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Cuba: Salvadorian President Visits Latin American School of Medicine

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 5 (acn) Salvadorian President Mauricio Funes visited this Tuesday the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM by its Spanish acronym) and said he was greatly impressed and thankful by the school’s contribution to his country and the rest of the Americas.Funes had visited the school before taking office in his country, but from his new position “I can understand better its importance” he declared. Read More

Nov. 19-29: Educator's Delegation - Cuba Labor Seminar

<p style="text-align: justify;">Subject: EDUCATORS DELEGATION - Cuba Labor Seminar to Cuba November 19 to November 29, 2010. US/Cuba Labor Exchange Seminar to Cuba, Educators program, November 19 to November 29, 2010. US/Cuba Labor Exchange. P.O. Box 39188 Redford, MI 48239 Phone/Fax: (313) 575 4933 E-mail: [email protected]://laborexchange.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html. Join the U.S./Cuba Labor Exchange to participate in the Educators program - Cuban Labor Seminar to Cuba Read More

Montaner Matched with Lucio Gutierrez

<p style="text-align: justify;">Strange pair that appeared on NTN 24, the right-wing TV channel of Colombia aligned with the US FOX: a few hours after the coup d’état attempt in Quito, CIA operative Carlos Alberto Montaner, fugitive from Cuban justice for terrorism, joined one of the leaders of the failed complot in Ecuador, former military officer Lucio Gutiérrez, to attack President Rafael Correa. Read More

Cuba Dismisses Limits on Social Network Access

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban Deputy Minister of Informatics and Communications Jose Luis Perdomo on Wednesday dismissed the idea that Cuba limits its citizens' access to social networking sites on the Internet, and denounced U.S.-imposed obstacles to communications. Read More

Cuba Establishes Day of State Terrorism Victims

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 6 (acn) The Cuban Government has officially declared October 6 as the Day of State Terrorism Victims, by decree No. 279, as the island has been the target of terrorist attacks for more than half a century. A full-page article published on Granma newspaper today announces the government’s decision and says that to observe the date, a solemn ceremony will take place Wednesday at the headquarters of the Revolutionary Armed Forces Ministry with the attendance of relatives of terrorism victims, former combatants and representatives of the Cuban people. Read More

Caribbean Citizens Appeal for Release of the Cuban Five, Norman Girvan

<p style="text-align: justify;">*On the 34th Anniversary of the bombing of a Cubana airlines plane off the coast of Barbados by a Miami-based terrorist group, killing 73 innocent people, several Caribbean citizens have joined their voices to the outcry over the unjustified incarceration of the "Cuban Five" by the United States, in a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama. Supporters of this appeal may add their voices by submitting a message in the Comments box below.* Read More

Experts Alert Due to Possible Hurricane

<p style="text-align: justify;">Experts are watching carefully a large area of low pressures located at north of Virgin Islands that can turn into a hurricane in the next few days. According to the Cuban Meteorological Institute (INSMET) locally heavy rains may fall in virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the Hispaniola. Read More

Bilbao, La Habana y Vuelta

<p style="text-align: justify;">Emerson Bran Management, is proud to present Cuban pianist, Daniel Amat’s sizzling new album, “Bilbao-La Habana Y Vuelta” In Daniel Amat’s new album, which was set in his native Cuba, he explores the concept of an artist in a new city, and the particular advantage this gives to a musician. Listeners are instantly set to experience the surge of the artist’s awakening, a breath and pulse into the new rhythmic city, as he takes us through 9 tracks with romantic flair, carnival flavors, and musical styles. Read More

Pet Pointers: Havanese

<p style="text-align: justify;">There are literally hundreds of dog breeds recognized by the AKC and many originated in Europe or Asia but only on dog breed is native to the island of Cuba. Today we meet the havanese and learn more about the adorable dogs in this edition of Pet Pointers. The AKC recognized the havanese in 2001 but those familiar with the breed have loved them for decades. A descendent of the bichon the havanese is the only breed of dog native to the island of Cuba. These sturdy little dogs were first beloved companions of the aristocracy and then later became more common as a family pet among the working class to help guard and her family poultry flocks. Read More

Marsalis and Jazz Lincoln Center Orchestra Blow Cubans Away

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 6 (acn) Cuban jazz lovers were enchanted by Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) from the very beginning of the first of four concerts offered by the American musicians at the Mella Theater in Havana. Tuesday night's performance was marked by a selection of themes arranged by the musicians of the band with the purpose of showing an overall view of the history of jazz starting from the laments of the slaves to the intimacy of nightclubs of the 1920s through the 1940s. Read More