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Archive - Oct 5, 2010

Report Back 21st Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">In July 2010, 8 British Columbians had the good fortune to join the 21st Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba. Over 85 Caravanistas from across the United States and around the world, joined together to raise awareness throughout the United States about the cruelty of the illegal US blockade against Cuba. Read More

Report Back from the 2010 Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade to Cuba

In April/May 2010 a group of 35 people travelled to Cuba to participate in the Ernesto Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade. These people literally hailed from across Canada - Vancouver Island to Halifax. They came together to volunteer in Cuba, to learn from the gains of the Cuban revolution and to have fun! Read More

US Offers Parole To Ex-Cuban Political Prisoners

Oct 4, 2010 9:32 pm US/Eastern. The action by the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security could affect dozens of exiled prisoners now in Spain WASHINGTON (CBS4). CBS4 News. As Cuba is rumored to be considering the release and exile of more political prisoners, the U.S. is taking steps to allow some of the prisoners already released to come to the United States under a special program for immigrants who don't qualify in normal ways. Read More

Wynton Marsalis in Cuba to "Bring People Together"

<p style="text-align: justify;">Reuters.HAVANA. U.S. jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center orchestra will play concerts in Cuba this week with what he said on Monday was a simple goal -- to bring people together through music. His is the latest in a growing series of cultural exchanges between the United States and Cuba as the two countries grope for common ground after five decades of hostility. The New York-based jazz orchestra, making its first trip to the island, is set to play concerts Tuesday through Saturday and give classes to young Cuban musicians. Read More

Cuban Women Team Gets Historic Result in Chess Olympiad

<p style="text-align: justify;">PL — last modified Oct 04, 2010 04:42 PM.Cuban women team got its better result ever in the Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansysk by finishing in he fourth place. Read More

It may be the world's most beautiful beach

<p style="text-align: justify;">Varadero has pristine sands, gorgeous water and classic hotels. It may be the world's most beautiful beach.&nbsp; A couple walk on a beach in Varadero, a 19-kilometre-long peninsula of white sand beaches lined with resorts in the province of Matanzas around 135 kilometres from Havana, Cuba.&nbsp; I recently spent a fabulous two weeks in Cuba, staying in Varadero and Havana. Read More

FARS NEWS: Venezuelan President Due in Tehran Soon

<p style="text-align: justify;">TEHRAN (FNA)- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is scheduled to visit Tehran in the near future to review ways to further expand bilateral relations and mutual cooperation between the two countries with Iranian officials. Read More

Corn Growers Support Cuba Trade Legislation

<p style="text-align: justify;">With a vote in Congress expected soon, the Missouri Corn Growers Association announced last week its support of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's mark up of H.R. 4645, The Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act. This legislation would level the playing field for American farmers and increase agricultural exports from the United States to Cuba. Read More

Diaries in Lezama Lima Code

<p style="text-align: justify;">Lezama’s ineludible metaphysic, a result of his encyclopedic knowledge and deep Cuban roots, sprouts in every line of Jose Lezama Lima’s Diaries marked by the fanciful rhythm of his grammar.&nbsp; In the year of his centenary the thoughts of the famous author of Paradiso stamped in manuscripts dated between October 18, 1939 and July 31, 1949 re-emerge under the seal of the Ediciones Union publishing house. Read More

Cuban Vice President Heads to Russia

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cabrisas will be received in the Russian capital by his counterpart Igor Sechin, Prensa Latina reported. At present, bilateral relations between Cuba and Russia are in a dynamic development phase that covers several fields of economy, politics, education and culture, according to sources of the Cuban foreign ministry. Read More