Photo Exhibition on the Cuban Five Opens in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 23.- A traveling photographic exhibition on the five Cuban antiterrorists unjustly incarcerated in the United States, was opened today at the September 28 National Museum of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) in this capital. Read More

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Flying like birds is already possible for humans

<p style="text-align: justify;">10/23/2010. By Marcelino Ortiz C. An aircraft with movable wings (to flap), powered by a person, has made history in aviation by becoming the first of its type to fly in a sustained and continuous way, according to the University of Toronto, Canada. The 'Snowbird' performed its record-breaking flight at the Great Lakes Gliding Club in Ontario in Canada in August 2nd. The feat was witnessed by the vice-president of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the world-governing body for air sports and aeronautical world records. Read More

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Steelpan, jazz fuse for music workshops

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban-born jazz musician Alexis Baró.Engaging, exciting, informative—words used by participants to describe the Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan and Jazz Festival (TTSJF) annual series of Developmental Workshops for Young Musicians. An instructive accompaniment to its concert programme, these free workshops provide opportunities for young musicians to improve their craft by observing the refined techniques of, and listening to the discerning advice dispensed by professional musicians from abroad and at home. Read More

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NY1 Exclusive: Arturo O'Farrill To Travel To Cuba To Live Out Father's Dream

<p style="text-align: justify;">Latin Jazz musician and bandleader Arturo O'Farrill has performed all over the world, but no trip can rival the one he has planned for December. O’Farrill has be given permission to fly to Cuba for a historic concert that fulfills a lifelong dream. NY1's Stephanie Simon filed the following exclusive report on O'Farrill's plans to perform his father's music in Cuba for the first time. Arturo O'Farrill is always at home at the piano playing. But it's father's homeland and music that continue to beckon him. Legendary composer and bandleader Chico O'Farrill died in 2001 without realizing his dream to return Cuba. He hadn't been there since 1960. Read More

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Miami group proposes micro loans and investment program

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Cuba Study Group, whose board includes some of the wealthiest Cuban American businesspeople, is a weathervane of exile politics. Founded in 2000 by Miami insurance tycoon Carlos Saladrigas, in the aftermath of the Elián González clashes to bring more pragmatism to Cuban American activism, the Cuba Study Group has been inching towards advocacy of normalization with Cuba. Last year, Saladrigas stated it was time to seek interaction with Cuba, including the government, and this year the group came out in support of lifting the U.S. travel ban. In an interview with Cuba Standard, Executive Director Tomás Bilbao, a former assistant of Senator Mel Martinez, explained the group’s microloan initiative, and its proposal for U.S. economic engagement in Cuba. Read More

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Exotic Shrimp Found in Cienfuegos Bay

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.10.22 - 18:35:08 / [email protected]. Cienfuegos, Cuba.- A shellfish species known as kinglet rock shrimp, which is not typically found in the warm waters of the Caribbean, was reported by Cuban scientists in Cienfuegos Bay. According to researcher Raul Fernandez Garcia of the Environmental Studies Center of Cienguegos (CEAC), this type of shrimp of the genus Sicyonia typical has never been seen in the bay. Read More

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Cuba Hammers Czech Republic at Intercontinental Baseball

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 23 (acn) The Cuban national baseball team hammered handed the Czech Republic a stunning super KO 18-0 in its inaugural game at the Intercontinental Baseball Cup underway in Chinese Taipei. The game’s outcome was decided in the very first inning when the Cubans scored five times against the weak Czech pitching staff that couldn’t have a shutout inning in the six they played. Read More

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King’s Gardens International Fishing Tournament a Success, says Organizer

<p style="text-align: justify;">CIEGO DE AVILA, Cuba, Oct 23 (acn) Cuba’s Sport Fishing Federation president José Ramón Cuza Delgado said the large variety of captured fish at the First King’s Gardens International Fishing Tournament reaffirms the potentials of this tourism pole, and described the event as a success. Read More

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Crown jewel of the Cuban countryside

<p style="text-align: justify;">Saturday | October 23, 2010. So hubby and I are up at the crack of dawn - well, more like 6 a.m. - but you can't tell because outside is as dark as midnight. We're anxious and excited about venturing into the Cuban countryside. We have to meet the tour bus by 7:30 a.m.,so the rush is on to get ready, have breakfast and be in the lobby of El Bosque Hotel before 7:20 a.m. By 8 a.m., we're on our way! Our destination? Pinar del Rio, a province at the westernmost end of Cuba. Famous for its natural beauty, flora and fauna, Pinar del Rio, or Pine Forest of the River, is an ideal spot for ecotourism. Read More

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Cuba Lays Out Tax Rules for Entrepreneurs as Business Opportunities Expand

<p style="text-align: justify;">BLOOMBERG. By Blake Schmidt - Oct 22, 2010 Cuba vowed to crack down on self- employed tax evaders as the government laid out new tax regulations as part of a "redesign" of the economy that will allow more private enterprise. The Communist Party newspaper Granma said the new tax rules are aimed at "avoiding concentration of wealth." It based its information on interviews with tax officials including deputy director of the tax administration, Vladimir Regueiro Ale. Read More

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