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Archive - Mar 23, 2011

Fuego Enterprises Announces Three Major U.S. Tours by Prominent and Popularly Acclaimed Cuban Artists

<p style="text-align: justify;">MIAMI, Mar 23, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX)Fuego Enterprises, Inc. announces the U.S. tours of three legendary Cuban music groups, The Grammy winning Juan Formell y Los Van Van, Jose Luis Cortez &amp; NG La Banda, and David Calzado y La Charanga Habanera. The series of tours will begin in mid April, 2011 and will end about the end of May, 2011. There are 17 performances booked for this tour and we expect to add additional performances during the tour. Scheduled tour shows include prominent venues such as the Conga Room, Yoshi's, Ache Super Cub, Lincoln Center, Constitutional hall and may other venues around the U.S Read More

Washington Denies Permit for US Badminton Players to Travel to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.22 - 20:11:16 / radiorebelde.Washington Denies Permit for US Badminton Players to Travel to Cuba. Havana, Cuba.- The United States will not take part in the 12th Havana’s International Badminton Tournament as Washington refused to allow American players to travel to Cuba for the event, national badminton commissioner Miguel Diaz, announced Tuesday in Havana.The American government’s stance responds to the economic, financial and commercial blockade established by that country against Cuba for nearly 50 years. Read More

Forest on Major Reservoir Basin Expanded by 40 porcent

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.22 / radiorebelde. Santa Clara, Cuba.- The 40% increase of forest areas in the Hanabanilla basin shows the positive environmental actions taken over the past five years in the region, experts said this Tuesday.The increase of the surface covered by trees in the area around the only natural reservoir amid mountains, in the Guamuhaya massif, of Cuba, helps protect the water in the reservoir, Juana Cortes, Cienfuegos’ Water Resources Office, told ACN. Read More

Havana Club brings the Cuban spirit to Viking Line vessels

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Moodie Report. By Mary Jane Pittilla, Brands Editor. SPIRITS AND WINES. Havana Club brings the Cuban spirit to Viking Line vessels. Viking Line's dance floor was lit with a rotating Havana Club light, with Cuban dancers for an authentic feel NORDIC REGION. Pernod Ricard-owned rum brand Havana Club has been celebrating the Cuban way of life on the Baltic Sea by joining forces with Viking Line on its Cuban Dance Revolución cruises. Read More

Cuba to release dissidents, Church reports

<p style="text-align: justify;">By PAUL HAVEN Associated Press. March 22, 2011. HAVANA — The Roman Catholic Church announced Tuesday that the Cuban government would release the last two political prisoners held since 2003, a landmark decision that came the same day Fidel Castro announced he had stepped down as head of the island's Communist Party. Read More

Havana City Historian Eusebio Leal Appointed Emeritus Professor

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.22 / radiorebelde.HAVANA, CUBA.- To honor, honors, said Cuba’s National Hero Jose Marti. This statement was reasserted on Monday when Havana City Historian Eusebio Leal was given, for his outstanding work, the title of Emeritus Professor. Read More

Remittances and Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">BY SERGIO BENDIXEN AND DONALD TERRYbendixenonline.com. For the past decade, we have been working together in more than 30 countries on the issue of remittances. Those funds — typically $100, $200 or $300 each month — have become a virtual “river of gold,” adding up to more than $300 billion a year to developing countries, more than all foreign aid and foreign investment combined. Remittances are now widely recognized as key contributors to social and economic development in many poor countries. Read More

Cuba says blogger Yoani Sanchez part of "cyberwar"

<p style="text-align: justify;">Reuters. Tue Mar 22. HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba attacked dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez in a nationally televised program on Monday, accusing of her being part of a "cyberwar" against the communist island by the United States and other enemies.The program, the latest in a series called "Cuba's Reasons," showed Sanchez in grainy videos entering the U.S. Interests Section in Havana and European embassies. Read More

Cuba Gooding JR. AT 11TH ANNUAL PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL

<p style="text-align: justify;">PHOENIX - Oscar winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. will be in attendance at the 11th Annual Phoenix Film Festival on Saturday, April 2 to take part in a discussion about his career. The program, entitled "A Conversation with Cuba Gooding Jr." will take place at 8:30pm and include a short retrospective of his work followed by a hosted discussion and a Q&amp;A with the audience. Read More

Cuban spy claims innocence in shooting down planes that dropped pro-democracy leaflets in 1996

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Associated Press, Tuesday, March 22, 2:27 PM. MIAMI — In a new appeal, a convicted Cuban spy insists he is innocent of any role in shooting down exile planes that dropped pro-democracy leaflets in 1996 on the communist island and helped rescue migrants in the ocean. Read More