Bolivian Airports Closed Due to Dense Smoke

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Airport Administration and Auxiliary Services for Air Navigation (AASANA) informed that 76 percent of Bolivian airports continue closed due to dense smoke as the result of forest fires. Read More

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At 61, Diana Nyad ready to swim Cuba to Keys 32 years after first attempt

<p style="text-align: justify;">KEY WEST — It's Aug. 15, 1978, and Diana Nyad is in distress, slamming into 8-foot waves, bobbing in the tumultuous open waters of the Florida Straits. She's in a shark cage and has been swimming for 41 hours, 39 minutes, since she waded into the surf near Bahía Honda, Cuba. Read More

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Cuban Specialists Called to Take Actions to Protect Zaza Basin

<p style="text-align: justify;">SANCTI SPIRITUS, Cuba, Aug 23 (acn) A commission to evaluate river basin conditions in the Cuban central province of Sancti Spiritus agreed on the need to increase reforestation and soil-improvement actions in the Zaza basin, the second largest one in the country. Read More

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Fidel Castro: Limited Nuclear War Could Lead to Nuclear Winter

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) Leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro says the slightest use of nuclear weapons in a single, limited war could plunge the planet into a nuclear winter. Read More

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Classics in Cuba's architecture

<p style="text-align: justify;">I shall report on some of the surprises soon. But lets start with the biggest of all. I never expected to see so much classical tradition, and classics around the place. Read More

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Sustainable Agriculture and Urban Gardens in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Research Delegation. November 12 - 21, 2010. "Since the early 1990's, Cuba has been engaged in the most comprehensive conversion from chemical to organic agriculture that any nation has yet attempted." -- Peter Rosset, Institute for Food and Development Policy. Read More

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Alejandro Brugues to Film a Zombies Comedy

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban filmmaker Alejandro Brugues, known for his debut film "Personal Belongings", is working in his new film, a horror comedy titled "Juan de los Muertos" (Juan of the Dead), Cuban News Agency published. The Cuban Institute on Cinematographic Arts and Industry (ICAIC) informed that in the film, Havana city is invaded by a legion of flesh-eating zombies. Read More

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Chavez Calls for Convincing Victory in Elections

<p style="text-align: justify;">Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez administered the oath to the last group of socialist activists that will take part in the campaign for parliamentary elections, and called for unity and victory at the polls. Read More

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SIUC sees opportunity in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">CARBONDALE - Advocates for educational exchanges in Cuba at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are happier these days, now that travel restrictions to the island are easing. Read More

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Iran loses to Cuba in YOG volleyball

<p style="text-align: justify;">SINGAPORE, Aug. 23 (MNA) -- Iran was defeated by Cuba in the volleyball competition of Youth Olympic Games (YOG) on Monday. Read More

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