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Old Havana strengthening links with the world

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Tourism company Habaguanex S.A of the Havana City Historian’s Office ends 2015 with a positive economic outlook, while aiming for greater specialization of its products next year, Luis Enrique Sotolongo Otero, president of the entity, told the press.

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January 1 gala dedicated to the triumph of the Revolution in Havana’s newly renovated Alicia Alonso Gran Teatro

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Havana’s Alicia Alonso Gran Teatro will open its doors January 1, 2016, after a three-year renovation, with the customary gala dedicated to the triumph of the Revolution. Included will be a performance entitled Tríptico Clásico by the Cuban National Ballet, in Federico García Lorca Hall, accompanied by the theater’s orchestra conducted by Giovanny Duarte.

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A cannon salute for the Revolution and victory

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In a salute to the 57th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, 21 rounds of artillery were fired from the San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress in Havana, to honor the homeland’s martyrs, our courageous people and the revolutionary victory. The firing of a battery of six 122 millimeter shells M-30, by 30 cadets from the Revolutionary Armed Forces’ General Antonio Maceo School resounded in the night air to welcome a new year of challenges.

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Machado Ventura visits agricultural and sugar entities in Mayabeque

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José Ramón Machado Ventura, second secretary of the Party Central Committee and a vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers, visited three sugar mills in the province of Mayabeque, together with agricultural producers dedicated to cultivating potatoes in the municipalities of Güines, Melena del Sur, Batabanó and Quivicán, this Wednesday, December 30.

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Cuba will not renounce the principles and ideals for which generations of Cubans have fought

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The history of our Revolution is full of glorious chapters in the face of challenges, risks and threats, the President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, stated during his speech closing the Sixth Ordinary Session of the Eighth Legislature of the National Assembly of People’s Power, December 29.

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Speech delivered by Army General Raúl Castro in de Six session of de National Assembly

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A year of intensive work and positive results for our country is about to end. We have been quite busy during the last few days: The Council of Ministers met on the eighteenth to discuss, among other issues broadly covered by the media, the performance of the national economy this year as well as the economic plan and budget proposed for the year 2016, which were approved today by this Assembly.

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Cuban social programs will continue to benefit of collaboration

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Cuba will continue making possible the cooperation of international organizations and foreign governments towards priority sectors of the country such as food, energy, hydraulics, sanitation, public health and education.

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Raúl congratulates ICAP

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Esteemed workers of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples:

55 years have passed since the Co­mandante en Jefe created ICAP, under the premise that offering solidarity would always be a essential component of the Revolution.

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ICAP: The continuation of a dream

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The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) celebrated its 55th anniversary with a cultural-political act presided by member of the Party Political Bureau and Minister of Foreign Relations, Bruno Ro­drí­guez Parrilla; José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera, member of the Central Committee Secretariat and head of its International Relations Department, while the Five Heroes of the Republic of Cuba were also in attendance.

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Statement by the President of the Councils of State and Ministers Army General Raúl Castro Ruz

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Declaration by Army General Raúl Castro on the occasion of the first anniversary of the announcements made on December 17, 2014, regarding the decision to reestablish diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States: One year has gone by since the simultaneous announcements made on December 17, 2014, by the presidents of Cuba and the United States to re-establish diplomatic relations between both countries and work to improve our relations.