The 16th Fiesta de la Cubanía will take place in Bayamo

<p style="text-align: justify;">10/10/2010. Cuban artists and intellectuals will stared the 16th Fiesta de la Cubanía between the next 17th and 20th of October in this Eastern city dedicated to the National Culture Day. Carried out yearly since 1994 in the capital city of Granma province, the meeting will celebrate the 142th anniversary of the beginning of independence wars and the first time the National Anthem was sung. The activities will start with a popular parade in the patrimonial center of the city, and the presentation of a new edition of the book Cuatro siglos de historia de Bayamo - Four centuries of Bayamo´s history- by the journalist, announcer, librarian and archivist&nbsp; Enrique Orlando Lacalle (1910-1992). Read More

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In Rome, Brazil walks over Cuba and makes history winning third Volleyball World Cup

<p style="text-align: justify;">11.10.2010.After suffering injury problems and being booed in the second stage, the Brazilian men's volleyball team overcame the odds and won the third volleyball World Cup played in Italy, beating the National Team of Cuba by three sets to 0, with the scores 25/22, 25/14 and 25/22. Read More

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Sparks kicks off UA’s Cuba Week

<p style="text-align: justify;">TUSCALOOSA | Trade between Alabama and Cuba is an important part of the state’s agriculture industry, with an economic impact of $300 million to $400 million, State Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Ron Sparks said Sunday. Alabama started trading with Cuba in 2003. When Sparks initiated trade with the country after an embargo was loosened by the federal government in 2000. With Cuba only 600 nautical miles from Mobile, trade with the country makes financial sense, Sparks said. “The opportunities in Cuba are many,” said Sparks, also the Democratic candidate for governor. “In my mind, there were three words: jobs, jobs, jobs.” Read More

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Brazil beat Cuba for world volleyball title

<p style="text-align: justify;">AFP. Brazil beat Cuba for world volleyball title AFP –ROME (AFP) – Brazil's men won the World Volleyball Championships for the third time in a row on Sunday as they beat Cuba in straight sets 25-22, 25-14, 25-22 in the final here. The surprisingly one-sided victory for the favourites continued their near-monopoly on trophies in international competition over the last eight years. Brazil have won 15 out of the last 17 major international tournaments, missing out only on the Olympic Games and World League in 2008 since landing the World Championships in 2002. Read More

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1200 new marine species identified

<p style="text-align: justify;">After ten years of research, a team of scientists announced in London the largest global study of marine species that contributed 1200 new species of a total of 250 000 classified. Known as the first Census of Marine Life will, it will help to determine how human activity is affecting areas previously unexplored of ecosystems under the sea floor. The study, the most comprehensive of its kind, involved more than 2.700 researchers from 80 countries, conducted 540 expeditions in 9000 days at sea. Read More

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Alicia Alonso to Receive Tribute from Royal Ballet

<p style="text-align: justify;">10/09/2010. The Royal Ballet of England will pay tribute to Cuban prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso, in a salute to her 90th birthday, at its first 2010-2011 season performance on October 15. The event will take place at Covent Garden and includes pieces that Alicia Alonso once danced, such as George Balanchine's "Theme and Variations," "Waltz" by Frederick Ashton, and "Winter Dreams" by Kenneth McMillan. Read More

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Ahmadinejad urges closer Iran-Cuba ties

<p style="text-align: justify;">President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran and Cuba should cooperate on all fronts, saying there is no limit for the promotion of ties with Latin American countries. "The two countries should tap into all their potential to further deepen cooperation and mutual relations," President Ahmadinejad told Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez in Tehran on Sunday. Read More

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Pinar: a new city

<p style="text-align: justify;">Thursday, 07 October 2010 16:25. La Popular, former Canosa Hardware has been completely restored. I have always liked this city since childhood, perhaps because I lived in the countryside and it was the only city I knew. The truth is that each visit was a gift for me. By then I was not worried about the movies getting old or about the Milanes Theater, the same where the "Beauty of the Alhambra" was filmed, was in ruins. It really was not that it did not upset me, my child's conscience could not understand such problems. Read More

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Cuba Commemorates 142nd Anniversary of the Beginning of Independence Struggles

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.10.09 - 21:38:12 / [email protected]. HAVANA, Cuba.- President Raul Castro and the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, on Saturday sent floral wreaths that were placed before the monument dedicated to independence hero Carlos Manuel de Cespedes —known as the Father of the Homeland— at the Plaza de Armas in Old Havana during the main national ceremony to commemorate the 142nd anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban independence struggles. Read More

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A coup defeated

<p style="text-align: justify;">It is abundantly clear that the police mafia that revolted in Quito and held Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa hostage for most of the day, did not act in defense of the labor victories of the police, as the rebels claimed. The discontent among the uniformed forces over the recent legislative approval of a new public service law, which ultimately benefits them, had to be the result of a campaign of poisoning and disinformation with subversive and putschist objectives. Read More

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