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Sancti Spiritus Botanic Garden has been included in a local development project intended to attract the attention of Cuban and foreign visitors.»

The prime ministers of Jamaica, Portia Simpson Miller, and Antigua and Barbuda, Winston Baldwin Spencer, sent messages of congratulations to Cuban President Raul Castro, on the occasion of the 54th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution.»

Sancti Spiritus’s Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center (CIGB, in Spanish) produced half a million pregnancy test strips this year.»

The prime ministers of Jamaica, Portia Simpson, and of Antigua and Barbuda, Winston Baldwin sent Cuban President Raul Castro messages of congratulations on the occasion of the 54th  anniversary of the Revolution.»

The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, “experienced a slight improvement in his condition, with a progressive trend,” said today the Minister for Communication and Information, Ernesto Villegas.»

The Cuban National Assembly of People’s Power (Parliament) agreed today to send a message of solidarity to the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, who is recovering from surgery.»

Cuban Minister of Informatics and Communications, Maimir Mesa, said today to the Parliament that studies and projects to enhance the social use of the Internet and reduce costs in the mobile phone service are in progress.»

The visit, over the past few hours, by Ecuador’s Rafael Correa to Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez in Havana made headlines in the Ecuadorian media. Chavez is in high spirit, Correa said.»

Sancti Spiritus residents marched this Friday to honor local fallen internationalists on occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the so-called Tribute Operation.»

Tripadvisor website, considered the largest traveller community of the world, ranks Cuban Iberostar Grand Hotel Trinidad as the best among other 287 Cuban resorts.»