For Cuba Open Source Is Not A Matter Of Choice

<p style="text-align: justify;">Lack of access to commercial software makes open source the only choice for Cuba. By Alan Shimel on Tue, 03/29/11 - 2:09pm.In case you want to attend, Cuba is hosting the Latin American Festival of Open Source Software on April 9th. It seems Cuba is a big supporter of open source and is trying to have a majority of its computers run Linux. In fact Cuba has its own Linux distribution called Nova. But if you think about it, Cuba does not really have a choice but to support open source.&nbsp; Read More

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Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro de Cuba to Play UCSB

<p style="text-align: justify;">Arts &amp; Lectures Presents the Cuban Supergroup on Sunday, April 3 at Campbell Hall. Tuesday, March 29, 2011. By Charles Donelan. They are the oldest and greatest of the Cuban small orchestras performing in the musical style that gave birth to salsa. Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro de Cuba may not have the longest band name out right now (that would be … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead), but that doesn’t mean this 82-year-old organization won’t blow its audience away when it stops by UCSB on Sunday, April 3. Read More

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Cuba’s Oil Potential at the Center of Earth Sciences Convention

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 29 (acn) The Fourth Earth Sciences Convention will take place in Havana in April with the participation of experts from nearly 20 countries who will discuss important topics such as the oil potentials in Cuba’s Exclusive Economic Zone in the southeast of the Gulf of Mexico.Manuel Iturralde, president of the event’s Organizing Committee and of the Cuban Society of Geology, told ACN that this topic will be analyzed during the Third Cuban Congress on Oil and Gas, one of the meetings that will take place during the Convention. Read More

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Cuba to Open New International Diving Center

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.29 - 14:03:32 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. CIENAGA DE ZAPATA.-&nbsp; A new international diving center will be soon inaugurated in Punta Perdiz, between Playa Larga and Playa Giron, in the western province of Matanzas.The Deputy Sales Director with the Comprehensive Tourist Enterprise in Cienaga de Zapata, Jorge Miranda, told ACN that the new facility will meet the standards established internationally for this sport, including a hyperbaric chamber.&nbsp; Read More

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