North Carolina Sustainable Agriculture Delegation in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">NEEM - September 28. NEEM invites you to participate in a North Carolina Sustainable Agriculture, Delegation in Cuba, January 14 – 22, 2011. This delegation takes place in and around Havana with unprecedented access to Cuban agriculturalists and in-depth site visits to related facilities. The delegation will stay and base out of the Hotel Nacional. Read More

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Cuba travel bill discussion/vote postponed

<p style="text-align: justify;">Washington, DC , Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the markup of H.R. 4645, the Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act: "For a very long time, I have either led or supported efforts to repeal restrictions on the freedom of Americans to travel. The current prohibition on Americans traveling to Cuba is the last obstacle to the full enjoyment of this right. I strongly support H.R.4645, the Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act, which would eliminate the Cuba travel restrictions. Read More

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Tropical depression in Caribbean heads for Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA. Cuba geared up for heavy rains and high winds from a tropical depression that formed in the northern Caribbean on Tuesday and was forecast to strengthen before plowing across the island and racing northward toward Florida. Read More

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Learning Chinese in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Confucius Institute of Cuba, located inside the Juan Abrantes Stadium of the University of Havana, opens its doors on again for the new school year. Inaugurated on November 30, 2009, the institute aims at promoting the Mandarin language and Chinese culture in Cuba. Read More

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National Hotel Recognized on World Tourism Day

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.09.28 - 14:45:27 / [email protected]. HAVANA, Cuba.- The National Hotel of Cuba was awarded the commemorative stamp of the 6oth anniversary of the Cuban Association of the United Nations on Monday, the World Day of Tourism. Carlos Amat, president of the organization, highlighted the merits of the facility recognized as a National Landmark and a flagship of the Cuban hotel industry. Read More

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Panhandle Personalities: A healer's hands

Doctor takes knowledge, gear to Cuba. Dr. Christopher O'Grady has experienced two vastly different sides of medicine in Cuba.&nbsp; Dr. Christopher O'Grady, left, an Andrews Institute orthopedic surgeon, gets a baseball signed by Cuban baseball player, Julio Torres Serrano. Serrano was one of 40 patients who received the latest in Western medical treatment during Operation Arthroscopy. Read More

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Cuba Modernizes Seismic Network

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba is modernizing its seismic network, a process that should conclude later this year, and at the same time is preparing to post on the Internet details of tectonic plate movements in the archipelago, the local press reported. Read More

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Cuban Teams Dominant in Chess Olympiad among Lat. Ams.

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban men´s and women´s teams put on a great display in round six of the 39th World Chess Olympiad, defeating their respective opponents by wide margins. The Cuban women´s team beat Kyrgyzstan 4-0, with victories for Lisandra Ordaz, Oleiny Linares, Yaniet Marrero and Sulennis Piña. Read More

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A Year to Remember John Lennon

<p style="text-align: justify;">The significance of former Beatle John Lennon acquires a new repercussion in the 70th anniversary of his birth, a year that the world of music pays tribute to his contributions and legacy. Read More

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Cuba TV airs hotel bombing suspect confessing

<p style="text-align: justify;">AP.Mon Sep 27, 10:31 pm ET. HAVANA – State television on Monday broadcast a recently extradited El Salvador man confessing to a role in a 1990s bombing spree against Cuba's tourist hotels, attacks that Havana has long blamed on Cuban-American exile groups. Read More

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