Cuba Beats the U.S. to Defend NORCECA Volleyball Championship Title

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.05 - 12:20:35 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu / HAVANA, CUBA.-&nbsp; Cuba edged the United States in five sets (25-23, 29-27, 25-27, 19-25, 15-8) on Saturday to claim the gold medals and remain champions of the Men’s North, Central American and Caribbean (NORCECA) Volleyball Championship that took place in the Puerto Rican city of Mayaguez. The Cuban attack was led by Wilfredo Leon with 31 points while Fernando Hernandez contributed 17 units to the winners’ cause. Read More

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Cuba celebrates its saint for first time in years

<p style="text-align: justify;">New pictures show the Castro government in Cuba is relaxing its stance on processions by allowing one to take place for the first time in nearly sixty years. A statue of the country’s patron saint will be carried from Madruga in the east of the island to the capital Havana with festivities carrying on until December.2011 euronews. Read More

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Third International Rumba Festival Inaugurated in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.04 - 19:24:45 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Havana, Cuba.- In the presence of a public who loves dance and defends its roots, the 3rd edition of the Timbalaye International Cuban Rumba Festival was inaugurated in Havana on Thursday. Delegates to the event, coming from Italy, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Uruguay, Mexico and Venezuela, enjoyed and danced to the rumba rhythms performed by the Group of the University Students Federation (FEU) and the folk group “Los Criollitos” from the Callejon de Hamel (Hamel Alley) to Trillo Park, where the Timbalaye fiesta began, with the participation of residents from the neighborhood of Cayo Hueso. Read More

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Chavez Warns of Maneuvers to Prepare Invasion of Venezuela

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Ed Newman. Caracas, September 3 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has warned that the opposition seeks to create favorable conditions for a foreign intervention,similar to what occurred in Libya. Speaking at the Miraflores Presidential Palace on Friday, the Bolivarian leader said that the opposition believes the case of Libya will be repeated and are "plotting for an invasion of Venezuela." Read More

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Rigoberta Menchu is Presidential Candidate in Guatemala

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Dayami Interián García. Guatemala, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Rigoberta Menchu once more aspires to the Guatemalan presidency, this second time with a fully indigenous organization but joined to a leftist coalition. The 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner founded Winaq (integral human being) and registered it as a party. Read More

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Chavez in good health after chemotherapy

<p style="text-align: justify;">September 3, 2011.Written by Lakshit. Caracas, Sep 4 (IANS/EFE) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said that after finishing his third round of chemotherapy his health was ‘perfect’. ‘I’m going strong,’ said Chavez, as he left the Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital in Caracas Friday. The president said he had entered the hospital weighing 87.2 kg and left weighing 88.5 kg. Read More

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Cuba Chases 5 Billion Barrels of Undiscovered Oil; U.S. Intervenes

<p style="text-align: justify;">The island nation of Cuba is scrambling to secure access to what it believe to be about 5 billion barrels of oil lying deep under the ocean off its northern coast.&nbsp; A massive drilling rig is en route to Cuba and plans to start drilling in a matter of months. Meanwhile, the United States government is sufficiently concerned about the risks of another oil spill that is dispatching a group of quasi-diplomats to Cuba on a fact-finding mission as early as tomorrow, according to reports in Dow Jones. Read More

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Natural beauty, tranquility in Cuba's Pinar del Rio province

<p style="text-align: justify;">1:43 AM, Sep. 4, 2011. BY ELLEN CREAGER. DETROIT FREE PRESS TRAVEL WRITER. VIñALES, Cuba -- Waterfalls, mountains and the handsomest farmer in Cuba. Those are the top three sights in the western province Pinar del Rio, where nature provides a lush setting for peaceful moments. OK, there were a few not-peaceful moments, such as the 6-inch tarantula that swimmers found in the hotel pool. And the night my hotel room air conditioner broke down in a fit of rattling protest. Read More

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Travel restrictions for Cubans and Americans should end

<p style="text-align: justify;">Given the restrictions of the new "people-to-people" program, is it worth traveling to Cuba? I think the answer is yes, if you are a certain type of person. You have to enjoy cultural travel. You can't be a complainer just because the food might not be up to standard or the Internet goes on the blink. You must be willing to stick with a group and get along with others.The cost -- about $3,000 per person including airfare from Miami for a seven-night trip -- is certainly worth it. Read More

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Cuban dance company to perform in the US for the first time

<p style="text-align: justify;">By. Marta Cabrales. 04 de Septiembre 2011. Santiago de Cuba, (PL).- Teatro de la Danza del Caribe, TDC, (Caribbean Dance Theater) will perform in the United States for the first time during next year´s first months as informed here the company´s vice director, Edison Reyes. Read More

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