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	Las Tunas Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Las Tunas is one of the provinces of Cuba.
		Cattle are also grazed in the province, which was, until the 1975, part of the Oriente province that was carved up into numerous smaller provinces by Fidel Castro's Marxist government.
		Victoria de Las Tunas was just a small market town until that year, and a large development program was started to modernise the town and connect it by road to Havana.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Las_Tunas_Province (186 words)

	Las Tunas: A Destination in Cuba's Leisure Industry - Havana Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The development of tourism in that eastern province is taking place after several centuries during which the region's economic activity had focused on sugar production and cattle raising, in addition to recent steps in the iron and steel industry with the construction of one of the country's most modern plants.
		The province is rich in cultural and historic values, especially those related to Cuba's wars of independence in the 19th century, including Fuerte de la Loma (Hill's Fort), built by the Spanish Crown to defend its territory from Cubans' attacks.
		Efforts are aimed at filling the gap between Las Tunas and other provinces in the field of tourism, based on the natural potential of the territory, which covers an area of 6,584 square kilometers (2,542 square miles).
	havanajournal.com /travel_comments/A707_0_6_0_C (483 words)

	Las Tunas's turistic maps and information
		Las Tunas is located in the western end of the Eastern region of the island thus is known him as "Balcón del oriente cubano (Balcony of the Cuban east".
		Probably is gotten depressed provinces of Cuba, because more of the 50 percent of the population lives and works on the field.
		The province of Las Tunas gives the first steps in the tourism field after several centuries of attention centered in the culture of the sugar cane and the cattle ranch.
	www.rentaencuba.com /en/mapas_las_tunas.htm (332 words)

	The Militant - May 7, 2001 -- Unionists in Cuba discuss how to tackle social needs
		LAS TUNAS, Cuba--"We should be moving into our new home by the beginning of May," said Yunior, one of 169 workers at La Pedrera sugarcane cooperative in the small town of Puerto Padre, in the rural province of Las Tunas.
		The Main Report to the Las Tunas conference noted that while improvements have been made--there was an average yearly reduction of 936 injuries since 1996--there continue to be major health and safety problems, especially in sugarcane, other agriculture, food, light industry, and construction.
		At the Las Tunas conference, after concluding their discussion to prepare the national union congress, delegates met in a closed session to elect a new provincial committee and executive body.
	www.themilitant.com /2001/6518/651852.html (2629 words)

	LA NUEVA CUBA
		Irovelio Hernández Inda was from Camagüey province and Reinaldo Daniel Ramos Ramírez was from Ciego de Avila province.
		He was tried in 1998 and found guilty of murder, attempted rape and the abduction of a child in Las Tunas province in May 1997.
		A resident of Holguín province was reportedly sentenced to death in March 1999.
	www.lanuevacuba.com /archivo/pena-de-muerte.htm (879 words)

	Las Tunas -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Victoria de las Tunas is on the central highway...
		It was established in 1879 as Puerto Príncipe; the province of Ciego de Ávila was separated from Camagüey province in 1976.
		The capital of La Spezia province in the Liguria region of northern Italy, the city of La Spezia lies at the head of the Gulf of Spezia, some 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Genoa.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9047242?tocId=9047242 (913 words)

	Cienfuegos Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cienfuegos is one of the provinces of Cuba.
		The capital city of the province, also called Cienfuegos, was founded by French settlers in 1819.
		Scuba diving off Cienfuegos province is extremely popular both with tourists and locals.
	www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Cienfuegos_Province (164 words)

	Cuba Junky - Las Tunas Province & City
		This beach is on the northern coast of Las Tunas Province, in the eastern part of Cuba.
		The city of Las Tunas, known as "The Balcony of Eastern Cuba", has interesting houses, with roofs made of combinations of native tiles and art-deco facades in the rationalist and neocolonial styles.
		Interesting about Las Tunas is in Junethe "Cucalambeana Festival", which is a yearly happening and meeting of all kind of Cuban singers and poets come togetter to celebrate and remind the poet.
	www.xs4all.nl /~verlaan1/las-tunas (729 words)

	Las Tunas,El Cornito,Villa Cobarrubias,Hotel Las Tunas,Cuba,Puerto Padre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Las Tunas covers 6 584 km2 of the northeastern portion of the Island and has more than 35 absolutely virgin beaches in its 265 kilometers of irregular coasts.
		The city of Las Tunas was founded in 1759 and constitutes today a city that is considered the capital of sculpting in Cuba, since there are in its little more than 600 km2 of surface some 70 monumental and environmental works.
		Among the places that can be visited in Las Tunas, Villa Covarrubias beach resort is found as well as the historic Puerto Padre rich in natural attractions, traditions and history, has enough options for the development of the tourist industry, a key sector in the future expansion of the cuban economy.
	www.cubadestinocaribe.com /cubainfo_p_09.asp (278 words)

	USA CUBA TRAVEL: A Destination & Travel Guide to Las Tunas, Cuba.
		Located in the eastern region of Cuba, Las Tunas has recently begun to develop its tourist attractions after having been focused upon cattle raising and sugar cane for the last few centuries.
		Las Tunas is the ninth-largest and the tenth-most-populated province in Cuba.
		Las Tunas has a rich history in the sugar-cane industry, an activity imposed by its former Spanish rulers.
	www.usacubatravel.com /lastunas.htm (378 words)

