HAVANA: The efforts of friends of Cuba to establish a basis of peace negotiations are beset with many difficulties, the most serious of which is the announced determination of Colonel Guerra not to entertain any proposal for an armistice.

By The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. May 12--Pinar del Rio is the island's westernmost province. It features tobacco farms and sugar cane fields, as well as ancient mountains and limestone hills.

Forest fire continues in western Cuba HAVANA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A blaze that erupted on Friday had so far affected 600 hectares of forest in western Cuba, the forest fire brigade said on Sunday.

By Ruth Morris, Mike Clary And Mc Nelly Torres, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Apr.

By Jorge L. Ortiz HOUSTON -- Amid champagne showers in a jubilant Chicago White Sox clubhouse, Jose Contreras finally relinquished thoughts of his native land, if only for a brief while.