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Archive - Mar 5, 2011

Gross trial opens in Cuba with ‘vigorous’ defense

<p style="text-align: justify;">On the first day of the trial of American Alan P. Gross, his Cuban lawyers were said to have offered a “vigorous” defense of their client.A lawyer for U.S. government subcontractor Alan P. Gross said his client put up “a vigorous defense’’ Friday on the first day of a trial in Cuba that could send him to prison for 20 years for giving communications equipment to independent groups. Read More

Environmental Actions Reduce Damages on Cuban Coasts

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.04 - 15:46:10 / radiorebelde.Ciego de Avila, Cuba.- The implementation of 15 programs related with the compregehensive management of Cuban coastal areas at local level has allowed to reduce the impact of climate change and natural disasters.During a national meeting of environmental management specialists held in Ciego de Avila, participants noticed that there is growing knowledge on the topic, while the main decision-making bodies and other related institutions are working closer together on the matter. Read More

Cuba to Debut in World Volleyball League vs. the Republic of Korea

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.04 - 19:34:58 / radiorebelde.Havana, Cuba. - Cuba will play against the Republic of Korea in the opening of the 22nd World Volleyball League, slated for May 27 through July 10, with the participation of 16 teams.Cubans will open Group D against the South Koreans in the first weekend of the intercontinental preliminary leg, to be held in the city of Suwon on May 28 and 29, the www.cubadebate.cu Web site reported. Read More

Cuba to free 8 more political prisoners

<p style="text-align: justify;">Published March 05, 2011.| EFE. Havana –&nbsp; The Cuban Catholic Church announced Friday the release and exile to Spain of another seven political prisoners, including one of the five "Group of 75" dissidents who remain behind bars eight years after their arrest in a March 2003 crackdown. Read More

Cuba a viable market for Texas agriculture

<p style="text-align: justify;">Blair Fannin, Texas AgriLife. Mar. 4, 2011. U.S. food, agriculture and forestry exports to Cuba reached $361 million in 2010, and while down 31 percent from the previous year, Cuba remains a viable market for Texas, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist.Dr.&nbsp; Parr Rosson said that Texas businesses are well positioned to compete in Cuba because of the quality of products and proximity to the market.&nbsp; In some years, the U.S. supplies the majority of food imported by Cuba, he said.Corn, wheat, rice, meat, poultry, cotton and forest products have a potential market in Cuba. Read More

Cubans to Participate in Roller-Skating Qualifying Tournament for Pan-American Games

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, March 4 (acn) The Cuban national roller-skating team departed on Friday to Argentina to participate in a qualifying regional tournament for the Pan-American Games of Guadalajara, Mexico.Tony Garcia, bronze medalist at the Central American Games in Cartagena de Indias 2006, is the leader of the Cuban team to the tournament, which will begin on March 5 and will end on March 13. Read More

Polio Vaccination Campaign Underway in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) The 50th National Polio Vaccine Campaign begins Friday in Cuba, with the goal of immunizing more than 500,000 children.According to reports from the Public Health Ministry, the program has two stages, the first running March 4-10, and the second, April 22-28.Some 372,000 children under the age of 3 will receive two doses (in drops) of the vaccine, while reactivation will be for 134,377 9-year-olds (up to 11 months and 29 days). Read More

Cuba frees dissident, other prisoners

<p style="text-align: justify;">Associated Press. HAVANA – A well-known Cuban political prisoner is set to walk out of jail, Roman Catholic officials and the man's wife said Friday, bringing to just four the number of dissidents that remain behind bars from a notorious 2003 sweep.Pedro Arguelles, who was serving a 20-year sentence for treason and other charges, was told he would be allowed to return to his home in central Cuba, his wife Yolanda Vera told The Associated Press. Read More

Cuban VP Receives Brazilian Candidate to Head FAO

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura received José Graziano da Silva, Brazil''s candidate for the post of director general of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.During their meeting Thursday in the Palace of the Revolution, Machado ratified to the visitor Cuba's support for his candidacy in the upcoming June FAO elections in Rome, according to Granma newspaper. Read More

Japanese baseball coaches to train Cubans

<p style="text-align: justify;">Japan Herald. Friday 4th March, 2011.People's Daily. Three Japanese baseball coaches arrived here Thursday to give a course to their Cuban counterparts on pitching, batting and physical training until March 17.The coaches are Masatake Yamanaka and Atsuyoshi Otake, former coaches of Hosei and Waseda universities respectively, and Shinji Inoue, former outfielder of the Yomiuri Giants. Read More