Composer Tania Leon's music to be played in her native Cuba for the first time

<p style="text-align: justify;">NY DAILY NEWS. Wednesday, October 6th 2010, 4:00 AM.The music of the celebrated Cuban composer and conductor Tania León will be performed at a festival in her native island for the first time ever this week. "This is a very personal trip," said León, explaining that when she left Cuba to study in 1967, her beloved grandmother, a force in her musical career, begged her to stay. "I told her to have faith, that I would return as a musician," she said. "I never forgot that conversation." It has taken 43 years, but León, 67, a distinguished professor at Brooklyn College who heads the school's composition studies department, has been officially invited to Havana, where two of her works will be featured at the second annual Leo Brouwer Festival of Chamber Music, which starts Friday. Read More

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Business groups want Cuba vote in the lame-duck

<p style="text-align: justify;">10/05/10 07:30 PM ET. A number of business associations are planning a lobbying blitz during the lame-duck session to repeal the U.S. travel ban to Cuba. The bill ran into trouble last week when Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, postponed a markup of the legislation. An analysis by The Hill found Berman did not have the votes to move the bill through the panel and onto the House floor for a vote. A GOP takeover of the House could put Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) in charge of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Ros-Lehtinen, the panel’s current ranking member, is a firm opponent of repealing the travel ban. Read More

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Cuba, Salvador to expand co-op on health, education, culture

<p style="text-align: justify;">13:30, October 06, 2010. Cuba and Salvador on Tuesday signed three cooperation agreements in the fields of health, education and culture. The agreements were signed by a visiting Salvadoran delegation led by President Mauricio Funes and Cuban officials at the National Hotel in Havana. Read More

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Re: Drilling Plans Off Cuba Stir Fears of Impact on Gulf

<p style="text-align: justify;">HOUSTON - Five months after the BP oil spill, a federal moratorium still prohibits new deepwater drilling in the American waters of the Gulf of Mexico. And under longstanding federal law, drilling is also banned near the coast of Florida. Yet next year, a Spanish company will begin drilling new wells 50 miles from the Florida Keys - in Cuba's sovereign waters. Read More

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Bauer Tells DPA His Film on Che Offers a New Look at the Guerilla Fighter

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.10.05 - 16:08:41 / [email protected]. Bauer Tells DPA His Film on Che Offers a New Look at the Guerilla Fighter. HAVANA, Cuba.- The documentary “Che. A New Man,” to be premiered in Cuba and Argentina simultaneously is the result of a 12-year research to offer a new look at the intimacy of the legendary revolutionary. Read More

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Government seeking bids in power plant conversion

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba’s basic industries ministries is seeking bids to convert one generating unit of the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes thermoelectric plant to natural gas, Granma reported. Read More

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Granma: Cutbacks in healthcare system underway

<p style="text-align: justify;">Healthcare spending has mushroomed from 121 million non-convertible pesos in 2000 to 2.47 billion pesos in 2009, according to official statistics, while health indicators increased only slightly. The relative share of healthcare spending in the national budget rose from 2 percent to 7 percent in the same period. Read More

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Cuba Beats Nicaragua in World Cup Qualifier

<p style="text-align: justify;">Elvin Orozco pitched 5.1 scoreless inning, but his defense and his bullpen let hom down and Cuba beat Nicaragua 8-1 in the Pan American and IBAF World Cup qualifier, held in Puerto Rico. Jonder Martinez was credited with the win and Hector Olivera went 3 for 5 with two RBI's. Read More

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Cultural Dialogue on Cuba in Paris

<p style="text-align: justify;">The values of the Cuban culture as an element for identity, tradition and spirit were the center of a dialogue in the French capital with the participation of French intellectuals exchanging their opinions with Cuban experts. Read More

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Cayo Guillermo Host of International Tournament

<p style="text-align: justify;">10/05/2010. Workers and officials from Marina Marlin in Cayo Guillermo, Ciego de Avila, northern central Cuba, are getting the conditions for the 1st International Fishing Tournament "Jardines del Rey." The event is scheduled from October 18 and 22 with the attendance of professional and amateur fishermen from several countries. The capture area will comprise up to 3 miles north-northeast, between Cayo Guillermo and Cayo Coco. Read More

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