US company "Flowserve" fined due to selling of spare parts to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Flowserve voluntarily disclosed that domestic and foreign affiliates had exported&nbsp; $2.1 million worth of pumps, valves and related parts to Iran, Sudan and Cuba; a press release by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) didn’t say whether the equipment was for offshore oil operations. In the case of Cuba, a foreign affiliate of Flowserve “engaged in transactions involving property in which Cuba or a Cuban national had an interest,” the press release said, without providing more details. The transactions in question were made — without obtaining U.S. licenses — in 2005 and 2006. OFAC fines Texas offshore oil supplier. Read More

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Life Insurance company in Cuba has compensated 18 000 People per year

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) Applied in Cuba since 1997, life insurance last year expanded its coverage to disability from heart and cerebrovascular disease, diabetes and cancer, as long as the disability is apparent within 12 months after diagnosis of the disease.<br /> The temporary disability insurance includes those which may be caused by cardiovascular and vascular-brain diseases or emergency surgery. Read More

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Brazilian dancer Carlinho de Jesús glad with Cuba-Brazil cultural project

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) This is a remarkable project, he said, when assessing the cultural event the premier of Italian playwright Tancredi Dollfus'' Cuban musical show "Que bolá?", foreseen for April next year in Rio de Janeiro. In remarks to journalists recently, the Brazilian dancer said to be happy to be involved in this event, that will be the start of an exchange with the art of "a country we love, know and respect so much." "Que bola?" constitutes a tribute to musical theater in the Island and its main figures. It is the story of a Cuban boy who emigrates to the United States along with his mother, and for personal reasons returns as a young man to the Island, where he first falls in love in a cigar factory and reunites with his roots. Read More

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12th International Wine Festival to be held in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.10.03. 18:10:30. radiorebelde.icrt.cu.Havana, Cuba.- Producers, distributors, sellers, sommeliers, enologists and representatives from wineries from Argentina, Chile, Spain, Mexico, France and Italy have confirmed their participation in the three-day event to be hosted by the Hotel Nacional. The 12th International Wine Festival starts on Wednesday October 5 in Havana giving wine experts a new opportunity to learn about the latest world trends and the best products from the field commercialized in the Cuban market. Read More

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Soil degradation a major concern for Cuba's agriculture

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.10.03 - 20:12:41.radiorebelde.icrt.cu.Holguin, Cuba.- One of the major concerns for Cuban specialists in the branch is Soil degradation, this is in fact one of the most pressing environmental challenges in the eastern province of Holguin, spanning across more than 9,300 square kilometers. Ernesto Mastrapa, an specialists from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment’s office in Holguin told ACN soil degradation was the main cause leading to desertification. Read More

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New MBA programme is being taught at San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary

<p style="text-align: justify;">October 3, 2011 12:25 am. Cuba opens doors to MBA studies.By Marc Frank.FINANCIAL TIMES. The MBA is being run from the 18th-century San Carlos y San Ambrosio Seminary in Havana, home to the Felix Varela Cultural Centre, which sponsors the MBA. Plans for the centre originated at the Pontifical Council for Culture at the Vatican,which wants similar centres to be built in other big cities. Read More

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Cuba's Tourism is Better known in Japan nowadays

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Estela McCollin. Tokyo, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) After two promotional events in Tokyo, Cuba's tourism is known better today in that Asian nation. This has been part of the incentives to improve the flow of travellers towards the Caribbean Archipelago. The attractions of Cuba's tourism industry were presented to more than 117,000 specialists and visitors at the Fair of Japan's Association of Travel Agents (JATA) from September 27-30. Read More

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First Peruvian Vicepresident to visit Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte.Lima, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) Marisol Espinoza, Peru´s First Vice President travels on Monday to Cuba leading a top-level delegation to discuss issues on health, education, culture and sports. Espinosa comes accompanied by Education Minister Patricia Salas, Peruvian Sports Institute president, Olympic shooting medallist Francisco Boza, Deputy Ministers of Interculturality Vicente Otta and Health´s Enrique Jacoby. Read More

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Australian baseball players still hopeful at the World Cup

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Rob Forsaith.Mon Oct 3 2011.Aust baseballers upbeat despite 14-0 loss. Cuba, who finished second at the previous World Cup in 2009, made light work of the inexperienced Australian line-up in Chitre, Panama on Sunday (Monday AEDT). The powerhouse Cubans totalled 14 runs from 16 hits in the game, which was halted after the seventh innings.Manager Jon Deeble is adamant Australia can rebound from a terrible start to their 2011 baseball World Cup campaign - a 14-0 loss to Cuba cut short by the mercy rule. Read More

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Maryland Company to send SMS messages to mobiles in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.10.03 - 10:35:50HAVANA, Cuba.-radiorebelde.icrt.cu. The United States has just settled an agreement with a Maryland company to send SMS messages to mobiles in Cuba.The contract says the company must be able to&nbsp; set up a system capable of sending up to 24,000 text messages every month to Cuban cell phone users, in a frank violation of international legislations. According to the terms of the contract, Washington Software, Inc.will design a text messaging system aimed at countering Cuban government attempts to block messages that attempt against the country’s safety, reported the journalist Tracy Eaton in the Cuban Money Project blog. Read More

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