Bibi Buckles Before the Cuba Lobby

<p style="text-align: justify;">Nov 23 2010, 2:23 PM ET.By.Jeffrey Goldberg. Goldblog reader Max Socol writes, in reference to the Cuba Lobby's smothering of a nascent Cuba-Israel dialogue: I sense a trend coming.&nbsp; Read More

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Baptist workers experience ‘God’s time for Cuba’

<p style="text-align: justify;">Nov 23, 2010. By STAFF. 2010 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. RICHMOND, Va. (IMB)—When Osvier Acosta Ferrero, 72, and Ricardo Tadeo Soria Perez, 58, peddle down dirt roads on their bicycles, they’re not out for exercise. They’re praying for Cubans who need Christ. Read More

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Press Pass: Alex Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Mike Hume. Tuesday, November 23 2010 11:59:41 AM. It appears the musical life of Alex Cuba is a bit of a contradiction. For starters, Cuba emigrated from his namesake island for Smithers, British Columbia several years ago. His residency in Canada also allowed him (and collaborative partner Nelly Furtado) to become the first-ever Canadians to win a Latin Grammy. Read More

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Electronic Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">Another side of Cuba, another side of Berklee; plus Jason Stein and the Dymaxion Quartet. By JON GARELICK. November 23, 2010. PLATFORMING: Berklee prof Neil Leonard (here with student Julia Easterlin) is bringing his class to Cuba for more than the drums. If you were to hear that a group of Berklee students were spending a week in Cuba, you probably wouldn't be too surprised. Surely they would be studying the island's long Afro-Cuban folkloric, popular, and jazz traditions — from Chano Pozo and Beny Moré to Chucho Valdés, Silvio Rodríguez, and Francisco Mela. Read More

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Community Cultural Project in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">An interactive project called "Grown by Culture" takes place in this central Cuban province with the aim of bringing art in all its manifestations to the most remote communities. Starring by the Company D "Moron Theatre, the initiative is that the group members live for 10 days with local people and become instructors to teach how to conceive a healthy recreation. Read More

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Lawsuit by ex-wife of a Cuban spy against air charterers will be heard in federal court

<p style="text-align: justify;">MIAMI HERALD. November 23, 2010. A lawsuit by the former wife of a Cuban agent against South Florida companies that charter flights to Cuba will be heard by a federal court, not a state court,Miami radio commentator Francisco Aruca revealed Monday. Read More

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Int’l Event on Mathematics Underway in Varadero

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.11.23 - 12:13:44 / [email protected]. HAVANA, CUBA.- Researchers from nine countries are participating in the 11th International Event on Mathematics, Statistics and Computing (Matecompu 2010) that began on Tuesday at the Acuazul hotel in the Varadero resort, central province of Matanzas. Read More

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Frederick Cepeda is back to play with Sancti Spiritus’ team

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: ANNE-MARIE GARCIA. AP. Havana. Cuban baseball star Frederich Cepeda said on Tuesday he will play with Sancti Spiritus’ team next Cuban Baseball Championship beginning on Sunday. Cepeda said he is back to training "on Wednesday" and added he was "happy to contribute to the cause of Sancti Spiritus in the upcoming campaign," according to an interview published Tuesday by the local and state Escambray Daily . He continued saying he will be with the roosters (Sancti Spiritus’ team) the next series." Read More

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Cuba Standard poll: Americans favor end of sanctions, 2-1

<p style="text-align: justify;">By a greater than two-to-one margin, Americans would like President Barack Obama and Congress to lift the Cuba embargo, according to a Widmeyer post-election online survey commissioned by Cuba Standard. Forty-seven percent of those polled said “yes” to lifting the embargo, compared to 22 percent saying “no”, and three in 10 (31%) unsure. Americans in favor of lifting the embargo and allowing travel to Cuba are also more intense, with double the number saying “definitely yes” (18%) than those saying “definitely no” (9%). Read More

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Phl Embassy in Cuba Warns Against Job Offers in Haiti

<p style="text-align: justify;">Tuesday, 23 November 2010 15:50 Public Information Service Unit. 23 November 2010-The Philippine Embassy in Cuba reiterated its warning against unscrupulous individuals recruiting Filipinos for non-existent jobs in Haiti. Read More

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