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Canada, guest country of honor at Havana Book Fair 2017

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Canada has been chosen as guest country of honor at the Havana International Book Fair 2017, announced organizers on October 27, via the event Facebook page. Fifty years of the Canadian Confederation will also be celebrated during the fair.

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Fidel holds friendly encounter with President of Portugal

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Fidel and the Portuguese President discussed various topics on the international agenda, as well as the ties of friendship which unite the two countries: the backdrop against which the European leader’s visit to Cuba is taking place.

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Raúl receives the President of the Portuguese Republic

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On the afternoon of October 26, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, received His Excellency Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Republic of Portugal, on an official visit to Cuba.

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The world against the blockade

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The United Nations General Assembly voted today, October 26, to approve the Cuban resolution expressing the need to put an end to the over 50-year economic commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on the island.

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José Manuel Fors awarded 2016 National Prize for Visual Arts

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Havana-born artist José Manuel Fors (1956) received the 2016 National Visual Arts Prize in recognition of his successful career and experimental work with photography and installations.

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President of Portugal begins state visit to Cuba

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“This visit is proof of the strengthening of political, economic, and cultural relations between Cuba and Portugal,” stated President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, on arrival in Havana, October 25, where he was received by Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations, Rogelio Sierra.

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General Assembly session to vote on U.S. blockade of Cuba begins

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First to speak was the representative of African nations who reaffirmed their support to the Cuban resolution calling for an end to the hostile U.S. policy. He was followed by a speaker from Thailand, representing the Group of 77 +China, who expressed concern given the accumulated damage to the Cuban people caused by the blockade over many years, adding that President Obama could do more.

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Cuban science: A sword and shield against the blockade

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The Cuban scientific community demanded an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on the island – as well as destabilizing and interventionist actions – as vital to advancing toward full normalization of relations in conditions of absolute equality between the two nations.

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Neighborhood debates kick off in Guantánamo

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Committees for the Defense of the Revolution in this heroic town, which borders the illegal U.S. Naval Base in Guan­tánamo, inaugurated activities aimed at discussing and strengthening values (especially anti-imperialism), which will continue across the country through March 2017.

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President of the Republic of Portugal to visit Cuba

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The President of the Republic of Portugal, His Excellency Marcelo Re­belo de Sousa, will arrive to Cuba today, October 25, on an official visit to the island.