Petrobras pullout not a final verdict on Cuba’s oil, Piñon

<p style="text-align: justify;">Petrobras has more to gain from organically growing its position in Brazil than going abroad to expand production”. Petrobras CFO Almhir Guilherme Barbassa (Forbes magazine, February 28, 2011) More than 80 percent of the world’s crude oil production is in the hands of national oil companies (NOCs), the majority with a good track record of managing their national patrimony. But only a handful have been able to keep an arms-length relationship from their country’s politics du jour. Read More

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Edmonton country music artist looking for lost Cuban dog

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Jamie Hall, edmontonjournal.com March 19, 2011. EDMONTON — Searchers are combing the streets of Varadero, Cuba, hoping to find the dog that stole the heart of an Edmonton country music artist. Somewhere in that sentence is the inspiration for a country music song, one Craig Moritz would gladly pen once he has all the lyrics for his happy ending.“I kind of fell in love with that dog,” says Moritz, who was selected for the prestigious new artist showcase by the Canadian Country Music Association in 2004. He is about to release his third album. Read More

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Cuba adopts "summer time" to save energy

<p style="text-align: justify;">March 20, 2011. Cubans will adjusts their clocks one hour forward at midnight Saturday to implement the "summer time," aimed at using better the daylight and reducing energy consumption.Cubans will adjust their clocks at 24:00 on Saturday to 1:00 on Sunday, replacing the so-called "normal time" in force since Nov. 1.Director of Rational Use of the Electric Energy Union (UNE), Tatiana Amaran Bogachova, said that "with the new schedule will be earned one hour of daylight, which allows to extend the practice of daily activities, from sports to business and leisure." Read More

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Canadian Ambassador to Cuba Impressed by Huge Turnout for Terry Fox Race

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.19 / radiorebelde.Canadian Ambassador to Cuba Impressed by Huge Turnout for Terry Fox Race. Havana, Cuba.- The Canadian ambassador to Cuba Matthew Levin, impressed by the high number of people who took part in the Terry Fox Marathon held this Saturday in all Cuba, said he was proud of having witnessed the event in Cuba.Levin said he has participated in races in Moscow, Bogota and Costa Rica, among others, but none of them can be compared to the race in Cuba. Read More

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President Castro takes pressure off reform process

<p style="text-align: justify;">The economic “actualization” the country is undertaking will take at least five years, and it is too big a task to be pressed by time, President Raúl Castro said during a meeting of the expanded Council of Ministers in Havana today. Read More

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Star witness in Posada trial says the Cuban militant admitted to role in bombings

<p style="text-align: justify;">By ALFONSO CHARDY.elnuevoherald.com. The star prosecution witness in the Luis Posada Carriles trial says the exile militant admitted to her in an interview 14 years ago that he played a role in the bombing of Cuban tourist sites. Read More

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Cuba Passes G77 Presidency on to Lesotho in Geneva

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.18/ radiorebelde.Havana, Cuba.- Cuba passed the presidency of the Group of 77 and China on to Lesotho after a year of fruitful work as leader of the coalition, as recognized be member counties attending the ceremony in Geneva. Read More

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22 Cuban Rafters Reach Honduras

<p style="text-align: justify;">TEGUCIGALPA – Twenty-two Cuban immigrants landed on a Caribbean beach in Honduras 10 days after leaving Cuba aboard a launch, the second group to arrive in the Central American country in little more than a month. Read More

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Danzon Festival Brings Latin American Dancers to Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.18 / radiorebelde.Havana, Cuba.- Dancers from Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia and Cuba confirmed their participation in the upcoming 7th International Festival Danzon Havana from March 22-27, the Festival’s president announced.Jose Loyola said with the Festival musicians, dancers and researchers seek to preserve and promote the Cuban national dance which has experimented variations in style since it emerged in 1979. Read More

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Locals are ready as doors to Cuba open

<p style="text-align: justify;">Saturday, March 19, 2011. By Julie Percha, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Relaxed rules mean more access for Pitt students, religious groups to a nation so close yet so far away. When she studied in Cuba last spring, University of Pittsburgh senior Gloria Hatcher came face-to-face with crumbling infrastructure and poverty so dire that many locals struggled just to stretch their monthly food rations.The communist nation is a place few Americans have legally visited and, despite its location 90 miles from Florida, seems a world apart. Read More

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