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Archive - Oct 12, 2010

Cuba Silenced by US, 13 Fan in 4-1 Loss

<p style="text-align: justify;">October 12, 2010 | HAVANA TIMES, Oct. 12 — USA pitching dominated the quarterfinals game against rival Cuba on Monday, striking out a sensational 13 batters in the 4-1 win that kept them undefeated in the World Cup/Pan American Games qualifier. Read More

Las Terrazas Movie Sample: Tourism and Environment

<p style="text-align: justify;">An important program of films about environment, climatic change and sustainable tourism is the center of Las Terrazas Movie Sample which will take place from October 14th to 17th in Complejo Las Terrazas, model of a new culture in the relation of human beings with Nature, and of a harmonic tourist development with the environment. The cinema has become a powerful witness of the big environmental problems and terrible effects of the climatic change that are affecting the planet. Camera´s lens move us to&nbsp; distant glaciers threatened by thaw, to the depth of polluted seas, to the soils cracked by the drought or flooded by the rain or the rising of the sea level. Read More

Cuba's foreign minister calls on PM Lee

<p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;12 October 2010 2054 hrs. SINGAPORE: The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla called on Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday afternoon, at the Istana. Mr Rodriguez briefed Mr Lee on developments in Cuba, including the economic reforms that Cuba is undertaking. Mr Rodriguez said he also hoped both countries could enhance bilateral cooperation. Read More

Hurricane Paula Threatens Yucatan, Western Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Paula Becomes Ninth Hurricane Of The Season. POSTED: Monday, October 11, 2010. MIAMI -- Hurricane Paula formed in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday morning, and the storm could bring heavy rains to western Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula. At 11 a.m. Tuesday, Paula was about 155 miles south-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico. Read More

Cuba looks ready to allow small loans for reforms

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Reuters - Monday, October 11th, 2010.HAVANA, Oct 11 (Reuters) " Some European countries are quietly working to bring hard-currency loans to Cuban farmers, an idea Cuba has traditionally resisted but now looks ready to accept to help its economic reforms. A small flow of Spanish money for credits in Cuba is set to start up in 2011 and there are hopes it can grow as Cuba modernizes its state-prevailing socialist economy. The first loans will be financed by Spain’s Agency for International Development Cooperation, which next year will donate 490,000 euros ($680,000) for agriculture, a priority for the Caribbean state dependent on food imports. Read More

Chucho Valdés and the Misa Negra (Black Mass)

<p style="text-align: justify;">Misa Negra (Black Mass), the Cuban 9th Symphony, created in 1969 by Chucho Valdés, and played for the first time at Warsaw’s Congress Hall during the Jamboree Jazz Festival, Poland, October 29th, 1970, marked a before-and-after reference in the musical concerts all over the world.&nbsp; Misa Negra (Black Mass), the Cuban 9th Symphony, created in 1969 by Chucho Valdés, and played for the first time at Warsaw’s Congress Hall during the Jamboree Jazz Festival, Poland, October 29th, 1970, marked a before-and- after reference in the musical concerts all over the world. Read More

When pushing uphill, you're on your own

<p style="text-align: justify;">Wednesday, 06 October 2010 12:33. HAVANA. If you visit one of the Cuban portals that list house swaps and job offers, you're going to find something unusual at this time. The number of job offers is greater than the number of candidates. But if you go to the municipal office where the new licenses for self-employment are issued, the number of people waiting in line is enormous. "Last year, or some months ago, only one or two people were waiting on line," says an employee whom I approach, looking for basic information. Read More

Cuba Congratulates El Salvadors FMLN on Its 30th Anniversary

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 11 (acn) The president of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament), Ricardo Alarcon, congratulated on Sunday the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) of El Salvador on their 30th anniversary. "The FMLN has been a model of loyalty to its revolutionary principles and the Salvadoran popular and political forces," Alarcon said. Read More

The ”Texas” at Grant’s Tomb 1898 In Harlem

<p style="text-align: justify;">New York City welcome to Sampson’s Fleet after the Battle of Santiago Bay, Cuba. The Battle of Santiago de Cuba, fought between Spain and the United States on July 3, 1898, was the largest naval engagement of the Spanish-American War and resulted in the destruction of the Spanish Caribbean Squadron (also known as the Flota de Ultramar). Read More

Bob Woodward book details Obama battles with advisers over exit plan for Afghan war: www.washingtonpost.com

<p style="text-align: justify;">Frustrated with his military commanders for consistently offering only options that required significantly more troops, Obama finally crafted his own strategy, dictating a classified six-page "terms sheet" that sought to limit U.S. involvement, Woodward reports in "Obama's Wars," to be released on Monday. (The Washington Post will print excerpts of Woodward's book beginning Monday on the Web, mobile and print editions.) Read More