Moderate Seismic Activity in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">19 de diciembre de 2010, 00:20Guantanamo, Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) Fernando Guash Hechavarria, PhD said Cuba''s seismic activity is moderate, considering that only 28 earthquakes with a magnitude over VII in Mercalli''s scale, of XII, have been reported in the country, the Cuban News Agency (AIN) reported. Read More

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Cuba to remain stalwart of socialism, president Castro said

<p style="text-align: justify;">REUTERS/ Enrique De La Osa. The Cuban economy will see drastic changes in 2011, but all reforms will be aimed at preserving and strengthening socialism in the country, Cuban President Raul Castro said. Read More

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Béisbol in Cuba Adopts Tie Breaker, Dismaying Purists

<p style="text-align: justify;">By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: December 18, 2010. HAVANA (AP) — When Armando Rivero took the mound for Industriales with the score tied in the top of the 10th, he was already in a deep hole: Villa Clara had runners on first and second with no outs — all before the first pitch of the inning.Franklin Reyes/Associated Press. Opening day in Cuba offered a new rule that tries to prevent extra-inning games from going on forever. Read More

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Uruguay's Daniel Chavarria wins Cuban literature prize

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Nov 18, 2010 (EFE via COMTEX) -- The Uruguayan novelist living in Cuba, Daniel Chavarria, was named winner of the 2010 National Literature Award, the island's most prestigious literary honor, official media said.Chavarria was chosen for the prize on Friday for "the dazzling imaginative and linguistic richness of his many works," which have been "the key to a new look for detective novels set in Latin America." "I see myself as a very fulfilled author, but this prize makes me very happy," the writer, who has lived in Cuba since 1969, told Efe. Read More

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Cuban Parliament Passes 2011 Economic Plan and State Budget Foreseeing a 3. 1% GDP Increase

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 18 (acn) Amidst adverse international conditions and the implementation of the first measures to upgrade its economic model, Cuba foresees a 3.1% increase of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2011. Read More

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Over One Thousand Cuban Health Professionals Working in Haiti

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.12.18 - 12:25:37 / [email protected]. Havana, Cuba.- The number of health professionals of the Cuban Medical Brigade in Haiti increased to 1,160 with the arrival there of 62 members of the Henry Reeve International Contingent for Emergency Situations Specialized in Disasters and Epidemics. Read More

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Cuban Population will Decline in 2010

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.12.18 - 12:06:41 / [email protected]. Havana, Cuba.- Cuba’s population experienced a slight decline in 2010 as a consequence of a falling birth rate, according to preliminary estimates by the National Office of Statistics (ONE), a tendency that has been predicted to continue in the next decade.<br /> <br /> Read More

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All Sculptures by Edgar Degas on Display in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.12.18 - 12:05:45 / [email protected], Cuba.- For the first time in the western hemisphere, a cultural center –Cuba’s Fine Arts Museum- exhibits the complete collection of 74 sculptures by Edgar Degas, facilitated by the M. T. Abraham Center for the Visual Arts, of the United States.The inauguration was attended by Alicia Alonso, general director of Cuba’s National Ballet Company, to whom the exhibition is dedicated, on the occasion of her 90th birthday this December 21. Read More

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Places to See and Visit in Santiago de Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Archie Blazer. 18/12/10. Everyone thinks they've discovered the world and everyone reinvents the wheel. There is absolutely nothing new in the posting below; it begins with the highly inaccurate statement that "Even though in the past Santiago de Cuba was not properly developed for tourism, things have changed a great deal over the last few years" --then recites verbatim what has been in every Cuban tourguide book about Santiago for the last four decades. Read More

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Cuban-Americans haul goods home on holiday visits

<p style="text-align: justify;">By PETER ORSI. Associated Press. Thousands of Cuban-Americans are heading to Havana this holiday season carrying everything from electronics and medicine to clothing and toiletries to help relatives back home supplement monthly salaries averaging about $20.Not only are Cuban-Americans visiting the island in far greater numbers since President Barack Obama lifted travel restrictions last year, they are bringing more stuff. Read More

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