The Bildner Center's Cuba Project cordially invites you to the following gathering

<p style="text-align: justify;">The historical ties between the Canaries and Cuba began at the time of the conquest of the Americas. Indeed, Cuba represents the main locus of residence for the `isleños' outside the Canary Islands during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In this lecture, Professors Germán Santana Pérez and María Hernández-Ojeda will discuss the history of migrations, the socio-cultural relations and literary production created in the transatlantic space between Cuba and the Canary Islands. The lecture will be in Spanish. Read More

---

Tropical Storm Nicole forms over Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">MIAMI – Tropical Storm Nicole has formed over Cuba after soaking the country with downpours as a tropical depression. The storm has maximum sustained winds Wednesday near 40 mph (65 kph) with little change in strength expected. Tropical storm warnings and watches that had been in effect for South Florida have been canceled. Tropical storm warnings remain in effect for the Cayman Islands, parts of Cuba and the northwestern and central Bahamas. Read More

---

ACN: Cuban Pharmaceutical Labs Conf. Kicks Off in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 28 (acn) The first international conference of the Cuban Entrepreneurial Group of Biopharmaceutical and Chemical Products (LABIOFAM) started today in Havana together with a symposium on natural products applied in the therapy against cancer. Read More

---

Cuba to Host Int’l Meeting on Sustainable Tourism

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba News - September 28. HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 28 (acn) Creating an economically feasible, social tourism product that generate benefits for both the region and its visitors will be the core of the International Conference on Sustainable Tourism to be hosted by Cuba. The meeting will take place at the Melia Cohiba hotel in Havana from November 6 to 9 and will be attended by some 300 participants from all over the world, as representative of the Cuban Conventions Bureau announced. According to www.edutourismconference.org, the event looks to raise the international awareness on the importance of developing sustainable tourism by connecting education, culture and environment to the leisure industry. Read More

---

North Carolina Sustainable Agriculture Delegation in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">NEEM - September 28. NEEM invites you to participate in a North Carolina Sustainable Agriculture, Delegation in Cuba, January 14 – 22, 2011. This delegation takes place in and around Havana with unprecedented access to Cuban agriculturalists and in-depth site visits to related facilities. The delegation will stay and base out of the Hotel Nacional. Read More

---

Cuba travel bill discussion/vote postponed

<p style="text-align: justify;">Washington, DC , Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the markup of H.R. 4645, the Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act: "For a very long time, I have either led or supported efforts to repeal restrictions on the freedom of Americans to travel. The current prohibition on Americans traveling to Cuba is the last obstacle to the full enjoyment of this right. I strongly support H.R.4645, the Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act, which would eliminate the Cuba travel restrictions. Read More

---

Tropical depression in Caribbean heads for Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA. Cuba geared up for heavy rains and high winds from a tropical depression that formed in the northern Caribbean on Tuesday and was forecast to strengthen before plowing across the island and racing northward toward Florida. Read More

---

Learning Chinese in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Confucius Institute of Cuba, located inside the Juan Abrantes Stadium of the University of Havana, opens its doors on again for the new school year. Inaugurated on November 30, 2009, the institute aims at promoting the Mandarin language and Chinese culture in Cuba. Read More

---

National Hotel Recognized on World Tourism Day

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.09.28 - 14:45:27 / [email protected]. HAVANA, Cuba.- The National Hotel of Cuba was awarded the commemorative stamp of the 6oth anniversary of the Cuban Association of the United Nations on Monday, the World Day of Tourism. Carlos Amat, president of the organization, highlighted the merits of the facility recognized as a National Landmark and a flagship of the Cuban hotel industry. Read More

---

Panhandle Personalities: A healer's hands

Doctor takes knowledge, gear to Cuba. Dr. Christopher O'Grady has experienced two vastly different sides of medicine in Cuba.&nbsp; Dr. Christopher O'Grady, left, an Andrews Institute orthopedic surgeon, gets a baseball signed by Cuban baseball player, Julio Torres Serrano. Serrano was one of 40 patients who received the latest in Western medical treatment during Operation Arthroscopy. Read More

---