Michael Moore film Sicko was 'not banned' in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Film-maker says diplomats made up the story to discredit film that showed healthcare was worse in US than Cuba David Batty. guardian.co.uk, Saturday 18 December 2010 15.26 GMT. Michael Moore Film-maker Michael Moore speaks at a rally in California in June 2007 before a screening of his film, Sicko. Photograph: Max Whittaker/Reuters Read More

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Raul Castro Participates in Final Day of Ordinary Session of Parliament

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 18 (acn) The final day of discussions of the Sixth Ordinary Period of Sessions of the Seventh Legislature of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament) began on Saturday morning at Havana’s Convention Center with the participation of President Raul Castro. Read More

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Cuba's National Assembly discusses "Guidelines for Economic and Social Policy"

<p style="text-align: justify;">Top News: The Raúl Castro government plans to gradually impose new taxes on everything from salaries, to land, to utilities, the local media reported following the second day of the National Assembly meeting. Read More

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Cuban Parliamentarians Discuss Economic Guidelines and Fiscal Policy

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 17 (acn) With the presence of Cuban President Raul Castro, the members of the National Assembly (Parliament) discussed on Thursday the Draft Guidelines for the Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution and the national fiscal policy for 2011. Read More

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Cuban Student Wins Hispanic-American Spelling Contest

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.12.17 - 14:19:02 / [email protected]. Young Cuban student Lisandra Cutiño HAVANA, CUBA.- Young Cuban student Lisandra Cutiño won on Thursday the 11th Hispanic-American Spelling Contest held in Montevideo, Uruguay with the participation of representatives from 11 countries. Read More

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XL Airways France Starts Flying to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.12.17 - 14:22:13 / [email protected]. HAVANA, CUBA.-&nbsp; A new connection between Cuba and France was inaugurated Wednesday with the arrival of the first XL Airways France flight in the Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport, outside well-known resort of Varadero, Matanzas.The airline will be operating in Cuba until late April 2011, flying from the Charles de Gaulle International Airport, in Paris, to San Salvador (Bahamas) and the on to Varadero as the final destination. Read More

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Urban Tribes Prowl Havana Nights

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Dalia Acosta. HAVANA, Dec 17, 2010 (IPS) - A different city emerges on the weekends in Havana. Young people, whose faces are as strange as they are common, take possession of the city and reinvent it. They are the "urban tribes," a global phenomenon that has made its mark on Cuba. A stretch of about 700 metres of Calle G, one of Havana's main avenues, is a meeting site for these informal networks. Read More

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High Point takes on Cuban kids

<p style="text-align: justify;">UK sales house High Point Media Group has picked up a one-off doc from an award-winning international film director for worldwide distribution.The latest documentary from Estela Bravo is called Operation Peter Pan: Flying Back to Cuba and won a Coral award at Havana's Film Festival earlier this month. It delves into the controversy surrounding Cuba's 'lost generation' of children who were sent to the US in the 1960s by their parents. Read More

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New York’s Orchestra Director Gives Lecture in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.12.17 - 14:55:19 / [email protected]. New York’s Orchestra Director Gives Lecture in Cuba. Havana, Cuba.- Arturo O’Farril, pianist and director of New York’s Afro Latin Jazz orchestra spoke about the significance of the Cuban music in a lecture offered at the Mella Theater in Havana, as part of the ongoing Jazz Plaza Festival.O’Farril, son of Cuban-born musician Chico O’Farrill, said Cuban music is special and that he is a defender of its flavor, swing and beat. Read More

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Cuban leader meets senior Chinese military official

<p style="text-align: justify;">13:37, December 17, 2010.Cuban leader Raul Castro met in Havana Thursday with Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.Ma conveyed greetings and wishes from Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao to Castro. Read More

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