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Archive - Mar 17, 2011

New York Times reporter compelled to testify in ex-CIA operative trial takes stand for 2nd day

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Associated Press, Thursday, March 17. EL PASO, Texas — A New York Times reporter who interviewed an ex-CIA agent about planning 1997 bombings in Cuba is retaking the stand in his U.S. perjury trial. Read More

New EcoArts Tour Offers Americans a Chance to Visit Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">PRWeb. San Francisco, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) March 17, 2011. EcoArts Tours is dedicated to being a new kind of entity - one that serves as a nexus of bridging the gap between the arts, sustainability and travel.This June 27 - July 7, 2011, the Culinary EcoArts Tour provides professionals and aficionados of Cuban cuisine the opportunity to travel to a region normally restricted to Americans. So now, anyone can go! From Havana to the island of Cayo Coco, visit organic farms, gain insight on renewable energy, enjoy culinary lessons and explore the diverse culture and natural wonders. Read More

African and Caribbean Film-makers to Meet in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.16 - 21:02:37 / radiorebelde.Havana, Cuba.- As part of the activities on the occasion of the Fourth Traveling Caribbean Film Festival, African and Caribbean film-makers will meet in September, in Havana.During a press conference, the president of the Festival, Rigoberto Lopez, announced an international forum on the reality of the Caribbean diaspora, scheduled for May 9-11 in Saint Kitts and Nevis.During the conference, the website of the event (www.caribefilm.com) was launched. On this website ––in Spanish, English and French––, it will be possible to access online materials on the film industry. Read More

Cuba enforces tougher road code against speeding, drunk driving

<p style="text-align: justify;">March 17, 2011. Cuba enforced Wednesday a new Highway Code imposing harsher measures against traffic violations such as speeding or drunken driving.The new code is aimed at reducing the number of accidents on the island.The so-called "Law 109," approved on Aug. 1, 2010 by the Cuban Parliament, prohibits completely driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Read More

Tampa port seeks car ferry service to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Robert Green Robert Green. TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) – The Port of Tampa hopes to start passenger and car ferry service between Tampa and Cuba under President Barack Obama's relaxed travel restrictions, a port spokesman said on Wednesday."There has been interest by some companies in starting the service," said spokesman Andy Forbes.He said one of those companies was United Caribbean Lines of Orlando, which has applied to the United States to operate ferry service between Cuba and Tampa, Miami and Fort Lauderdale in Florida. Read More

Holguin Blind Fish Found in Gibara, Holguin

<p style="text-align: justify;">Blind Fish Found in Gibara, Holguin. By Alexis Rojas Aguilera / AIN / radioangulo. Wednesday, 16 March 2011. Blind fish found in Gibara, Holguin province. The scientific community of Holguin reports the finding of blind fish in some sea caverns in the municipality of Gibara, in the northeastern in the Cuban province, after a search by a team of local speleologists.Jose Corella Varona, the boss of the diving team in charge of scientific explorations of the Holguin branch of the Cuban Speleological Society, said that they found fish identified as fleeing light fishes, of the type dentatus n.sp. Read More

Church reports Cuba to free another dissident

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Associated Press,HAVANA — The Catholic church says Cuba has promised to release another political prisoner jailed since a 2003 crackdown on opposition leaders.The Catholic church says Cuba has promised to release another political prisoner jailed since a 2003 crackdown on opposition leaders. Read More

Cuba To Assist Train 250 Specialist Doctors

<p style="text-align: justify;">Vice-President John Dramani Mahama with Mr Jose Ramon Machado Ventura at the Palace.The Cuban government has offered to assist Ghana to train 250 specialist doctors to beef up the human resource capacity of the Ghana Health Service (GHS). Read More

Cuba Introduces New Technologies in Tobacco Plantations

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.16 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. HAVANA, CUBA.- The introduction of new technologies such as the double-row planting method will allow Cuban farmers to increase efficiency in the cultivation of what many people regard as the best tobacco of the world.Oscar Basulto, director of the business group TABACUBA, told ACN that this technique is being successfully implemented in the westernmost province of Pinar del Rio as it allows to make the most of the cultivable land. Read More

Up to $40 million spent to prosecute Posada Carriles

<p style="text-align: justify;">Along the Malecón. Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Prosecutors have spent $25 million to $40 million to prosecute Luis Posada Carriles, journalist Ann Louise Bardach says in a story published today in Foreign Policy magazine.The anti-Castro militant's legal team has spent "likely half that," writes Bardach, who is scheduled to take the stand today in El Paso as a key government witness against Posada Carriles. Read More