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Archive - Jan 11, 2011

Cuban Western Oil Enterprise Extracted More Than 7,330,000 Barrels Last Year

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.01.11 - 14:08:33 / [email protected]. HAVANA, CUBA.- Last year, the western Cuban Oil Extraction and Drilling Enterprise extracted more than 7,330,000 barrels, which contributed to the reduction of oil imports.The general director of the enterprise, Joel Pumariega, praised the efforts of entities associated to the Santa Cruz del Norte facilities, which allowed meeting the electricity needs of the Cuban capital and maintaining a stable supply of gas for cooking to more than one million people.&nbsp; Read More

Local Chinese restaurant benefit from economic reform in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">09:49, January 11, 2011. Hundreds of Chinese are now living in Cuba, and the economic reforms there are influencing their life and work. Today, in our series on Cuba's economic reforms, Yang Yan takes a look at how a well-known local Chinese restaurant is benefitting from the new policy.The Chinatown in Havana may be the smallest in the world. There's hardly a Chinese customer in most restaurants here. But the Temple of Heaven Restaurant at the end of the street is packed. Not only with Chinese and foreign tourists, but also local high-level officials. It's the only restaurant with a Chinese manager and Chinese chef. Read More

Boxing-Vitaly Klitschko to defend WBC crown against Cuban Solis

<p style="text-align: justify;">BERLIN | Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:50am EST. BERLIN Jan 11 (Reuters) - WBC heavyweight champion Vitaly Klitschko will defend his title against 2004 Olympic champion Odlanier Solis from Cuba in Colonge on March 19, the Ukrainian said on Tuesday. The 39-year-old Klitschko, whose younger brother holds three of the other four belts, retained his world heavyweight title by beating American Shannon Briggs on points on Oct. 16, improving his record to 41 wins, two defeats. Read More

Cuba Registers Antitumor Therapeutic Vaccine for Lung Cancer

<p style="text-align: justify;">Escrito por Indira Santana.15:19Havana, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) The first therapeutic vaccine for advanced lung cancer was registered in Cuba and its effectiveness is being tested in other tumors such as prostate, uterus and breast.The drug that is called CIMAVAX-EGF acts directly on the tumor, unlike traditional treatments focused on the chemo and radiation treatments. Read More

Cuba Committed to Strengthening Support to Nation's Health Sector

<p style="text-align: justify;">Amadou Jallow. 10 January 2011. The Cuban embassy in The Gambia, has announced its country's renewed commitment to strengthen its existing support to The Gambia's health sector, as part of the bilateral relations between the two sides. Read More

A bolder shift needed in U.S. Cuba policy

<p style="text-align: justify;">Published: Monday, January 10, 2011. The Times Picayune, New Orleans, on U.S. policy toward Cuba: Cubans who rely on cash sent by their relatives in the United States will benefit from the Obama administration's decision to allow Western Union to pay out the remittances in Cuban currency instead of U.S. dollars. Read More

Castro weighs in on Arizona shooting

<p style="text-align: justify;">By the CNN Wire Staff. January 10, 2011. (CNN) -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro weighed in on the Arizona mass shooting that killed six and injured 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, in a column distributed Monday. Read More

British daily advocates cruise diplomacy

<p style="text-align: justify;">A tongue-in-cheek article Sunday in the British newspaper The Mail by travel editor Frank Barrett skewers the U.S. government for not restoring travel to the island and compliments a British travel agency for its initiative. "In certain recondite corners of the American government, Dr. Strangeloves let their missile launching fingers stray towards the red button whenever anyone mentions the word 'Havana,'" Barrett writes. "American diplomats spend so much of the world's resources in the Middle East trying to broker peace amongst the Israelis and Palestinians, you wonder that they don’t think about declaring peace nearer to home. Read More

UNESCO Regional Office to be Awarded in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Escrito por Cosette Pérez. 10 de enero de 2011, 12:39. Havana, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) The UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean was awarded the Fernando Ortiz award by the foundation of the same name, which preserves the legacy of the late Cuban anthropologist. Read More

Cuban Company La Colmenita in Merida, Mexico

<p style="text-align: justify;">Autor: Yllen Riquelme. PL. 10 de Enero 2011. Merida, (Prensa Latina).- The Cuban children´s theater company La Colmenita visited the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza in search of new horizons to enrich its presentations. The young members of the company visited the Mexican villa of Merida as part of the celebrations for the 469th anniversary of its founding. There they learned details about the history of the ancient Maya civilization. Read More