Sergio Vitier y Rogelio Martínez Furé (Colibrí) won the Folk music prize; Special Awards were made to the CDs Noel Nicola -37 canciones compiled by Silvio Rodríguez & Ana Lourdes Martínez (Ojala) and Colección Original de Cuba: Benny Moré. El bárbaro del ritmo compiled by Jorge Rodríguez (Egrem).
HAVANA, Cuba, May 13 (acn) The Spanish news daily ‘Publico' revealed on Monday that the US Government has just shut down several websites, operating from Spain and owned by a British citizen, that promote Cuba as a tourist destinantion for Europeans.
HAVANA, Cuba, May 13 (acn) The "longest Rumba in the World", cultural event touring Cuban provinces since it departed from eastern Holguin city on May 3, arrives today in Matanzas, home of the rhythm for over two decades.
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