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Gino Donè: Italian revolutionary

timesonline.co.uk     15-Jul-2008          

Italian Gino Donè was the only European among the 82 men who sailed from Mexico to Cuba with Fidel Castro in 1956, on board the motorised yacht Granma, to launch the Cuban revolution. On landing, he found himself looking after...                    

Cuba Extending Mobile Phone Coverage to Guantanamo Bay

cellular-news.com     30-Jun-2008   1 related          

Cuba's Telecommunications Company (ETECSA) has announced that it is to expand its cellphone coverage in a road linking several eastern provinces. The Cuban News Agency (ACN) reported that the company will start to provide...                    

Diligent labor will net Cubans an increase in pay

chron.com     15-Jun-2008   10 related          

In what some experts call Raul Castro's boldest break yet from socialism, Cuban state companies have until August to overhaul their salary structures to pay hard workers more than slackers, the government newspaper reported...                    

Cuba reforms wage laws to pay workers based on amount done

mensnewsdaily.com     13-Jun-2008   61 related          

Cuba has reformed its wage system to pay workers on the basis of productivity. The communist state had previously paid all workers the same, and has done since the 1959 revolution. The move, announced by Vice-Minister for...                    

A trip to the O.R.

killkasstro.blogspot.com     13-Jun-2008   1 related          

We just received confirmation that Castro underwent an urgent surgical procedure and that the suegeons prognosis is very reserved. There will be a slew of "reflexiones" published on the Granma to mask his absence. He was...                    

6/11/08: Cuban youth demand freedom for the Cuban Five (Part II) (Eng./Esp.)

freethefive.org     11-Jun-2008   4 related          

, imprisoned in the United States, and demanded their immediate release. Antonio Guerrero Cabrera, son of one of the Cuban Five, described the judicial process as hypocritical and manipulative and reiterated that this is a...                    

Campismo Popular - Camping in Cuba

havanajournal.com     23-May-2008          

BY LILLIAM RIERA | Granma International staff writer Every year more than two million Cubans and 15,000 foreign visitors enjoy this healthy tourist option called Campismo Popular ( the national vacation resort system). The organization is celebrating the 27th anniversary of its foundation by...                    

Cuba's organic revolution

mathaba.net     08-Apr-2008   2 related          

Organoponico plaza, Havana, Cuba more... | PDA ... Organoponico plaza, Havana, Cuba by Ed Ewing (The Guardian) Below the high ceilings of the Telegraph hotel in Bayamo, south-east Cuba, the barman is mixing a perfect mojito. But with Fidel Castro's resignation last month,...                    

Environment: Cuba's Organic Revolution

freeinternetpress.com     05-Apr-2008   1 related          

The collapse of the Soviet Union forced Cuba to become self-reliant in its agricultural production. The country's innovative solution was urban organic farming, the creation of "organonponicos". But will it survive a change of government? Below the high ceilings of the Telegraph hotel in Bayamo,...                    

Cuban Revolutionary Collado Abreu Dies

wtop.com     03-Apr-2008   257 related          

HAVANA (AP) - Norberto Collado Abreu, the helmsman of the Granma yacht that carried Fidel Castro from Mexico to Cuba to launch his revolution in 1956, has died in Havana. The Cuban News Agency says he died Wednesday, but did not give his age or the cause of death. The...                    

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