Güines Today

This section includes news and pictures from Cuba, received from different sources, showing the country’s situation in general and that of Güines in particular at the present time. This section is updated as we receive new reports. Please, send us your comments and contributions to this section.

2010
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2009
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June 3  Around 100 Persons Hospitalized in the City of Güines Due to Food Poisoning
2008
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2007
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December 10 Military and Police Deployment to Prevent Massive Exodus
November Betania: An Island and a Poet
July From Splendor to Nostalgia
2006
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July 12 Notes About Our Heritage...
2005
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March 16 Infrahuman Conditions are Reported in Güines Jail
2004
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September 9 Union Man in Jail without Medical Attention
August Do Not Die in Güines
June 1 Homemade Motorcycle is Seized from a Pentecostal Pastor
April 30 Means of Fishing are Confiscated to Residents of a Havana Beach
February 3 Pastoral Work in Jails is Started in Güines
2003
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October 25 Visit to Miguel Galbán Not Allowed
October 24 Conscience Prisoners Send Request to the “Ibero-American Summit”
October 24 Health Situation of Miguel Galbán Worsens
August 24 Not Even Bums Are Safe in Güines
April 14 Miguel Galbán Gutiérrez, Güinero Hero and Patriot
March 11 Freed Dissident Is Welcomed by Güineros
March 11 New Opposition Publication in Circulation
March 10 Dissidents Arrested with Biscet Are Freed
March 10 Rosario Beach, Cinderella of Güines
March 9 Silence in Parish about Cardinal’s Pastoral Letter
March 4 Call to Civil Disobedience in Güines
March 1st Opponents Send Help to Political Prisoner
February 19 Smuggler’s Nest Is Dismantled in Güines
February 17 Game Fights in Güines: Cocks, Dogs and Cuban Finches
February 12 Alarm in Güines over Hepatitis Surge
February 6 Prisoner Is Threatened
February 3 Young People Charged with Drug Use in Güines Discotheque
January 20 Cruel Treatment Revealed at Andrés Voisin Jail
January 17 Another Factory Is Closed in Güines
2002
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December 24 Dissidents Who Purchase Toys Are Threatened
December Crisis in Güines Urban Transportation System
December 18 Neighbors of San Nicolás de Bari Show their Apathy for Elections
December 12 Sale of Funeral Wreaths Is Suspended Due to Government’s Tribute
December 11 Firemen’s Negligence Contribute to the Spread of a Fire
December Santa Bárbara Festivities in Güines
December 9 Independent Journalist Attacked after Being Threatened by Political Police
December 4 Two More Suicides Raise the Total to 62 for the Year
December 4 Chase of Illegal Cattle Butchers Ends in a Shootout
December Cafunga, that Mixed Coffee
November 8 Thefts and Lack of Maintenance in Güines Cemetery
November 5 New Cases of Dengue Are Detected in Güines
2001
July 30 Güines, My Little Venice

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