Spanish Travel Agency Congress Kicks Off in Eastern Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">The working sessions of the 21st Congress of the Association of Spanish Travel Agencies, AEDAVE, began Wednesday in the eastern Cuban city of Santiago de Cuba. Read More

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Philharmonic Renews Effort to Visit Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By DANIEL J. WAKIN. Published: October 27, 2010. If they cannot go as tourists, put ’em to work. The New York Philharmonic canceled a trip to Havana last year because the United States government refused to allow its wealthy patrons to go along, saying they would essentially be tourists. That violates sanctions banning most travel to Cuba. So the Philharmonic quietly resubmitted its application, this time adding a children’s concert and Kidzone beforehand and stating that the patrons would be involved in the activities, officials at the orchestra and in Washington said in recent interviews. Read More

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Laid-off workers to get some government help, but no money

<p style="text-align: justify;">The government will help laid-off state workers, but without dedicating any funds, an article in Communist Party daily Granma said, two days after new regulations made it clear to Cubans that austerity is here to stay. At the same time, there won’t be any long-term unemployment, the article suggests. Read More

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Cuba rejects EuroUnion's 'common stance'

<p style="text-align: justify;">Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez addressing the United Nations late Tuesday: We do not recognize [the European Union's] moral or political authority to criticize anyone on the subject of human rights. Read More

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Juniors get intensive training

<p style="text-align: justify;">Colin Thompson. Sports reporter. Two of the island’s top future tennis prospects recently completed an intensive International Tennis Federation (ITF)&nbsp; sponsored training camp in Havana, Cuba. Chris Rego and Eva Frazzoni were invited by regional development officer Anthony Jeremiah to train with the region’s elite. During the camp the local junior tennis stars were versed on crucial elements of the game such as capitalizing on the “big point”. Read More

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Oye Mi Son Santiaguero, New Album By Septeto Santiaguero

<p style="text-align: justify;">When it comes to Cuban son, you should look at Santiago de Cuba. The most genuine rhythms of traditional Cuban music (son, guaracha, danzón, changüí, bolero-son ...) have in the east of the island the best showcase. And if you are seeking for the most balanced model, which combines experience and youth, respect for tradition, but investing in sound innovation and quality self compositions, the brightest band that currently has septet format and is based in Santiago. That is, the Septeto Santiaguero. Read More

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Cuba Seeks to Develop Export of Chili Pepper

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.10.27 - 13:44:19 / [email protected]. CIENFUEGOS, CUBA.- Cuba has started to export a species of chili pepper (Capsicum chinense), after selling to Canada the first 27 tons of the crop this year. Chili peppers are an underestimated crop in the Cuban diet and had nearly vanished from the country’s fields until an agricultural enterprise in the municipality of Abreu, Cienfuegos, started growing the crop in cultivation houses covering a total area of barely 4.70 acres. The enterprise, named La Horquita, currently harvests an average of five kilograms per plant in a month, but is looking to boost production after planting ten of its 36 cultivation houses with red and yellow chilli peppers. Read More

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New disc will revere Santiago’s traditional music

<p style="text-align: justify;">A musical anthology gathering the work of Santiago’s authors will be edited to revere the rhythmic and authorial legacy of this city, cradle of genres such as son, bolero, pilon and conga. The Bis Music record, from ARTEX, an enterprise for artistic and literary promotion, is preparing the double phonogram with 25 tracks from the Cuban popular and traditional repertory, with equal number of composers from Santiago. The selection takes in authors from the nineteenth-century, who founded the Cuban sonorous identity -among them Jose "Pepe" Sanchez, father of the first bolero and the trova– and includes contemporary authors as Rodulfo Vaillant and Enrique Bonne. Read More

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Cuba to Participate in Salvadoran Commercial Fair

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba will be present at the 23rd International Commercial Fair of El Salvador scheduled for November 9-14 at the International Fair and Convention Center (CIFCO) of San Salvador with the participation of over 20 countries. Read More

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For the US, a spectacularly embarrasing vote at the UN

<p style="text-align: justify;">La Alborada - October 27. After last year, it seemed that the annual vote at the UN could not get worse for the US. This year, it did just that: the vote was 187 against the blockade,two in favor. Palau, a Pacific micro-island that has supported the US in the past, decided to abstain, following the prior example of its neighbor Marshall Islands. Taking that stand is no small matter for an isolated nation in a commonwealth with the US. Read More

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