Cuban Vaccines Cross Borders, But Barriers Remain

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Sep 7, 2010 (IPS) - Even today, many years after it was proved effective, the Cuban vaccine against meningitis B is still ignored by industrialised countries, whose medical literature usually states there is no immunisation against that strain of the disease. Patricia Grogg interviews scientist CONCEPCIóN CAMPA, director of Cuba's Finlay Institute. "Above all, we are working for the good of human health," says Concepción Campa. Read More

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A fair trade: Opening Cuba to Texas rice, beef seems sensible.

<p style="text-align: justify;">Sept. 6, 2010, 7:45PM. If you need a reason to support dropping the remaining ban against travel to Cuba by American tourists, Texas rice farmers and cattle ranchers are happy to oblige. Read More

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In debuts, Mets' Gee is able to trump Maya

<p style="text-align: justify;">Wednesday, September 8, 2010.For non-contending major league teams, is mostly about promise and possibilities. It's a time for evaluating prospects and assembling a blueprint for what the club may look like next season, with pitchers often front and center in that process. Such is the condition of the Washington Nationals, and on Tuesday night, Yunesky Maya got his turn to make an impression. Read More

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IFCO Executive Director Reverend Lucius Walker Passed Away

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 7 (acn) Reverend Lucius Walker, Executive Director of the Inter-Religious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), and Pastors for Peace passed away on Tuesday in New York. Read More

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Clown Technique in Cuban Theater

<p style="text-align: justify;">After four days of debates and presentations, the first National Clowns Workshop concluded its sessions, which revealed the plurality of the artistic technique of clowns in Cuba. Read More

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Survivors to Help Clarify Slaughter of Tamaulipas

<p style="text-align: justify;">The testimony of a third survivor of the slaughter of Tamaulipas will help to investigate the crime committed against 72 Mexican migrants in that Mexican state, said the president of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes. Read More

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Congress’ Travel Restriction Reform Act opens possibility of study abroad to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Monday, September 6, 2010 23:09. University of Nebraska-Lincoln students may be able to study abroad in Cuba in the near future. On June 30, 2010, the House Agriculture Committee voted 25-20 to improve United States’ relationship with Cuba by ending the ban on travel and allowing for more agricultural trade. The Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act still has a long way to go before it can be voted on by the House and Senate. Read More

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Bruton Smith's north of Cuba line hits south of the belt

<p style="text-align: justify;">Tuesday, Sep. 07, 2010. Smith is one of NASCAR's leading figures and one of America's richest men. As chairman of Speedway Motorsports Inc. - which owns eight NASCAR tracks around the country including Charlotte Motor Speedway - Smith has created a vast business empire. Read More

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Parliamentary leader begins Cuba visit

<p style="text-align: justify;">National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong was greeted by his Cuban counterpart, Ricardo Alarcon at the Jose Marti international airport in Havana on September 5 for an official visit to Cuba. Read More

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Cuba to expand use of employee-run cooperatives

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba will soon turn some small-scale manufacturing and retail services into cooperatives as the state retreats from minor businesses in an effort to boost the island's troubled economy, government and Communist Party sources said. Read More

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