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Archive - Oct 3, 2010

Cuba Passes to Third Round of Volleyball World Champ

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.10.02 - 21:25:02 / [email protected]. Cuba Passes to Third Round of Volleyball World Champ. HAVANA, Cuba.- Cuba’s men volleyball team advanced to the third round of the 17th World Volleyball Championship after Serbia beat Mexico 3-0 on Saturday. The Serbians, in pool H, passed to the next round undefeated, while the Cubans, who took a break on Saturday, qualified with one victory over Mexico (3-0) and one defeat to Serbia (1-3) in Milan. Read More

Havana: Cuban-Venezuelan Trovatours Meeting

<p style="text-align: justify;">sábado, 02 de octubre de 2010. 0:15Havana, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) About 20 Cuban and Venezuelan trovatours will meet from Saturday in Havana in a binational meeting devoted to trova music, organized by the Canto de Todos project, coordinated by the Paraguayan Ricardo Flecha.&nbsp; Venezuelan Alejandro Ali Primera, Pinky and Amaranta Perez and Cubans Vicente Feliu, Charly Salgado and Raul Verdecia, among others will also participate, seeking to continue bringing together several generations of songwriters in Iberoamerica. Read More

Electoral Campaign Concludes in Brazil

<p style="text-align: justify;">A television debate ratified the prediction that the candidate of the Workers Party, Dilma Rousseff, can win in the October 3 general elections. Brazilian presidential candidates began the process of electoral rest on Friday, vis-à-vis the elections of the highest level that will take place on Sunday in the country, the Prensa Latina news agency reported. Read More

Bulgaria to Face Cuba, Spain after Defeating Spiritless Brazil at Volley Championship

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010-10-03 10:15:28, The men's national volleyball team of Bulgaria will face Cuba and Spain in the third round of the 2010 Volleyball World Championship in Italy. Late Saturday evening Bulgaria defeated the team of Brazil 3:0 (25:18, 25:20, 25:20). It was a strange game, with the Brazil team obviously playing to lose and being abundantly booed by the frustrated audience. Bulgaria, on its part, played with its second team. Read More

Cuba Wins Opener 9-1 Over Venezuela

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA TIMES, Oct. 2 — Veteran righthander Norge Luis Vera went seven innings allowing only one unearned run and Michel Enriquez, Yorbis Borroto, Ariel Pestano and Hector Olivera led the Cuba’s offense in a 9-1 win to open the Pan American/World Cup Qualifying Tournament underway in Puerto Rico. Read More

Fidel Castro may visit Venezuela, Chavez says

<p style="text-align: justify;">Sun Oct 3, 2010 2:21am GMT. CARACAS (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro may visit Venezuela, his friend and ally Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday, in what would be the 84-year-old Castro's first visit abroad in at least four years. Read More

U.S. can help Cuba embrace free market

<p style="text-align: justify;">Published: 12:00 a.m., Saturday, October 2, 2010. Cuban authorities have announced that they will lay off 500,000 government employees in an attempt to shrink their massive budget, and allow private sector businesses to be created and run independently of government oversight. Read More

Dissidents say Cuba prepares to free more prisoners

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana (reuters) -- Cuba is preparing to free more political prisoners on top of the 52 it is in the process of releasing, dissidents said Saturday. They said they were helping the Roman Catholic Church, Spain and the European Union prepare lists of prisoners who should be released, but that in some cases the government is already taking the first steps toward freeing them. Read More

Pertierra: USA Has Proof for Murder Trial of Posada Carriles

<p style="text-align: justify;">Washington has enough proof to put Luis Posada Carriles on trial for murder,after statements made by terrorist Francisco Chavez Abarca and contained in documentary shown on Cuban television this week, lawyer Jose Pertierra affirmed on Thursday. Read More

La Aragón

<p style="text-align: justify;">The great orchestra of several generations of Cubans, the Aragon celebrates its 71st anniversary. La Charanga Eterna —as it is also known— has more than half a century of musical magic. This group has become a symbol of Cuba sound in the world. Its unique rhythms carry the listener into a very Cuban dream. The Aragón orchestra is a popular band of Cuban charanga. Its characteristic chords are based on the traditional African rhythm and Spanish melodies, plus three violins. Read More