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Archive - Sep 28, 2010

David Torrens, the new generation

<p style="text-align: justify;">David Torrens is a singer-songwriter whose songs are the result of several sources: the Brazilian music, the rock, the Cuban trova, the boleros and also, all the Cuban sound richness. As a result of the fusion of all those rhythms, his style cannot be classified into a single genre, though it is one of the most interesting proposals of the new generation of Cuban singers. Torrens was born in 1968 at the Havana’s municipality of Guanabacoa, renowned for its musical traditions and the strong presence of the African culture. Read More

Cubans have fulfilled their duty defending the revolution: Fidel Castro

<p style="text-align: justify;">Former president Fidel Castro addressed the Cubans in front of the old Presidential Palace in Havana, the same place where he called for a creation of a grass root organization in 1960, it was the Defense Committees of the Revolution.&nbsp; 28/09/2010 Havana-.Former president of Cuba, Fidel Castro stated today that Cubans have fulfilled their duty and will continue doing so with the promise of the day in which the Defense Committees were created (CDR, Spanish Acronym) , whose half a century of existence was celebrated today in Havana in a multitudinary act. Read More

Military man to head Cuba's biggest company

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA (Reuters) - President Raul Castro has put a military officer in charge of Cuba's largest commercial corporation as part of a drive to increase efficiency and reduce corruption in the country's major foreign exchange companies. Colonel Hector Oroza Busutin arrived at the headquarters of the Cuban Export-Import Corporation (CIMEX) earlier this month, replacing its long-time President Eduardo Bencomo, according to various company employees. Read More

South Florida Congressional candidates split over U.S.-Cuba relations

<p style="text-align: justify;">Posted September 26, 2010 at 3 p.m.NAPLES — The Cuban-American community is divided over what level of relations the U.S. should have with Cuba. National politicians likewise are split. So it’s no surprise that Cuba has become an issue in the contentious race for Florida Congressional District 25 in Miami-Dade, Collier and Monroe counties. And it’s no surprise the two frontrunners don’t agree when it comes to Cuba. Read More

Cuba Announces Baseball Team for World Qualifier in Puerto Rico

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.09.27 - 13:30:41 / [email protected]. Cuba Announces Baseball Team for World Qualifier in Puerto Rico HAVANA, CUBA.-&nbsp; Cuban baseball authorities announced on Sunday the 24-men team that will represent the island in the upcoming Pan American and World qualifier scheduled for Puerto Rico from October 1 to 12. Read More

Carlos Varela to Offer Two Concerts in Canada in October

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.09.27 - 13:42:29 / [email protected]. HAVANA, CUBA.-&nbsp; Cuban singer song-writer Carlos Varela will offer two concerts next month in Canada where he will play songs of his latest album ‘No es el fin’ (It’s Not the End). The concerts will take place on October 13 in the city of Kingston and on October 18, in Toronto. Varela was invited by the School of National Studies of the University of Queens, in Kingston, and, according to the official webpage of the artists (www.carlosvarela.com), the concert in this city will be acoustic. Read More

Ten Years with the Decima and the Improvised Verse

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Ibero-American Center of Decima and the Improvised Verse celebrates, this September, its first decade of history. That institution constitutes now the house of all poet-repentista, lute players, tres-guitar players, writers, tonada singers, and other artists whose connecting bridge is the oral and written decimal. Read More

Fidel to address the Cubans on the 50 CDR Anniversary Meeting

Commander in Chief, Fidel Castro will address the people tomorrow at the Main Rally due to the 50 CDR Anniversary, celebrating the foundation of the Defense Committees of the Revolution, taking place at 8.00 a.m. in front of the former Presidential palace, a place where our leader called us on September the 28, 1960, in order to create the biggest of all grass roots organizations of the country. Read More

United Socialist Party of Venezuela Wins 95 Seats in National Assembly

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 27 (acn) The ruling Venezuelan United Socialist Party (PSUV) won 95 of the National Assembly’s 165 seats during Sunday’s legislative elections in this South American country. Read More

Cuba ups gasoline prices about 10 percent

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA — Cuba has upped already-high gasoline prices by about 10 percent amid sweeping changes to the economy, a move that could lead to grumbling among cash-strapped islanders, particularly private taxi drivers who are not allowed to raise their own prices. Read More