Fidel Castro happy with direction Cuba is moving

<p style="text-align: justify;">By PAUL HAVEN, Associated Press Paul Haven, Associated Press. HAVANA – Fidel Castro says he is happy with the direction in which Cuba is moving under the leadership of his brother Raul, his most explicit remarks to date about the sweeping economic changes the country is undergoing. Read More

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Los Aldeanos at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium last Nov 14

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Jacob Katel, Thu., Nov. 18 2010 @ 8:30AM. Miami-Dade County Auditorium. Sunday, November 14, 2010. Across the street from the Miami-Dade County Auditorium, Vigila Mambisa protesters held up signs and screamed into a bullhorn against the "Salsa Sangre" being passed off as a concert. Who knew old people could scream so loud? A world-weary city cop warned us to take their picture from across the street and keep it moving. Yet despite the negative attention, Los Aldeanos brought that fire to Little Havana for a loving crowd who knew the words to every song. Read More

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Russian car – more than just transport in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">RIA Novosti. Havana’s residents have demonstrated their virtuosic driving skills riding the Russian cars. The Cubans discuss the latest car industry’s news and compete with each other in driving at monthly meetings of the Russian Car Lovers Club, which was opened a year ago. The AvtoVAZ cars are in great demand at Cuba due to their simplicity, repair capability and relatively cheap spare parts. Read More

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Cuban Ambassador to India Speaks of New Economic Model

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.11.17 - 19:10:00 / [email protected]. HAVANA, Cuba. - The Cuban ambassador to India, Miguel Ramirez, affirmed –in a lecture called “Updating the Cuban economic model”, delivered at the Nehru University— that the objective of the economic rearrangement process, currently underway in Cuba, is to make the existing socialist project more viable. Read More

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Vietnam eager to tap Cuban market

<p style="text-align: justify;">From the Voice of Vietnam news agency: Many Vietnamese businesses are now highly interested in investments in Cuba in the near future, according to the Department of American Markets under the [Vietnamese] Ministry of Industry and Trade. Cuba is showing signals that it is opening its market, promising many prospects for investment. The Department of American Markets recently held a trade and investment forum in the Cuban capital city of Havana in an effort to assist Vietnamese businesses in seizing new investment opportunities arising from recent economic reforms in Cuba. Read More

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Fidel Castro Gives Talk Implying Support For Raúl's Reform Drive (Morning Roundup)

<p style="text-align: justify;">Top News: Former Cuban head of state Fidel Castro gave a talk on Wednesday that implied support for his brother Raúl's drive to reform the country's economy. Read More

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Activists to ponder post-election Cuba strategies in Tampa

<p style="text-align: justify;">Tampa travel agency owner Vicente Amor and Washington attorney Tony Martinez are gathering pro-normalization activists for a strategy meeting in Tampa Dec. 10 and 11. Long-time lobbyist Albert A. Fox Jr. is working closely with Amor and Martinez. Read More

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Cuba to help build pharmaceutical cluster in Venezuela

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba agreed to help Venezuela build a pharmaceutical cluster in that South American country, President Hugo Chávez announced. Read More

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Three more Mexicans identified in a plane crash in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Mexico, Nov 16 (EFE) .- The remains of three Mexicans who died in a plane crash in Cuba, on 4 November were identified by forensic Cuba, was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) in Mexico. Read More

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Wifredo Lam's work sold with a price record of 2.15 million U.S. dollars

New York, 16 nov (EFE) .- The piece "Les Abalochas danesent pour Dhambala, dieu de l'unité" Wifredo Lam (1902-1982), reached a new price record for this Cuban artist when it was bought for&nbsp; 2.15 million in a sale of Latin american art's auction being held by Sotheby's house in New York. This is the highest price so far paid for Cuban Wilfredo Lam's works, considered one of the most original exponents of surrealism in Latin America, and surpassing the record that marked the sale of "Sur les traces" also at Sotheby's on May, when the piece was sold for 1.42 million dollars. Read More

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