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Archive - Mar 3, 2011

Castro condemns NATO's 'inevitable' war on Libya

<p style="text-align: justify;">By the CNN Wire Staff. March 3, 2011. Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Cuba's former President Fidel Castro denounced on Thursday what he says is the inevitable U.S.-backed invasion of Libya by NATO to get its hands on that country's oil. Read More

Piñón on Energy deals with Cuba’s petroleum demand and price elasticity

<p style="text-align: justify;">Economics 101: Demand is generally defined as the relationship between the price of a good or service and the amount or quantity the consumer is willing and able to purchase of that good or service. Simply stated, it is the relationship between price and quantity. The question in a centralized economic system is the responsiveness to price by consumers — price elasticity — due to the lack of substitute goods and or services. Read More

Students allowed to study abroad in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">President Obama opens country to college student.By Reid Davenport. Hatchet Staff Writer.Issue: 3/3/11.Students hoping to study abroad in Cuba this fall will be allowed to live in the island country, after President Barack Obama announced he would be relaxing academic travel in January.GW has no plans to launch its own Cuban study abroad program, but students can petition to study with programs offered by other universities such as American University, Central Michigan University and Northern Michigan University. Read More

Over Half a Million Cuban Children to Receive Polio Vaccine

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Mar 3 (Prensa Latina) More than half a million Cuban children will be immunized against polio during the 50 National Polio Vaccination Campaign which will take place in the country in the coming days. Reports from the Ministry of Public Health indicate that the campaign will run in two phases, the first from March 4 to 10 and a second from April 22 to 28.The second phase of the campaign coincides with the Ninth Vaccination Week in the Americas and aims to keep the Cuban population free of the disease. Read More

Cuban hurdler Dayron Robles desires to meet U.S. rival Oliver

<p style="text-align: justify;">09:20, March 03, 2011. Cuban hurdler Dayron Robles expressed here on Wednesday his desire to face U.S. rival David Oliver after his return to competition next summer."I guess we can heat the track next season," said the Beijing 2008 Olympic champion.Robles, 24, holds the world record for the 110 meter hurdles, but he cancelled his European tour last month due to discomfort in his legs.Robles crashed on Feb. 5 against a hurdle during the 60-meter race in Stuttgart, Germany, while Oliver won the contest with a time of 7.37 seconds, the best of the current winter season. Read More

Cuba to Launch New Line of Black Menthol Cigarettes in International Market

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA , Cuba, March 2 (acn) The BRASCUBA enterprise will launch in the international market a new line of black menthol cigarettes made with the same kind of leaves as the worldwide famous Cohiba cigars.The co-president of this Brazilian and Cuban joint venture, Antonio Nacimiento, told ACN that the new line will be gradually introduced in the international market, starting this month; thus contributing to increasing hard currency incomes to the country. Read More

CACSO Meeting to Be Attended by 32 Olympic Committees

<p style="text-align: justify;">Veracruz, Mexico, Mar 2 (Prensa Latina) Coordinator of the Organizing Committee of the Central American and Caribbean Games of Veracruz 2014, Carlos Hernandez, confirmed the attendance of all 32 olympic committees to the General Assembly of the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization (CACSO) on Friday, March 4. Read More

Béla Mavrák & The Stars of the Buena Vista Social Club

<p style="text-align: justify;">Un Soplo en el Aire (A Breeze in the Wind) Connector Records. It seems you can always find a classical guitarist when you need one, even in Hungary. With 20 years of successful touring,operas, and concerts under his tux, Mavrák finds his way to Havana and hooks up with the remaining survivors of the Buena Vista Social Club. Read More

Texas Congressman launches sanctions-easing bill

<p style="text-align: justify;">Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Tx.) introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives Monday that would legalize direct banking relations between U.S. and Cuban banks, and allows Cuban importers of U.S. agricultural goods to pay after goods arrive in a Cuban port. Read More

Cuban and Spanish Doctors Exchange Experiences on Inherited Ataxias

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Radio Angulo / Wednesday, 02 March 2011 12:13. The investigations carried out in Holguin about the inherited ataxia and mainly the Autosomal dominant spinocerebellar (SCA2) were regarded as excellent by Spanish doctor Jose Angel Obeso Inchausti, neurology professor in the Medicine Faculty of the University of Navarra. Read More