	Casa-Cuba : Las Tunas Hotels, Book Online at Casa-Cuba.com
		Las Tunas is located in the easternmost part of the Western region of Cuba.
		Also called the capital of the sculptures Las Tunas is venue of the most significant country fiesta in Cuba: the Jornada Cucalambeana, homage to the former king of Décima, Juan Cristóbal Nápoles Fajardo, known as el Cucalambé.
		El Fuerte de la Loma, considered National Monument, shows one of the defensive walls made by the Spanish colonial government to stop the growing advance of the Cuban army during the independentist wars.
	www.casa-cuba.com /hotel-lastunas.htm (215 words)

	Las Tunas Province -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Las Tunas is one of the (Click link for more info and facts about provinces of Cuba) provinces of Cuba.
		This wet area is used to grow (Tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar) sugarcane in, as the wet (The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time) climate is well suited for the crop.
		Victoria de Las Tunas was just a small market town until that year, and a large development program was started to modernise the town and connect it by road to (Capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas) Havana.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/las_tunas_province.htm (184 words)

	cuba hotel guide book .com - Cuban province of Las Tunas
		Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth), is situated about 100km off the south coast of mainland Cuba, is home to some of Cuba's most important agricultural farmland and is a key producer of citrus fruits for export.
		To walk on the white sands of the beach Covarrubias and to be soaked with their warm waves is, without doubts, one of the best invitations to the pleasure reserved by the Las Tunas Province.
		For the tropic lovers and the warm treatment of the people of the oriental province, this beach is a blessing for the body and the soul.
	www.cubahotelguidebook.com /province_view.asp?pID=10 (332 words)

	Sonoc de las Tunas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sonoc de Las Tunas stands for "Sonoridad Cubana de Las Tunas" and means as much as Cuban sonority from the province Las Tunas.
		The ensemble was founded in Cuba in 1993, in the provincial capital of Las Tunas, lying in the heart of the "Oriente".
		Since then, Sonoc de Las Tunas is regularly touring across Germany and its neighbouring European countries, and has developed into one of the most popular and most sought-after Cuban music formations.
	www.kulturboerse-freiburg.de /files/en/04/m5.htm (138 words)

	FAIFE Report on Cuba/September 1999: Annex 1
		She is the director of the press agency "Liberty" in Las Tunas province as well as a distinguished activist for democracy in Cuba.
		He worked as a psychologist at the Pediatric Hospital of Las Tunas; directed the handicapped and mental health center in the capital of the province and in the Las Tunas Psychiatric Hospital, from which he was expelled for his ideas and political opinion.
		She is the news correspondent of the Democratic Solidarity Party in Las Tunas and Independent Press journalist of the Liberty press agency.
	www.ifla.org /faife/faife/cubarep1.htm (3458 words)

	Cuba: A worrying increase in the use of the death penalty
		La sanción de muerte es de carácter excepcional, y sólo se aplica por el Tribunal en los casos más graves de comisión de los delitos para los que se halla establecida.
		La sanción de muerte no puede imponerse a los menores de 20 años de edad ni a las mujeres que cometieron el delito estando encinta o que lo estén al momento de dictarse la sentencia.
		La sanción de muerte se ejecuta por fusilamiento.
	www.amnestyusa.org /countries/cuba/document.do?id=5A621BF7658EED7C8025690000692D11 (1810 words)

	Search Tuna Report for tunas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Statistics Capital: Victoria de Las Tunas Area: 15,990 Inhabitants: 774,100 Population Density: 48.4 per Map Las Tunas is one of the provinces of Cuba....
		Some varieties of tuna, such as the bluefin, are claimed to be endangered because of overfishing, while others are part of well maintained fisheries, such as the bigeye or yellowfin....
		The mission of the Tuna Research and Conservation Center TRCC is to advance the knowledge and understanding of tunas, through research, education, and conservation....
	www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/3276.html (1225 words)

	Cuba Travel - Cuba Vacation - Cuba Hotel/Hotels - Cuba tourism information. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Eastern Las Tunas province has a major potential to develop the tourism industry.According to experts, the region's most attractive options are nature, nautical activities, diving, health tourism, and city tours.
		The most attractive tourist resorts in Las Tunas province are Covarrubias and Corella, where feasibility studies have been carried out to develop the leisure industry.
		In addition, experts say that the cities of Las Tunas and Puerto Padre are the best options to develop city tourism, due to their social and cultural attractions.
	www.cubaxp.com /modules/news/print.php?storyid=353 (131 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Losses were estimated at more than 15 million USD in Las Tunas province, one of seven eastern provinces registering the lowest rainfall over the past year.
		Over 6,000 cattle, 30 percent calves, in the province were killed due to a lack of water and food.
		The province has taken some emergency measures to help farmers and residents, including sending water tankers to residential areas and digging more canals to bring water to rice fields.
	www.vnagency.com.vn /NewsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=34&NEWS_ID=103182 (275 words)

