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Archive - Sep 20, 2011

Calling All Runners! Rare Opportunity To Participate in Havana Marathon in November With Insight Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">PR NewswirePR Newswire. Inclusive Five-Day Tour Runs November 17-21. NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Talk about bragging rights: for the first time ever, Insight Cuba is collaborating with the Havana Marathon (Marabana Marathon) to allow American athletes the opportunity to legally participate in this most exclusive and momentous run through the historic city on November 20, 2011. Read More

Obama administration insists on Guantanamo closure before 2012 elections

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Raf Casert, The Associated Press. Tuesday, September 20, 2011. Spanish MEP Juan Fernandez Aguilar, left, looks on as United States Attorney General Eric Holder, right, speaks during a session at the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Holder will participate on Tuesday in meetings with EU officials and attend a session at European Parliament. The discussions are expected to focus on data privacy and protection, transnational crime and terrorism, and enhancing U.S.-EU law enforcement, justice and security cooperation, among other issues. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) Read More

MERCO PRESS: Bolivian president blasts the UN and the "Insecurity Council" on Libya

<p style="text-align: justify;">Monday, September 19th 2011 - 22:07 UTC. Bolivian president Evo Morales blasted United Nations and the Security Council for having approved military actions against Libya, an issue which he promised to consider when he addresses the General Assembly in New Your. "What Security Council are we talking about? I'd say it's an Insecurity Council" said Morales in Havana, Cuba, arguing that the combined NATO attack and bombings on Libya "is a shameful action for humanity". Read More

Chavez recovering from chemo in Cuba: Morales

<p style="text-align: justify;">AFP. Bolivian President Evo Morales said Monday his Venezuelan counterpart was "much improved" after the latest round of chemotherapy in Cuba to treat President Hugo Chavez's cancer. Morales, who made the comment during a lecture at the University of Havana, where he was receiving an honorary doctorate, arrived with Chavez from Caracas late Saturday. Read More

Entrepreneurs Emerge As Cuba Loosens Control

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Nick Miroff. Since Cuba's communist government loosened its grip on the economy, thousands of small private businesses have sprung up.It's a new frontier for budding capitalists, but competition is fierce and advertising is still tightly restricted.Snack bars and food stalls are now all over Havana, but there aren't many as distinctive as Tio Tito, or Uncle Tito. The first thing you notice is the uniformed employees, scrambling to serve up Hawaiian pizzas and fruit drinks as music videos play on a monitor behind the counter. Read More

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL talks about Rivera's bill

<p style="text-align: justify;">September 17-18, 2011. By ARIAN CAMPO-FLORES. MIAMI - One recent morning at the airport here, Enrique Verea waited to check in to his flight to Havana, Cuba, with a luggage cart piled high with bags of food,clothes and medicine for his family. That could be his last trip to the island for a while if a bill proposed by Republican Rep. David Rivera of Florida passes Congress. The measure, which would amend the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966, is aimed at people like Mr. Verea, who, in Mr. Rivera's view, are violating the spirit of the act. Read More

Terry Fox in Cuba: Annual Run Largest Outside Canada

<p style="text-align: justify;">Written by Wendy Holm. The Holm Team. This year, Cuba celebrated its 13th Terry Fox Run. Organized by communities across Cuba every year in March, it is the largest Terry Fox event outside of Canada. When I mention this to friends, they are amazed. "Why would people go to Cuba to run?" I've even been asked. The people running of course are Cubans. Accompanied by the odd Canadian visitor lucky enough to be there at the time. It is organized every year in cities and towns and villages across the country.&nbsp; Read More

Cuban Rat Poison BioRat In Southern Asia

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Ana Luisa Brown. Hanoi, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) The prestige of the Cuban rat poison BioRat increased in southern Asia where rats have caused millions loses, demanding a sustainable ecological solution. Produced at Delta of Mekong by BioVietnam, from the Cuban business group Labiofam, this biological product knocked at the doors of the Malaysian market with full reference of effectiveness. They have also reached Malaysia with the credibility provided by the ISO 9001 of 2008 quality Standard and production indicators and quality redoubled in the last five years. Read More

Cuba’s Work Leading Disarmament Conference Acknowledges

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte. Geneva, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has received innumerable recognitions at the end of its work leading the Disarmament Conference in Geneva, which will conclude in October with the presentation of the annual report. The United Nations Office's official sources in Geneva state that during 2011, the forum had had the presidencies of Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, North Korea and Cuba. Read More

Why our Cuba embargo could lead to another Gulf ?

<p style="text-align: justify;">CNN/Fareed Zakaria: Washington's desperate desire to isolate Cuba and block the island's economic development is the highest priority element in US foreign policy toward the island. Obama has simply continued what every other US president before him has done, including sending US agents, funds and technology there to promote destabilization. Read More