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Archive - Oct 2010

October 4th

Cubans anxious as state moves to fire 500,000 workers

HAVANA (AFP) – Cuba on Monday starts a six-month process of firing half a million state workers, in a shift that has Cubans very jittery about their fate. "Job cuts for many will mean a process of readaptation that will be quite difficult," said Cardinal Jaime Ortega, noting: "people are worried." The government already has unveiled guidelines for free enterprise activities in 178 fields, as part of the plan to absorb workers set to be laid off into a newly-expanded private sector. Read More

Sancti Spiritus Province, One of Cuba’s Most Aged

<p style="text-align: justify;">ACN. Only Villa Clara and Ciudad de La Habana report more aged residents than Sancti Spiritus. Sancti Spiritus Province, One of Cuba’s Most Aged. Sancti Spiritus is one of Cuba’s three most aged territories -only preceded by Villa Clara and Ciudad de la Habana- where 18,5 per cent of the population is 60 or older. Read More

Report: Cuba May Free More Political Prisoners

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA (CBS4) Human rights activists claim the Cuban government is approaching jailed political prisoners, asking if they would accept release from prison in return for exile from Cuba. If true, this would mark the second time in 2010 that Cuba has traded freedom for exile form&nbsp; political prisoners, actions raising questions among South Florida's exile community. Read More

Complex Cuba: Island excursion reveals many sides

<p style="text-align: justify;">As a graduate student working on Afro-Cuban journalism at the turn of the 20th century, I got to travel to Havana, Cuba, this summer for five weeks of research at the José Mart' National Library. At the Miami airport, aside from being the lone non-Cuban on this particular flight, I had by far the least baggage. Everyone else was laden with food, bicycles, consumer electronics and car tires - enough goodies and supplies for years' worth of missed Christmases and birthdays of family back on the island. It is, of course, nigh impossible to deliver such goods any other way. Read More

José A. Figueroa. A Cuban Self-Portrait: A Book Looking At Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Forty five years of Cuban history (1964-2009) are viewed from the perspective of Cuban photographer José A. Figueroa (Havana, 1946).&nbsp; The book, recently presented in Cuba, covers forty five years (1964-2009) of the country’s history in images. It depicts the reality captured from the perspective of Cuban photographer José A. Figueroa (Havana, 1946).<br> <br> Read More

Chamber of Representatives Discuss Budget Project

<p style="text-align: justify;">10/03/2010. The Budget and Finance Committee of the Uruguayan Chamber of Representatives on Sunday held an extraordinary session to discuss the articles of the draft five-year financial framework for 2010-2014. The committee chairman, the deputy of the ruling Frente Amplio (Broad Front), Doreen Ibarra explained that they decided to sit this Sunday due to little time to analyze a text "really important in several areas." Read More

A history changing invitation?

<p style="text-align: justify;">An invitation by prima ballerina Alicia Alonso to President Barack Obama for him to attend the upcoming bi-annual Ballet Festival in Havana, have unleashed a war of words against the White House and threats of political retaliation by the Cuban-American community in south Florida and elsewhere, if Air Force 1 would dare to land in Cuba. Although this is a near impossible development, ultra-right-wing Cuban-American groups are pulling every strings, pumping thousands of dollars in campaign adds and calling on every anti-Cuba politician to close ranks to avoid this event from happenning, which would be a death sentence for the US embargo/hate/confrontation policy. Read More

NYC/Oct. 20: Exhibit of Cuban Women Artists opens October 20!

<p style="text-align: justify;">CENTER FOR CUBAN STUDIES, 231 West 29th Street, 4th floor, New York City, 212 242 0559 www.cubanartspace.net.&nbsp; Artists are: Rocio garcia, ana flores, mabel poblet, sandra ramos, sandra ceballos, jacqueline brito, yamilys brito, sandra dooley alicia leal, marisol hernández, cirenaica moreira, julia valdés, dania fleites, zaida del rio, elsa mora, marlys fuego, flora fong, olympia ortiz, ileana sánchez Read More

October 3rd

Cuba Passes to Third Round of Volleyball World Champ

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.10.02 - 21:25:02 / [email protected]. Cuba Passes to Third Round of Volleyball World Champ. HAVANA, Cuba.- Cuba’s men volleyball team advanced to the third round of the 17th World Volleyball Championship after Serbia beat Mexico 3-0 on Saturday. The Serbians, in pool H, passed to the next round undefeated, while the Cubans, who took a break on Saturday, qualified with one victory over Mexico (3-0) and one defeat to Serbia (1-3) in Milan. Read More

Havana: Cuban-Venezuelan Trovatours Meeting

<p style="text-align: justify;">sábado, 02 de octubre de 2010. 0:15Havana, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) About 20 Cuban and Venezuelan trovatours will meet from Saturday in Havana in a binational meeting devoted to trova music, organized by the Canto de Todos project, coordinated by the Paraguayan Ricardo Flecha.&nbsp; Venezuelan Alejandro Ali Primera, Pinky and Amaranta Perez and Cubans Vicente Feliu, Charly Salgado and Raul Verdecia, among others will also participate, seeking to continue bringing together several generations of songwriters in Iberoamerica. Read More