Business urges action to lift Cuba travel ban

<p style="text-align: justify;">WASHINGTON | Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:07pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. business group on Tuesday urged the House of Representatives to quickly approve a bill that chips away at the U.S. embargo on Cuba by ending decades of restrictions on travel to the island. Read More

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Non-Stop From Cuba to Key West...on a Paddleboard

<p style="text-align: justify;">As a Miami Beach lifeguard, Cynthia Aguilar spends most of her day around the ocean. But on September 10th, she'll find herself in the ocean, on a paddleboard, for 36 hours as she tries to set a world record for paddling non-stop from Cuba to Key West. Read More

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Urban Art Festival in Cuba to Promote Environmental Awareness

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Proposiciones Urban Art Festival taking place on September 4 at Parque Martí in Havana features a varied program of cultural activities and creative workshops aimed at raising public awareness on the importance of protecting the environment and the world we live in. Read More

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Cuban Meat Industry Benefits from ALBA Project

<p style="text-align: justify;">CIEGO DE AVILA, CUBA.- Financed by the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America, a top-notch cattle and pig-slaughter technology was set off in the Unidad Empresarial de Base (UEB) located in Ciego de Avila’s municipality of Moron to central-northern region of Cuba. Read More

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Cuban Hurdler Wins Gold in Singapore 2010

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban Norge Sotomayor won on Monday the gold medal in the 400 m hurdle in the 1st Youth Olympic Games of Singapore 2010, with a time of 50.69 seconds. Read More

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FAO Supports Coconut Production in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba counts with the technical support of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) for the preparation of its development strategy and exploitation of coconut production, reported that institution of the United Nations. Read More

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Benny Moré in Film

<p style="text-align: justify;">Benny Moré, also known as the Bárbaro del Ritmo, would have celebrated 91 years of age on August 24, 2010, and although 47 years of his death separate him from us, his voice, personality and aura continue being felt in Cuban musical entertainment. Read More

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Bolivian Airports Closed Due to Dense Smoke

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Airport Administration and Auxiliary Services for Air Navigation (AASANA) informed that 76 percent of Bolivian airports continue closed due to dense smoke as the result of forest fires. Read More

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At 61, Diana Nyad ready to swim Cuba to Keys 32 years after first attempt

<p style="text-align: justify;">KEY WEST — It's Aug. 15, 1978, and Diana Nyad is in distress, slamming into 8-foot waves, bobbing in the tumultuous open waters of the Florida Straits. She's in a shark cage and has been swimming for 41 hours, 39 minutes, since she waded into the surf near Bahía Honda, Cuba. Read More

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Cuban Specialists Called to Take Actions to Protect Zaza Basin

<p style="text-align: justify;">SANCTI SPIRITUS, Cuba, Aug 23 (acn) A commission to evaluate river basin conditions in the Cuban central province of Sancti Spiritus agreed on the need to increase reforestation and soil-improvement actions in the Zaza basin, the second largest one in the country. Read More

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