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BRADENTON HERALD: Cuba poised for offshore drilling?

<p style="text-align: justify;">SARASOTA. Cuba may be poised to begin offshore drilling for oil and gas as soon as next year, according to some of those attending a tri-national conference on marine issues here. "They will begin drilling, I think, within the next year," said Wayne Smith, who served in the foreign service in Cuba during the Carter and Reagan administrations, and now works for the Center for International Policy in Washington, D.C. He is also an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University. Read More

UNAIDS Recognizes Cuba and Brazil’s Achievements in Fight Against AIDS

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.09.29 - 13:46:01 / [email protected]. HAVANA, CUBA.- UN’s Joint Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) presented a study in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday in which Cuba and Brazil’s were recognized for their significant progress in the treatment of the epidemics. Read More

Cuban '09 coffee harvest was worst in history

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba -- where super-strong shots of espresso are a way of life -- says it had its worst coffee harvest in history last year, with production plummeting to just 5,500 tons nationwide. And a full-page article in the Communist Party newspaper Granma on Wednesday warned that authorities will no longer fill the shortfall with imports. It said the government cannot afford to spend a projected $40 million this year and $47 million next just to keep islanders in high-octane caffeine. Read More

U.S., Cuba, Mexico scientists finalizing Gulf agreement

<p style="text-align: justify;">Delegations of scientists and environmentalists from the United States, Mexico and Cuba are meeting in Sarasota, Florida to finalize discussions on a tripartite agreement for research and conservation of the Gulf of Mexico. Read More

Azerbaijan, Cuba discussing oil and gas agreement

<p style="text-align: justify;">The government of Azerbaijan is discussing an oil and gas cooperation agreement with Cuba, news Website Azerbaijan Business Center reports. A Cuban trade delegation, led by Deputy Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Oscar Pérez Oliva, is currently in Baku for talks about cooperation in tourism, biotechnology and oil. Read More

Cuba Opens 2nd Round of Championship

<p style="text-align: justify;">The matches Cuba vs. Serbia and Brazil vs. Poland will open the second round of the FIVB Men´s Volleyball World Championships Italy-2010 preliminaries on Thursday. For this second round, the top three teams ranked in each of the six pools will play until October 2 in Milan, Catania and Ancona. Read More

Improvement of Cuban Teams in Chess Olympiad

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban women and men teams improved their places in the World Chess Olympiad held in the Russian city of Khanty-Mansyisk. &nbsp; The Cuban women's team defeated Slovenia 3-1. Yaniet Marrero and Sulennis Pina beat Darja Kaps and Vesna Rozic respectively. Read More

Top Chinese Authorities Send Message to Raul Castro

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 29 (acn) Chinese President Hu Jintao and Council of State Premier Wen Jiabao sent a message to Cuban President Raul Castro on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations between Cuba and China. “On behalf of the Chinese people and Government, we want to convey our warmest congratulations to you and, through your dignified person, to the Government and people of Cuba,” the text reads. Read More

Latin America Working Group, END THE TRAVEL BAN

<p style="text-align: justify;">"For a very long time, I have either led or supported efforts to repeal restrictions on the freedom of Americans to travel. The current prohibition on Americans traveling to Cuba is the last obstacle to the full enjoyment of this right. I strongly support H.R.4645, the Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act, which would eliminate the Cuba travel restrictions. "The Committee had been scheduled to consider this legislation tomorrow, but it now appears that Wednesday will be the last day that Congress is in session before an extended district work period.That makes it increasingly likely that our discussion of the bill will be disrupted or cut short by votes or other activity on the House floor. Accordingly, I am postponing consideration of H.R. 4645 until a time when the Committee will be able to hold the robust and uninterrupted debate this important issue deserves. I firmly believe that when we debate and vote on the merits of this legislation, and I intend for it to be soon, the right to travel will be restored to all Americans."" Read More

The Bildner Center's Cuba Project cordially invites you to the following gathering

<p style="text-align: justify;">The historical ties between the Canaries and Cuba began at the time of the conquest of the Americas. Indeed, Cuba represents the main locus of residence for the `isleños' outside the Canary Islands during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In this lecture, Professors Germán Santana Pérez and María Hernández-Ojeda will discuss the history of migrations, the socio-cultural relations and literary production created in the transatlantic space between Cuba and the Canary Islands. The lecture will be in Spanish. Read More