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• Cuba and Dominican Republic strengthen commercial bonds.
  February 8, 2012. HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- New business opportunities to boost a
  greater commercial flow between Cuba and the Dominican Republic were analyzed on
   Monday in Havana by a group of entrepreneurs from the two nations.......
  source: Caribbean News Now

• Cuba eyes tourism investments, including from US
  

May 6, 2010 -  Cuba approved a new property law aimed at attracting foreign investment in tourism projects like marinas and golf courses, including from the United States if Washington reverses its embargo on the island.
Source: Caribbean Net News

• Cuba not afraid to talk with US says Fidel Castro

Tuesday, April 7, 2009
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro said the communist nation was not afraid of dialogue with the United States and did not want to extend the five decades of confrontation with its powerful neighbour

• Reflections by Comrade Fidel: A SIGNIFICANT MEETING. Fidel Castro Ruz

After the end of the conference on Globalization and Development attended in Havana by more than 1500 economists, prominent scientific personalities and representatives of international agencies, I received a letter and a document from Atilio Boron, a PhD in Political Sciences, Professor of Political and Social Theory, Director of the Latin American Distance Education Program in Social Sciences, along with other important scientific and political responsibilities.

• International Computer Sciences Convention Inaugurated in Havana

HAVANA , Cuba, Feb 10 (acn) "'Informatica 2009' is a reality," said Cuban Deputy Minister of Computer Sciences and Communications Jorge Luis Perdomo during the inauguration of this international computer sciences convention that began on Monday in Havana, under the slogan of Development and Sovereignty.

• Cuba's Scrap Metal Recycling Meant Over 100 Mill Savings.

HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 10 (can) Cuba saved at least US $95 million during 2008, thanks to the recycling of scrap metals done by Cuban factories as a contribution to the iron and steel industry.  

• Cuban biotechnology products in 58 countries of the world. February 10, 2009

OLGUIN, Cuba (ACN): Cuban biotechnology has taken its scientific results to some 58 countries of the world, said the director of the Molecular Immunology Center, Doctor Agustin Lage in a key lecture in this eastern province.

• Cuba urged at UN to release political prisoners  Friday, February 6, 2009

GENEVA, Switzerland : Cuba was challenged on Thursday by Western countries to release its political prisoners and allow full freedom of expression, but allies including Russia and China closed ranks with the Communist country

• Raul Castro addresses opening session of Cuba-CARICOM Summit. Tuesday, December 9, 2008

CARICOM Heads of Government and delegates arrived in Cuba for the Third Cuba-CARICOM Summit, which opened in Santiago de Cuba on Monday.