	The Cuba Free Press Project - El Proyecto Cuba Prensa Libre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		By Isandra Gisbert Carreño, Correspondent for Cuba Free Press in Las Tunas province, Cuba.
		Las Tunas province has maintained high levels of violent crimes, which are still on the rise.
		The baggage of frustrations which this brings about; the lack of viable means to accomplish goals, the normal problems faced by all humans, the absence of a future, the daily hardships, among the many other problems faced by Cubans, bring along an increase in violent incidents.
	www.cubafreepress.org /art/cubap980429b.html (418 words)

	Haila María Mompié. Musicalia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Huge torrent of Cubaness, voice carrying beautiful feelings and undoubted scene domain are the main adjectives to qualify Haila María Mompié González, artist that is currently classified as one of the most outstanding Cuban interpreters, faithful defender of Son, musical genre created in Cuba and well-known around the entire world.
		Born in January 28, 1974, in Las Tunas, eastern province of Cuba, daughter of a singer father and a stylist mother, Haila started to feel devotion towards music since her early years and although she jumpstarted dancing firstly, she always felt a deep passion for singing.
		La Diva del Son, as she is well-known in Cuba, had the opportunity of being accompanied by the master Adalberto Alvarez y su Son featuring a repertoire with tracks belonging to her three CDs and some others that`s netted her great acceptance of the Japanese public last year.
	www.musicaliaonline.com /artistas/haila/biografiai.htm (1093 words)

	granma.cu - ‘That’s how we’d like the world to be!’
		He was born 48 years ago in Vic, in the province of Barcelona, one of four provinces under Catalonian autonomy.
		Granma and Guantánamo provinces are next in line and this year we are going to begin helping the medical system in Santiago de Cuba.
		Our plan is to include Las Tunas province in 2005 and by then we will have covered most of the eastern part of Cuba.
	www.granma.cu /ingles/2004/octubre/mar12/42trueta.html (1143 words)

	New Front Opens in the Struggle to Free the Cuban Five in Las Tunas Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Havana, June 4 (RHC)-- Professionals and students in the eastern Cuban province of Las Tunas have opened a new front in the struggle for the release of the five Cubans held as political prisoners in the United States.
		The movement is made up of journalists, professors, computer experts and students participating at a workshop underway in Las Tunas to coordinate actions aimed at achieving the release of the Cuban Five.
		Several websites edited in Las Tunas were cited as excellent sources for information on the Cuban Five case: These include the Periodico 26 daily newspaper at www.periodico26.cu.
	www.rhc.cu /heroes/ingles/noticias/jun05/noti4jun.htm (261 words)

	Journalists in prison, 2004
		Burmese documentary filmmaker La Htoi was detained in Myitkyina, the capital of the northern Kachin State, for filming and distributing footage of extreme flooding that hit the region in late July.
		La Htoi, 47, runs a private printing house and has produced video documentaries for the Metta Foundation, a U.S.-based organization founded on Buddhist principles that is one of the few nongovernmental agencies permitted to assist in rural development in Burma.
		González Pentón, an independent journalist based in central Villa Clara Province, was tried under Article 91 of the Penal Code, which imposes lengthy prison sentences or death for those who act against "the independence or the territorial integrity of the state." He was sentenced to 20 years in prison in April 2003.
	www.cpj.org /Briefings/2005/imprisoned_04/imprisoned_04.html (16532 words)

	The Financial Gleaner
		The remains of the 'Peru' sugar mill, mounds of scrap metal and rusting railway cars, are seen in Las Tunas province, Cuba, in this picture taken August 2.
		It was the heart of the town," said 55-year-old Justo Corona Marquez, lifetime resident of Jobabo in eastern Las Tunas province.
		After so many years there is no more harvest," Corona said, as he sat on a park bench in the town's centre contemplating the dismantled Peru sugar mill, now reduced to three smokestacks amid a pile of rusting iron.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/efg/19-Aug-05/Regionalnews/rgnl1.htm (812 words)

	The Militant - 7/22/96 -- Cuban Workers Win Battle Of Sugar Harvest
		Mill workers here noted that the fight for the sugar harvest was a major part of the discussion at the recent convention of the Central Organization of Cuban Workers (CTC), the national trade union federation.
		This mill has achieved the highest production of any in the country, although workers at a couple mills in Las Tunas are still competing for that honor.
		In Holguín province, as elsewhere, city workers, youth, and retirees mobilized by the thousands to help with the harvest alongside the regular cane cutters.
	www.themilitant.com /1996/6027/6027_17.html (1356 words)

	Cuba: Covarrubias, Villa - Reservations, pictures, map. Playa Covarrubias: Covarrubias, Villa. Las Tunas: Covarrubias, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The establishment, located by the beach, on the northern coast of eastern Las Tunas province, was built in a pristine area with excellent conditions to develop tourism.
		It is 90 kilometers away from the province's airport and is situated on a beautiful beach.
		It is an excellent spot for vacationers who wish to take a refreshing swim in crystal-clear waters.
	www.dtcuba.com /ENG/ficha_hotel.asp?codhotel=217 (118 words)

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