Casa de las Americas in New York reopens

<p style="text-align: justify;">In 1998, a well-known and popular New York City center for Latin American solidarity events, Casa de las Americas, was forced to close its doors due to high rent resulting from gentrification of the neighborhood and other issues. Read More

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Cuban Rock to Sound in United States

<p style="text-align: justify;">Famous Cuban musicians&nbsp; X Alfonso and Osamu along with salsa singer Pedrito Calvo will first perform in the city of San Francisco, California, on August 21 and 22. Read More

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Venezuela Greets Colombian Minister's Visit

<p style="text-align: justify;">The board of the Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) greeted on Monday the forthcoming visit of the Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin, who will arrive in this capital to strengthen relations between the two nations. Read More

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Obama plan to ease Cuba travel restrictions could include Tampa

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Obama administration is developing plans to ease travel restrictions to Cuba, and an expansion of the cities that currently offer flights to the island country is on the table. A likely beneficiary: Tampa. Read More

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Barclays agrees to forfeit $298 million to settle sanction violations charges

<p style="text-align: justify;">Monday, August 16, 2010; 10:26 PM. Barclays Bank has agreed to forfeit $298 million to U.S. and New York authorities to settle criminal charges brought Monday by federal prosecutors, who allege that the British bank violated U.S. financial sanctions against Cuba, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Burma for more than a decade by knowingly aiding banks in those countries with $500 million in transactions with U.S. entities from 1995 to 2006. Read More

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Book accommodation in Cuba for a 'must-do' holiday

<p style="text-align: justify;">Mon, 16 Aug 2010. There is much to see and do once visitors have checked into their accommodation in Cuba - but the key to a wonderful getaway is just being there. Read More

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Cuba cut U.S. food imports 28% this year

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA - Cuba has continued to slash agricultural purchases from the U.S. even as a key bill that would ease Washington's Cuban travel ban and make it easier to sell more food to the island works its way through Congress, according to a report released today. Read More

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Obama May Ease Cuba Travel Rules; Former Leader in Sector Prepares prnewswire

<p style="text-align: justify;">NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent, widespread reports on the likelihood of an ease on travel restrictions between the U.S. and Cuba have made Cross-Cultural Solutions (CCS), the former leading provider of legal, people-to-people travel to Cuba for Americans, envision the future of their previously halted programs. Read More

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Stem Cell Treatment Benefits Cubans

<p style="text-align: justify;">Nearly 1,478 Cubans have been benefited from 2004 to May 2010 with a stem cell treatment, improving living standard, Granma newspaper reported. Read More

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Exhibition by Wilfredo Lam in Nantes

<p style="text-align: justify;">The exhibition Journey between the Caribbean and the avant-gardes, which throughout this summer has become the center of attention at the Beau Arts Museum in Nantes, the French city where famous writer Jules Verne was born, has turned the painter of La jungla (the Jungle) into a highly valuable character, since it has been discovered in the integrity of its career by young people who had historical information on the painter’s importance for the artistic renovation of the 20th century, but who didn’t know the real scope of that contribution. Read More

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