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Archive - Oct 9, 2011

US embargo reinforced even more against Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury Department has intensified its watch over Cuban financial transactions and business under the Barack Obama Administration. OFAC implements some 27 programs of economic sanctions, and many firms and banks have been fined in the past three years for doing business with Cuba. Read More

Cuba versus Nicaragua in Baseball World Cup this Sunday

<p style="text-align: justify;">Santiago de Veraguas, Panama, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) On Sunday, Cuba will face Nicaragua in the last game of the 39th Baseball World Cup qualifying round, held in four cities of the country.Cubans, who are already qualified for the second round, will face Nicaraguans at the Omar Torrijos Stadium in this city, while seeking to extend their winning streak (6) in the tournament, in a game that will not decide anything for neither of them. Read More

Cuban sexologist recommends not to have penis enlargement

<p style="text-align: justify;">Sunday, Oct 09, 2011. AFP. HAVANA, Cuba - The nation has experienced "dozens" of surgery requests, says leading Cuban sexologist Saturday who urged young men who are worried about the size of their penis not to take advantage of the communist nation's free health care to have surgery to enlarge their manhood. "It is not necessary that the penis be so long to encourage a woman... because she has many areas of erotic stimulation," said Ramiro Fragas, a sex expert at the Ministry of Public Health. Read More

Cultural exchange between Florida-Cuba improving

<p style="text-align: justify;">BN9 Special Report: The changing relationship between Florida and Cuba. Saturday, October 8, 2011. HAVANA, Cuba. The past few weeks, Bay News 9 has brought you the stories of The Florida Orchestra's journey to Cuba for a cultural exchange and the trip's significance for both countries.Cuba, Florida, special, report, bay news 9, veronica, cintron Tonight at 7 p.m. on Bay News 9, we will take an in-depth look at the journey and changing relationship between Florida and the communist country in a special report on Cuba. Read More

Singer Ele Valdes from Sintesis Group says Mexico's welcome warm as usual

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, (PL). Oct 8, 2011. The Mexican people are very open to every Cuban proposal, she said, it is among the countries where we are received with great affection. We go there every year, said the singer of one of the most emblematic groups of the Cuban contemporary music. The welcome of the Mexican public to the Cuban group Sintesis, during the recently held Afro Caribbean Festival of Veracruz, answered our expectations, said to Prensa Latina the singer of that group Ele Valdes. Read More

Members of the Brazilian delegation for Pan Am Games in Guadalajara

<p style="text-align: justify;">Guadalajara, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian athletes are already strolling the streets of Guadalajara, after arriving in this Mexican city that will be the venue of the 16th Pan Am Games starting on October 14. Members of the Brazilian table tennis team arrived in Guadalajara on Friday to begin the last leg of their preparation, while most of the Brazilian delegation will start arriving this Saturday. Read More

Cuba's boxing team with two gol medals

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.10.08 - 13:36:22. radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Havana, Cuba.-Cuba now has two new World Champions in Boxing.&nbsp; Cuban boxers Lazaro Alvarez and Julio Cesar la Cruz became world champions after winning their respective bouts in the finals of the Baku 2011 World Championships. Cuba's team captain, Julio la Cruz proved to be in great shape though the whole tournament, and with excellent footwork and straight punches sorted difficult hurdles, including defending Champion Egor Mekhontsev from Russia in semi-finals. Read More

Chancellors from Venezuela- Cuba lead a trip to Syria

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Naharnet Newsdesk.Representatives of Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Bolivia led by Maduro and Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez are traveling to Damascus to "support the Syrian people in their search for stability." The foreign ministers of Venezuela and Cuba are leading a delegation of leftist Latin American countries to Syria to meet Sunday with Syria's President Bashar Assad in a show of support. Read More

Cuban Senior official Ricardo Alarcon says Rene Gonzalez should be sent to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Mexico City. Associated Press. President of the Cuban parliament chief, Ricardo Alarcón urges Obama to let freed spy ring member and return him to the island. Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon said that Rene Gonzalez is at risk of attack in the United States, where a judge has ordered him to serve three years probation before he can go to Cuba. Read More

Island-to-island air service is returning: Key West to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By SEAN KINNEY. Saturday, October 08, 2011 10:40 AM EDT. Airlines recruited for Cuba flights. Now that the federal government is allowing direct Key West-Cuba flights, the ball is in the hands of the aviation industry to start running flights from the Southernmost City 90 miles south to the island nation. The permission came by way of a Tuesday letter to Monroe County Airports Director Peter Horton from Thomas Winkowski, assistant commissioner in U.S. Custom and Border Protection's Office of Field Operations. Read More