Castro Hopes Popular Debates Build Consensus for Economic Plans

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Patricia Grogg. HAVANA, Nov 27 , 2010 (IPS) - "This is getting bad. We hear that they're going to take away the ration books," says an elderly man, his elbows resting on the countertop of a small shop in the Cuban capital. "Well, for whatever it's worth," replies a woman in a low voice as she makes her monthly ration purchases. Read More

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Cuba to release last of Black Spring dissidents, cardinal says

<p style="text-align: justify;">Madrid - Cuba will release the final batch of dissidents jailed in the so-called Black Spring of 2003, Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega said Monday during a visit to Spain. Read More

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Cuban group to visit

<p style="text-align: justify;">Retrofitting buildings to be topic of speech at college. Posted: November 29, 2010 - 12:02am. By ANTHONY DeMATTEO. A St. Augustine group is continuing its 10-year effort to strengthen the Oldest City's bonds with the people of Cuba. A contingent from Cuba, including several historians from Havana, will speak at 7 p.m. Dec. 6 in the Flagler Room in Flagler College's main building Read More

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Rental of rooms or houses is made easier

<p style="text-align: justify;">Renting rooms and homes has been made easier by new legislation that broadens the concept of self-employment, Granma reported Monday. Resolution 305 of the Housing Institute provides the following guidelines: • Living spaces may be rented for various activities, not just dwelling. " Read More

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Cuba, Russia will interact on criminal law issues, says legal expert at Havana forum

<p style="text-align: justify;">From the Russian news agency RIA-Novosti: Russia and Cuba will cooperate in the field of criminal law, said Aleksei Ivanovich Aleksandrov, president of the Constitutional Law Committee of the Council of the Russian Federation,&nbsp; "The Attorneys General of Cuba and Russia have agreed to cooperate," Alexandrov said during the Tenth International Conference on Criminal Science held last week in Havana. Read More

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Joffrey may dance in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">November 26, 2010. BY HEDY WEISS Dance Critic / [email protected]. The Joffrey Ballet may be the latest U.S. cultural institution to participate in cultural diplomacy efforts with Cuba.During a news conference at this year’s Havana International Ballet Festival, where both American Ballet Theatre and stars of the New York City Ballet performed earlier this month, an official with the event, which is held every two years, said he hoped to have the Joffrey Ballet appear as part of its 2012 season. Read More

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Things to do in St. Lucie County this week: Nov. 29

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Tyler Treadway. TCPalm. November 28, 2010 at 5:21 p.m.Cuban pianist to perform. Chuchito Valdés, a third-generation piano player from Cuba, will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Sunrise Theatre's Black Box, 117 S. Second St. in downtown Fort Pierce. Valdés is the son of famed pianist Chucho Valdés and grandson of Bebo Valdés. Read More

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Cardinal will meet in Spain with ex-inmates

<p style="text-align: justify;">Denies he refused to meet with 'freed compatriots'. A statement from the Archdiocese of Havana: Cardinal Jaime Ortega, Archbishop of Havana, rejects as absolutely false and tendentious the headlines that appeared in ABC and other Spanish newspapers, in which he was accused of avoiding or rejecting an encounter with the former Cuban prisoners. Read More

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Episcopal Church of Cuba has new bishop

<p style="text-align: justify;">November 27, 2010 in Religion. The Rev. Griselda Delgado del Carpio was nstalled Bishop of the Episcopal (Anglican) Church in Cuba. The ceremony was held Sunday afternoon at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Havana. Read More

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Cuba, Kansas: A town of doers

<p style="text-align: justify;">BY BECCY TANNER. The Wichita Eagle. CUBA — It is a tiny dot on the big map of Kansas, a blink-and-miss-it-type of town. But with less than 200 residents, this Republic County community near the Nebraska state line has been a symbol of rural America for more than three decades. Read More

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