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Archive - Sep 14, 2011

Failed Cuban Trade Embargo is extended for 1 more year

<p style="text-align: justify;">Corey Washington. Augusta Ethnic Community Examiner. September 13, 2011.On Tuesday, Sept. 13th, President Barack Obama chose to extend the Cuban Trade Embargo under the power given to him through the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917.&nbsp; Quite oddly, Cuba is the only country singled out under this Act.&nbsp; North Korea got off the hook in 2008.&nbsp; Read More

PEMEX eyeing Repsol offshore activities in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">In a turnaround from its Mexico-only approach, state oil company Pemex is planning to participate in a series of activities abroad, including offshore drilling in neighboring Cuba, Mexican daily La Jornada reported. The news comes after Pemex announced early this month it spent $1.6 billion to raise its stake in Spanish oil company Repsol YPF from 4.8 percent to 9.8 percent, with the idea of creating a strategic partnership. Read More

Cuba's Self-employment Licenses Almost Double in One Year

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 13 (acn) Self-employment in Cuba is having a favorable impact taking into account that nowadays the Cuban government has doubled the number of licenses granted from about 150,000 last year to 333,000 at present. The minister of the Cuban Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Margarita Gonzalez, affirmed that in view of the implementation of the Guidelines passed during the Sixth Congress of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) they have increased this employment alternative to 181 specialties. Read More

Barack Obama says Cuba's reforms not aggressive enough

<p style="text-align: justify;">13 September 2011 Last updated at 08:58 GMT. Raul Castro's aim: Preserve and develop socialism. Recent changes in Cuba have not been "aggressive enough" to open its economy or reform its political system, US President Barack Obama has said. Mr Obama, speaking to Spanish-language correspondents in Washington, said Cuba remained a "throwback" to the 1960s. Cuba, under a US economic embargo for nearly five decades, has this year moved towards some economic opening. Read More

Venezuela's Chavez expects 1 more round of chemo

<p style="text-align: justify;">CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he expects to undergo a fourth phase of chemotherapy to prevent cancer from reappearing and that it should be the last round. Chavez says he will probably begin the treatment in the coming days and then will undergo tests to verify that no malignant cells have reappeared. Read More

Cuba to Host Iberian-Latin American Congress on Surgery

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 12 (acn) Cuba's advances in the field of surgery will be presented during the Congress of the Iberian-Latin American Society of Surgeons (SILAC) to be held from September 15th through the 17th in Matanzas province. Professor Lazaro Yera, president of the SILAC and of the event's organizing committee, announced during a press conference over the weekend that surgeries of the esophagus, duodenum, stomach, small intestine, liver, pancreas and biliary tract, in addition to oncological surgery, will be among topics tackled. Read More

Japanese experts help Cuba to develop aqua-farms

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Indo Asian News Service. Havana, Sep 13 (IANS) Japanese experts are providing technical know-how to Cuba to help develop its aqua-farms. Sakaki Masanosuke, an official of the Rural Development Department, told Prensa Latina that Japanese experts are involved in a five-year aquaculture development project in the town of Santa Cruz del Sur in central Camaguey province. Read More

New chief US envoy to Cuba takes up sensitive post

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA (AP) — A career U.S. diplomat with more than 30 years' experience has taken up his post as Washington's top envoy to Cuba. John Caulfield is the new chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana. Washington does not have an embassy there since the two Cold War enemies do not have diplomatic relations. Caulfield was previously charge d' affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela. Read More

MFA hosts photography exhibit depicting Cuban life

<p style="text-align: justify;">Gallery Review. By William Owen. Monday, September 12, 2011. MFA. Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb’s combined efforts create a realistic, rich portrait of Cuban life. Since Fidel Castro's rise to power during the 1960s, Cuba has retained an allure in many American minds as a forbidden destination. Havana in particular has garnered a reputation as a city of sinister romance and exotic culture. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's (MFA) exhibit, "Violet Isle: A Photographic Portrait of Cuba," boasts true-to-life works by Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb that dramatically trump Hollywood's unrealistic portrayals of Cuban life. Read More

Obama Quietly Renews U.S. Embargo on Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">With little fanfare, President Obama has renewed his authority under the 1917 Trading with the Enemy Act to extend the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, according to a statement from the White House press office. "I hereby determine that the continuation for 1 year of the exercise of those authorities with respect to Cuba is in the national interest of the United States," Obama declared in a memorandum to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury. In a post last year, The Havana Note explained that Cuba is the only country whose trade with the U.S. is restricted under the act (North Korea escaped its fetters in 2008) and that "for close to 3 decades now, the embargo remains in place because of a yearly presidential determination that it ought to." Read More