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Archive - Mar 22, 2011

Cuban Dancer Viengsay Valdes in New York Ballet Gala

<p style="text-align: justify;">Por: Jennifer Socorro Ramon.New York, Mar, 22(Prensa Latina)&nbsp; will perform Tuesday in the gala "Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow" at New York City Center.Her partner for the Don Quixote pas de deux will be Russian dancer Ivan Vasiliev, in a piece that demands precision and shine. Choreography is by Marius Petipa, with music by Minkus.Throughout her career, Valdes has shown her virtuosity based on the esthetic premises of the Cuban school of ballet founded by Fernando and Alicia Alonso, and has earned critics´ admiration on international stages. Read More

Cuban Chess Player To Face Leader at World Cup Qualifier

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.21 - 17:01:40 /radiorebelde.Cuban Chess Player To Face Leader at World Cup Qualifier. Havana, Cuba.- The Cuban chess player, Lazaro Bruzon, will match, on Monday, with Salvadorian Hector Leyva, the leader of the FIDE Zonal 2.3, underway since March 14 up to 28, which also qualifies for the 2011 World Chess Cup, in the Dominican Republic.Bruzon, who is second in the national ranking with 2,686 ELO points, will play with the black pieces in a fifth round with three units, after two wins and two draws ––the last one, achieved on Sunday against Mexican Manuel Leon Hoyos (2,546). Read More

Cuban Film to Compete in Spanish Film Festival

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.22 - 09:42:35 / radiorebelde.HAVANA, CUBA.- The Cuban film “Afinidades” (Affinities) by Cuban Jorge Perugorria and Vladimir Cruz, will compete, along with another 10 full-length films, in the 17th Latin American Film Festival of Catalonia, Spain, scheduled for April 8th through the 15th.According to the EFE news agency, Perugorria and Cruz, the stars in “Fresa y Chocolate” (Strawberry and Chocolate), made their debut as directors with this movie, which was included in the official section of the event, to take place in the city of Lerida. Read More

I quit as party chief 5 years ago, Fidel Castro

<p style="text-align: justify;">By PAUL HAVEN, Associated Press Paul Haven. HAVANA – Fidel Castro said Tuesday he resigned five years ago from all his official positions, including head of Cuba's Communist Party, a pre-eminent job in the island's political pantheon that he was thought to still hold.It was the first time the 84-year-old revolutionary icon has said he no longer heads the Communist Party, which he has led since its creation in 1965. The Communist Party website still lists him as first secretary, with his brother President Raul Castro listed as second secretary. Read More

Eclectic Rant: Time to End the U.S. Economic Embargo of Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Ralph E. Stone. Monday March 21, 2011. Bookmark and Share. The United States is the last country in the Western Hemisphere with no formal relations with Cuba. It is time for the United States and Cuba to mend fences. For a start, the U.S. should end the economic embargo against Cuba. The embargo makes it illegal for U.S. corporations to do business with Cuba. U.S. travel restrictions to Cuba are also a form of economic sanctions. Read More

Ex-CIA agent's lawyer deconstructs '98 Times story

<p style="text-align: justify;">By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press Will Weissert. EL PASO, Texas – Attorneys for an ex-CIA operative on trial for perjury in Texas are trying to discredit a former New York Times reporter who interviewed their client about planning 1997 bombings in Cuba. Read More

Offshore Oil Drilling Planned Off Northern Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Congresswoman Briefed On Cuba's Oil Plans. by Neki Mohan. Monday, March 21, 2011. MIAMI -- In the waters between the U.S. and Cuba, preparations are under way for the Scarabeo 9, an offshore deepwater oil-drilling rig.According to the U.S. Coast Guard, drilling could begin as early as the fall. Read More

Interview on Cuba attacks key in ex-CIA agent case

<p style="text-align: justify;">By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press.Mon Mar 21. EL PASO, Texas – A former New York Times reporter who interviewed an anti-communist militant about planning 1997 Cuban bombings is set to begin her fourth day testifying at his perjury trial. Read More

Utility investing in electrical substations

<p style="text-align: justify;">Unión Nacional Eléctrica is investing in the purchase of several electrical substations, the AIN news agency reported.The report didn’t say where the state utility is buying the equipment. In an agreement signed two years ago, Russia agreed to provide loans for the purchase of electrical equipment. Read More

Venezuela-Cuba cooperation going through adjustment

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban-Venezuelan cooperation projects are adapting to austere times, a Cuban official said during the 11th meeting of the Cuba-Venezuela intergovernmental commission at the Alba Hotel in Caracas.The partner countries are “developing a decisive battle for the reduction of superfluous spending, for savings, efficiency, rational use of resources, planning, discipline and the expectation that the projects have a happy ending,” said Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas, who led the Cuban delegation. Read More