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Archive - Oct 17, 2010

Three of four Ecuador miners found dead after collapse

<p style="text-align: justify;">Sat Oct 16, 6:04 pm ET. PORTOVELO, Ecuador (AFP) – Three of four workers trapped in a collapsed Ecuadoran gold mine were found dead on Saturday, while the status of the fourth man remained unknown, officials said. The Ecuadoran miners were trapped early on Friday, shortly after Chile completed its historic, successful rescue of 33 miners who had been stuck underground in the San Jose mine for a record period of nearly 10 weeks. Read More

Contribution from Santiago de Cuba to the preservation of Cuban sound memory

<p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;17 de Octubre 2010. Santiago de Cuba, (AIN).- An album which includes musical manifestations of popular traditional Cuban culture, was recorded by the band Voces del Milagro, from this city, in the Siboney Studios from the Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales (Musical Edition and Recording Company) (EGREM in Spanish). Sponsored by the Caribbean House, an institution dedicated to socio-cultural research, the album with 19 themes is part of the project dedicated to the rescue of the autochthonous musical sounds of the region, with a ceremonial character. Read More

Top prospects get taste of pressure playing for Team USA

<p style="text-align: justify;">International baseball does not get a lot of attention in the United States but events like the just-completed Pan Am Qualifying Tournament in Puerto Rico are more significant than you might think. Because USA Baseball does a great job scouting and selecting players from among the top talent not on a 40-man roster, Team USA provides a great indicator of when players are ready to graduate from prospects to big leaguers with staying power. Read More

CUBA STANDARD: Bolivia to export rice to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Bolivia will export rice to Cuba using the new Sucre currency mechanism. State company Empresa de Apoyo a la Producción de Alimentos (Emapa) will sell $6 million worth of rice to Cuba and Venezuela, the Bolivian government announced. Read More

Dominican Expert Highlights Work of Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba, together with the Dominican Republic, is leading the Caribbean in the Clean Development Mechanisms, assured Dominican Omar Ramirez, Secretary of State for the National Council for Climate Change here Friday. In statements to Prensa Latina, the Dominican expert pointed out that Cuba has two registered projects, and another one in validation under this mechanism derived from the Protocol of Kyoto for the reduction of greenhouse gases. Read More

House debate: McDonald accuses Rehberg of changing position on Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Friday, October 15, 2010 9:15 pm. GREAT FALLS - Democratic congressional candidate Dennis McDonald accused Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg on Friday of reversing himself on the Cuban trade embargo after receiving campaign donations from a Florida businessman and a political action committee. McDonald used his opening speech to turn fire on Rehberg, a five-term congressman favored to be returned to Washington in what likely is their final debate before the Nov. 2 election. The two men and Libertarian Mike Fellows debated twice in June but not since then. Read More

Cuba President Welcomes Bolivian Foreign Minister

<p style="text-align: justify;">PL — last modified Oct 16, 2010 03:42 PM. Cuban President Raul Castro welcomed on Friday the Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca who is on an official visit to this country. During the fraternal meeting Choquehuanca and Castro confirmed the bilateral ties and cooperation between the two countries. Read More

Dodd is proposed as U.S. ambassador

<p style="text-align: justify;">From a column in The Journal Inquirer of Connecticut by Chris Powell, the newspaper's managing editor:&nbsp; His 36 years in Congress will end in a few months but the other day Connecticut Sen. Christopher J. Dodd may have&nbsp; performed a service as good as any in his long career when he visited Cuba and returned calling for diminishing or ending the U.S. embargo against that country so reform might be encouraged there. Read More

Cienfuegos emerging as island of growth amid recession

<p style="text-align: justify;">Thousands of the new employees are currently being trained in high-skill technical careers to operate the new facilities. Venezuela is funding the projects, but many contractors will be third-country companies. Chinese construction companies, for instance, have landed the biggest contracts so far, for the refinery expansion and construction of other petrochemical plants. However, suppliers from Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Australia and elsewhere are also participating. Read More

SOUTH JOURNAL: Terror Praised, Can Could Only Happen in Miami

<p style="text-align: justify;">October 16, 2010 at 3:28 pm |&nbsp; Orlando Bosch at his ceremony October 12 in Miami. South Journal: You can only see this happen in Miami, nowhere else. "Here everyone knows you and loves you Bosch," this was the phrase shouted at the Miami-based Institute of the Cuban Historic Memory against Totalitarianism." Bosch took the opportunity to announce the launching of his book "Memorias" in a few weeks. Read More