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Archive - Sep 12, 2011

African and Caribbean Filmmakers to Gather in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cubasi.cu. September 12,2011. U.S. actor Danny Glover will lead a large delegation of filmmakers from Africa and the Caribbean to participate in a meeting in Havana on audiovisual production in those regions and their cultural ties and identity. Organized by the Office of the Traveling Caribbean Film Festival, the event will meet next week at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, with debates, panel discussions and presentations on the aesthetic and narrative components of the films in both territories. Read More

Precedential No. 21: Two Cuban Corporations Have Standing to Bring Section 2(e)(3) Cancellation Petition

<p style="text-align: justify;">Monday, September 12, 2011. Two Cuban corporations sought to cancel a Supplemental Registration for the mark PINAR DEL RÍO for cigars, on four grounds: Section 2(a) deceptiveness; Section 2(e)(3) geographically deceptive misdescriptiveness; violation of the Pan American Convention because the mark is an indication of geographical origin or source but the goods do not come from that place; and fraud. Respondent Rodriguez moved to dismiss for lack of standing. The Board denied the motion, ruling that the Board has subject matter jurisdication and that Petitioners have standing. Corporacion Habanos, S.A. and Empresa Cubana del Tabaco, d.b.a. Cubatabaco v. Juan E. Rodriguez, Cancellation No. 92052146 (August 1, 2011) [precedential]. Read More

Flights from Tampa to Cuba offer offer insight

<p style="text-align: justify;">WFTS Staff. TAMPA - With flights from Tampa to Cuba now a reality, ABC Action News anchor Linda Hurtado and photographer Tim Jones boarded a plane to the island nation for a first hand look at the formerly forbidden country. They traveled there this past weekend. Read More

Dozens begin flying to Cuba via Tampa Int'l Airport

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Kristy Wolski, Reporter.Sunday, September 11, 2011. TAMPA. This week dozens of passengers have made their way to Cuba via Tampa International Airport. Many of those passengers, including Tampa resident Steve Rupert, have been waiting a long time to be able to take such a flight. With a camera, Steve Rupert documented his historic trip to Cuba. He flew there from TPA on board the first commercial flight to take off from Tampa to Cuba in nearly 50 years. Read More

Tropical Storm Nate Hits Mexican Coast

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Ray. Mexico City, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) Tropical Storm Nate changed its course and made landfall earlier than predicted in the municipality of La Antigua, in the state of Veracruz, the Civil Defense reported Sunday. Forecasts indicated that the storm would hit Veracruz at Sunday midday, but a new twist in its erratic course caused it to make landfall early. Read More

While Cuba exists, Bola de Nieve will exist

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Susana Méndez.&nbsp; CUBARTE | 11 de Septiembre 2011. A wide program of cultural and artistic actions will take place to celebrate the Hundred years of Ignacio Villa, Bola de Nieve. The program has been designed by the Association of of Cuban Artists and Writers (UNEAC, after its initials in Spanish). Therefore, it was held a meeting with the press, chaired over by the president of the institution Miguel Barnet. In the meeting were also present Guido López Gavilán, president of the music section of UNEAC, Nisia Agüero, famous cultural promoter, Heriberto Feraudy representative of the Aponte Commission and the pianist Nelson Camacho, who for many years have played the music of Ignacio Villa. Read More

Cuba Works to Improve Rice Seeds

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cienfuegos, Cuba, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) Through a project called Semifort, developed by the National Grain Research Institute with the help of Japanese consultants, Cuba is working to improve its rice seeds. Enrique Suarez, head of the institute's program for the genetic improvement of rice, told Prensa Latina that after several years of research, the objective was to improve the national rice seed production system. Read More

Extraordinary Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Visit is no ordinary island vacation to Caribbean nation. BY ELLEN CREAGER. Detroit Free Press. Sunday, September 11, 2011. Editor's Note: In August, travel writer Ellen Creager toured with the first American tourists to visit Cuba legally under a new program. Here's her trip to Havana: HAVANA, Cuba -- The mojitos were in our hands, and we could see the shimmering blue of the Caribbean.But this was no ordinary island vacation. Television cameras whirred as a group of Americans checked into Havana's stately Hotel Nacional, as history was being made -- by us. Read More

Jamaican Blake Wins 100 Meters in Berlin Meet

<p style="text-align: justify;">By. Ray.Berlin, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake won the men´s 100-meters event in 9:82 seconds at the ISTAF Athletics Meet here on Sunday. Blake, who won the Daegu World Championship, beat his personal best, followed by another Caribbean sprinter, Kim Collins of Saint Kitts and Nevis, who place second in 10:01 seconds. Blake, 21, won despite a bad start, meaning he has the potential to achieve an even better time. Read More

Cuban choir salutes Haiti from a distance

<p style="text-align: justify;">Creole singers release CD, will begin tour at Somerville Theatre. The Creole Choir of Cuba -- known back home as Grupo Vocal Desandann -- is made up of descendants of Haitian sugar cane workers. Their repertoire consists of Haitian roots and folk songs. (Sven Creutzmann) By Siddhartha Mitter. At: Somerville Theatre on Oct. 1, 8 p.m. Tickets: $28. 617-876-4275. www.worldmusic.org. This other, less orthodox relief group took the form of a 10-person vocal choir, five women and five men. They visited the camps, slept in the open air with survivors, played with the children - and everywhere sang, sang, sang. Read More