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Denied by the Judge Lenard Rene's motion on his return to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">antiterroristas.cu. 2011-09-17. This 16th day of September, 2011, Joan A. Lenard, US District Judge denied Rene Gonzalez's Motion to Modify Conditions of Supervised Release (Motion, D.E. 1808), filed on February 16, 2011. On March 7, 2011, the Government filed its response in opposition (Response, D.E. 1814), to which Defendant filed his reply (Reply, D.E. 1817), on March 25, 2011. Read More

Venezuela leader heads to Cuba for more treatment

<p style="text-align: justify;">CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he is heading back to Cuba for a fourth round of chemotherapy. Chavez says that Bolivian President Evo Morales is accompanying him on Saturday's trip. Their nations are aligned with Cuba in a bloc of leftist Latin American countries. Under Chavez, Venezuela has been a financial backer of Cuba and Bolivia. Read More

For Cuba, they pack everything -- including the kitchen sink

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Alexandra Zayas and Steve Huettel, Times Staff Writers. Sep 16, 2011 03:21 PM. TAMPA —They loaded airport luggage carts with thousands of pounds of America, zipped up in duffel bags and stacked on more duffel bags and shrink-wrapped for protection from pilfering. The Thursday flight to Cuba would span only 344 miles, but its 67 passengers were packed for a voyage to another planet. Read More

Spending the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in Havana, Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Linda Hurtado. HAVANA, Cuba - On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, reporter Linda Hurtado and multi media journalist Tim Jones shared a story on what it's like to be out of the country on that day, and the happy event that brought a 10 year old Largo girl to Havana, Cuba. In a sleepy beach town called Jaimanitas, 45 minutes outside the city of Havana, in the colorful neighborhood of the famous Cuban artist Fuster, a 10-year-old Largo girl turned one year older. The decorations are traditional but the moment is unique. Read More

Cuba and Venezuela are not the Middle East

<p style="text-align: justify;">16.09.2011. Cuba and Venezuela are not the Middle East.By Javier Salado.Rebellion. Recent events in the Middle East, characterized by popular revolts that occurred in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen, with participation of the Special Services of the Western world in Libya and Syria, infiltrating provocateurs, weapons, means and money, much money, in each country, have encouraged the hopes of the planners of U.S. policy toward Venezuela and Cuba. Read More

How has Cuba protected its population against dengue and other infectious diseases?

<p style="text-align: justify;">José A. de la Osa. HOW has Cuba protected its own citizens and travelers from diverse countries around the world from infectious disease? Granma sought an answer from Ministry of Public Health specialists in hygiene and epidemiology, who responded: Thirty years after the introduction of the hemorrhagic dengue virus into the country by unscrupulous individuals from the United States, which has cost the lives of 158 Cubans, including 101 children, the commitment of the revolutionary government and strict adherence to preventative measures has assured today that 26 so-called infectious diseases have been totally limited or are under control, through our vaccination program and a strong National System of Vigilance and Epidemiological Management. Read More

Santiago de Cuba to Host Meeting of Cuban and Mexican Teachers

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Glenda Pardo. Santiago de Cuba, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) Mexican and Cuban educators will hold a fraternal meeting from September 19 to 21 in this city, as part of a professional exchange project, organizers said. The meeting will take place at the former Normal School for Teachers and includes 12 previous courses on topics related to educational technology and communication, training and continuing, history of pedagogy and teaching of mathematics, among others. Read More

Picasso Originals on Display in Camaguey Province

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.15 - 21:43:03 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Camaguey, Cuba.- The first exhibition in this city of original artwork by Spanish Pablo Picasso, offers the public 29 faces coming from the imagination of one of the symbols in the history of fine arts in the world. Opened until September 21 at the Vicentina de la Torre Art Academy, the exhibition “Retratos imaginarios” (Imaginary Portraits) is composed of color printings made in 1969 by way of lithography technique, four years before the death of their author. Read More

The Beginning of Pan American Sports Games

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.16 - 10:23:23 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu / Havana, Cuba.-&nbsp; Once the Latin American athletes are welcomed in the Mexican city of Guadalajara that is the venue of the 16th Pan American Games this competition will be turning 60 years exactly, taking into account its beginning in 1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.&nbsp;&nbsp; Read More

Salsero Rey Ruiz at the Fillmore Miami Beach September 22

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Victor Gonzalez Thu., Sep. 15 2011 at 5:20 PM. Rey Ruiz. El tipo's tremendo salsero.His musical career started 90 miles east of Key West in Havana, Cuba. As a kid, the baby-faced singer appeared on countless national television programs showcasing his incredible range.<br /> He enrolled in the country's famed Conservatorio de Música. And soon, he was headlining a show at the Habana Libre Hotel. Fast-forward a few years and el Rey's touring the globe, playing gigs with Cabaret Tropicana. Read More