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Granma suffers from stagnation and environmental decay.		Nov 1, 2007	1215
Forgotten Los Tunas is among Cuba's least-known provinces.		Oct 1, 2007	1143
Tiny La Habana: Cuba's only province without a capital.		Aug 1, 2007	1399
Nickel-rich Holguin may be Cuba's foreign-exchange salvation.		Jul 1, 2007	1400
Sancti Spiritus: colonial charm not enough to keep people: this is the 10th in a series of monthly articles on Cuba's 14 provinces by geographer Armando H. Portela, who has a Ph.D. in geography from the Soviet Academy of Sciences. Portela currently resides in Miami.	Geographic overview	Jun 1, 2007	1392
Guantanamo, famous for U.S. base, loses people every day.	Country overview	May 1, 2007	1143
In wake of sugar crisis, Villa Clara's population shrinking.	Province overview	Mar 1, 2007	1649
Matanzas: Cuba's tourism, citrus and hydrocarbon leader.	Province overview	Feb 1, 2007	1445
Ciego de Avila hopes tourism will replace sugar economy.		Jan 1, 2007	1412
Pinar del Rio: tobacco king in Cuba's westernmost province.	Province overview	Dec 1, 2006	1517
When it comes to sheer size, Camaguey leads the way.	Province overview	Nov 1, 2006	1118
Isla de la Juventud: Cuba's only 'island municipality'.		Sep 1, 2006	1518
Declining population growth reshapes Cuba's 'pyramids'.		Jan 1, 2006	511
Cuba's '06 sugar harvest unlikely to exceed 1 million tons.		Jan 1, 2006	701
Sugar layoffs may spell trouble ahead.		Jan 1, 2006	275
Urban population growth shrivels after decades of economic crisis.		Mar 1, 2005	1519
Persistent emigration takes its toll on Cuba's population.		Apr 1, 2004	684
Little to show 18 months after hyped-up population census.		Mar 1, 2004	801
Outlook brightens for 2004 sugar crop.		Feb 1, 2004	642
Nickel prices jump sharply, boosting Cuba's bottom line.	Industry Overview	Jan 1, 2004	502
Cuban sugar authorities hope for better crop in 2003-04.		Dec 1, 2003	867
City of Havana: heart and soul of the Cuban nation.		Oct 1, 2003	1361
Cuba benefits from steady rebound in world nickel prices.		Sep 1, 2003	580
Las Tunas: a look at one of Cuba's least-known provinces.		Sep 1, 2003	1446
Bitter 2003 harvest leaves sugar industry's future in doubt. (Commodities).		Aug 1, 2003	965
Santiago de Cuba has illustrious past, uncertain future. (Geography).		Aug 1, 2003	1286
Sancti Spiritus: colonial charm and forgotten sugar mills. (Geography).		Jul 1, 2003	1549
Sugar harvest only 2 million tons--the worst since 1933. (Commodities).		Jun 1, 2003	1051
La Habana encircles nation's capital with farms, factories. (Geography).		Jun 1, 2003	1327
Villa Clara's economy depends on sugar, manufacturing. (Geography).		May 1, 2003	1831
Delays, inefficiencies hint at dismal 2003 sugar harvest. (Commodities).		Apr 1, 2003	485
Camaguey, Cuba's largest province, is an industry leader. (Geography).		Apr 1, 2003	1206
Early results point to a disappointing 2003 sugar harvest. (Commodities).		Mar 1, 2003	583
Industrialized Cienfuegos now suffers the consequences. (Geography).		Mar 1, 2003	1247
Isolated and poor, Guantanamo province is a breed apart. (Geography).		Feb 1, 2003	1471
Cuba's 2003 sugar harvest lucky to exceed 3 million tons. (Commodities).		Jan 1, 2003	947
Granma suffering from emigration, environmental decay. (Geography).		Dec 1, 2002	1513
Pinar del Rio: tobacco still king in this troubled province. (Geography).		Nov 1, 2002	1518
Isidore and Lili devastate Pinar del Rio; tobacco, grapefruit industries ravaged.	Artículo Breve	Oct 1, 2002	985
Sugar-mill towns, oil and Varadero--Matanzas has it all. (Geography).		Oct 1, 2002	1315
Government still silent on arsenic spill in Cienfuegos Bay.	Artículo Breve	Sep 1, 2002	704
Sugar-producing Ciego de Avila turns to tourism to save its economy.		Sep 1, 2002	1483
Isla de la Juventud: from grapefruits to great beaches. (Geography).		Aug 1, 2002	1536
Holguin thrives on sugar, nickel and tourism. (Geography).		Jul 1, 2002	1411
Potato harvest dashes expectations.	Artículo Breve	Jun 1, 2002	425
Forest fires blaze across Cuba.	Artículo Breve	Jun 1, 2002	436
Fewer tourists, falling sugar prices push Cuba into recession.	Artículo Breve	Jun 1, 2002	1014