Sonangol Signs Deal With Cuban Oil Company

<p style="text-align: justify;">Luanda — The Angolan oil company Sonangol Research and Production on 8 December, in Havana, signed a sharing productions contract with Cuban Commercial Cupet S.A, to operate two blocs N23 and N33, in off shore, Angop learnt through a press release issued by Sonangol EP. The document mentions that the sharing production contract with Cuban oil company was signed by the Angolan Mateus de Brito, Sonangol EP administrator, on behalf of Sonangol Researching and Production, and Rafael Luís Arias Batista, deputy president and director general of Commercial Cupet S.A. Read More

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Jacob Zuma Met with Cuban Leader in South Africa

<p style="text-align: justify;">By PL — last modified Dec 18, 2010 08:35 AM. The South African president, Jacob Zuma, received on Friday in this capital the member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Jorge Risquet,who will participate in the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students. Read More

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Argentine Doctors Graduated in Cuba Provide Free Medical Attention

<p style="text-align: justify;">Buenos Aires, Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) Argentinian doctors graduated in Cuba, have taken care of more than 24,000 patients in poor neiborhoods of this capital and the province of Buenos Aires, for free. Read More

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Government sets ambitious goal for tourism

<p style="text-align: justify;">Setting ambitious goals for 2011, the government hopes tourism will be the engine to drag the Cuban economy out of its slump. Read More

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Rosa Vasconcelos appreciates Iluminada, a character from theater

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Elizabeth López Corzo. The name Rosa Vasconcelos is very familiar to those who like theater. She is one of the best actresses of the Cuban stage today. And although she has spent some time on stages, the character Iluminada, in Juan Carlos Cremata’s El Premio Flaco, made her really popular. Her performance was so good that Hector Quintero himself said: “She is the Iluminada I thought when I wrote my original play”. Read More

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Thousands of Cubans Make Pilgrimage to St. Lazarus

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA – Cubans celebrated Friday the traditional pilgrimage to venerate St. Lazarus at the El Rincon sanctuary near Havana, where thousands of people go every year to make their votive offerings.The Feast of St. Lazarus on Dec. 17 attracts clergy, payers of ex-votos, the Catholic faithful and practitioners of the Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria at El Rincon, some 30 kilometers from downtown Havana. Read More

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Cruise ships from Great Britain, Canada and Russia to join Cuban tourism

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cruise ships from Great Britain, Canada and Russia will be active in Cuba the coming year 2011, as part of a Cuban program to diversify the tourists' options on the island, an official of the tourist sector reported.An English cruise vessel is going to enter Havana port during two nights. It is a first class ship named Thomson Dream, with a capacity of nearly 1 800 passengers,said José Manuel Bisbé, the commercial director from the Ministry of Tourism. Read More

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Moderate Seismic Activity in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">19 de diciembre de 2010, 00:20Guantanamo, Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) Fernando Guash Hechavarria, PhD said Cuba''s seismic activity is moderate, considering that only 28 earthquakes with a magnitude over VII in Mercalli''s scale, of XII, have been reported in the country, the Cuban News Agency (AIN) reported. Read More

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Cuba to remain stalwart of socialism, president Castro said

<p style="text-align: justify;">REUTERS/ Enrique De La Osa. The Cuban economy will see drastic changes in 2011, but all reforms will be aimed at preserving and strengthening socialism in the country, Cuban President Raul Castro said. Read More

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Béisbol in Cuba Adopts Tie Breaker, Dismaying Purists

<p style="text-align: justify;">By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: December 18, 2010. HAVANA (AP) — When Armando Rivero took the mound for Industriales with the score tied in the top of the 10th, he was already in a deep hole: Villa Clara had runners on first and second with no outs — all before the first pitch of the inning.Franklin Reyes/Associated Press. Opening day in Cuba offered a new rule that tries to prevent extra-inning games from going on forever. Read More

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