World Chess Cup: A Victory and a Draw for Cuban Players in Fourth Round

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.06 - 12:40:17 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. World Chess Cup: A Victory and a Draw for Cuban Players in Fourth Round. HAVANA, CUBA.-&nbsp; Cuban Grand Masters (GM) Leinier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon began the fourth round of the World Chess Cup, under way in the Russian city of Khanty-Mansiysk, with a victory and a draw, respectively, in the first of their two classical matches against Hungarian GM Judit Polgar and Ukrainian GM Ruslan Ponomariov. Playing with the black pieces, Dominguez, the best Latin American player with an ELO rating of 2,719 points, beat Polgar (2,699) after 46 moves of a Sicilian Defense. Read More

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US embargo of Cuba, half a century later

<p style="text-align: justify;">MERIDA, Mexico – Fifty years ago this week, on September 4, 1961, the U.S. Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which prohibited all aid to Cuba and authorized the President to declare a “total embargo upon all trade” with that Caribbean island nation. Advocates heralded this bold move as a sure measure to “create the conditions” necessary for Fidel Castro to be removed from power “within one year.” Fast forward half a century, and both Castro and the embargo remain. Read More

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Bolivia Reports Millions in Losses due to Landlocked Status

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Osmany González Tocabens.La Paz, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) From 1970 to date, Bolivia's landlocked status has cost it more than 30 billion USD in losses, according to a report published Monday in Cambio newspaper. The Andean Development Corporation found in studies of landlocked countries that they lose from two to three percent of their gross domestic product from exports, expert Rodrigo Burgoa told Cambio. Read More

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Root Vegetable Production to Increase in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.05 - 11:34:17 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu / Havana, Cuba.- Even with the serious drought period that has been affecting the island since a year ago, mainly in its central and western regions, the root vegetable production will increase up to a 14 % by the end of the current year 2011 in comparison with last year´s same type of production. Read More

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'Opening' of Cuba makes a Jewish Scrabble-lover feel more at home

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times. September 5, 2011. Reporting from Havana. He carries a dictionary under his arm and wears a very large Star of David around his neck. His name is Fidel Babani, but you can call him Señor Scrabble. Babani, in addition to being an active member of Cuba's tiny Jewish community, is president of the also small, but growing, Cuban Scrabble Assn. Read More

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Coat of Arms of Las Tunas City Conferred to Carlos Alberto Cremata

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.05 - 08:33:28 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu / Las Tunas, Cuba.-&nbsp; Las Tunas city´s coat of arms was conferred to Carlos Alberto Cremata Balmerti, scriptwriter, artistic director of the Cuban Television and graduated in Pedagogical Sciences degree of theater direction, who is also author of over 50 scripts of the local TV series entitled ´Y dice una mariposa´ and ´Cuando yo sea grande. Read More

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First Birthday of Los Galanes Aztecas Mariachi Band

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.05 - 08:46:54 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu / Santa Isabel de las Lajas, Cienfuegos, Cuba.-&nbsp; Through many cities and towns of the Cuban archipelago, the Cuban public enjoys the performances of the Los galanes aztecas Mariachi group from Cienfuegos province that will be celebrating in September 2nd its first anniversary of being created. The group was formed thanks to the initiative of Sander Monzón Pérez, who has achieved the great acceptance of the Mexican music from that municipality in Cienfuegos which has spread into other Cuban regions. Read More

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Cuban "Union Poligrafica" Produces over 16 Million Notebooks for New School Year

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, CUBA, Sept 5 (acn) The director of the printing enterprise "Union Poligrafica", in Cuba, Mirla Diaz Fonseca, announced that this company produced more than 16 million notebooks for the new school year. Diaz told ACN that this institution also manufactured 7.8 million workbooks and more than 4.1 million text books oriented to different teaching levels in the country; as well as nearly 400,000 materials such as tabloids, pamphlets, and other teaching materials. Read More

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Trinidad Village: Created from Honey and Sugar Cane Syrup

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.05 - 11:24:39 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu / Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus, Cuba.- The Santísima Trinidad village was founded during the first days of January of the year 1514, thus dating back some 497 years. Besides, its climate and proximity to the sea as well as the fertility of its lands made of that village a coveted goal and those who settled in it favored, with the beginning of the 18th century, an economic expansion that will leave its mark forever on this site as an architectural jewelry. The urban architecture, which is well-adapted to the tropical temperature and the shining light of the Caribbean, can be watched in stately homes, parks and churches. Read More

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Cuba’s Leinier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon Advance to Fourth Round of World Chess Cup

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.05 - 12:25:35 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu / Cuba’s Leinier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon Advance to Fourth Round of World Chess CupHAVANA, CUBA.-&nbsp; Cuban Grand Masters (GM) Leinier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon advanced on Monday to the fourth round of the World Chess Cup that is under way in the Russian city of Khanty-Mansiysk. Dominguez, the best Latin American player with an ELO rating of 2,719 points, beat Russian GM Igor Lysyj (2 629) with a final score of 5-4. Read More

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