Cuba shoots its first zombie movie Juan Of The Dead

<p style="text-align: justify;">Juan Of The Dead Juan Of The Dead: Cuba's answer to Shaun Of The Dead. Blood-spattered, flesh-eating monsters have been roaming the Cuban capital, Havana, in recent months - all part of filming for the country's first zombie movie.Bearing a similar title to Britain's 2004 comedy horror Shaun Of The Dead, Juan Of The Dead's plot is actually closer to the 1984 ghoul classic Ghostbusters.In the film, an entire city is overrun by zombies while Cuba's Communist leaders insist it is just a plot by US-backed dissidents to bring down the government. Read More

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Cuba Extracting More Oil, Saving More with Wind Parks

<p style="text-align: justify;">Escrito por Martin Hacthoun. 17 de enero de 2011, 00:15Havana, Dec 17 (Prensa Latina) Last year, the western Cuban Oil Extraction and Drilling Enterprise extracted more than 7,330,000 barrels, which contributed to the reduction of oil imports.The general director of the enterprise, Joel Pumariega, praised the efforts of entities associated to the Santa Cruz del Norte facilities, which allowed meeting the electricity needs of the Cuban capital and maintaining a stable supply of gas for cooking to more than one million people. Read More

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Cuba bemoans US embargo

<p style="text-align: justify;">Mon, 17 Jan 2011 8:30. Cuba on Sunday criticized a US move easing restrictions on travel and remittances to the island as "very limited," and said it would keep a decades-old trade embargo intact."Although the measures are positive, they... are very limited in scope, and they don't change the policy toward Cuba," the foreign ministry said in a statement. Read More

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UK firm signs Cuban renewable energy deal

<p style="text-align: justify;">BBC. 17 January 2011 Last updated at 02:16 ET. The deal involves using sugar cane bagasse for power generation. Generating power from sugar cane fibre and wild shrubs is at the heart of a pioneering link between a British company and the Cuban government.Havana Energy, chaired by former Labour government minister Brian Wilson, plans to develop the technology to build biomass energy plants in the country.The deal, with state-owned Zerus, comes as the country trials ways of working with private firms, after decades of running its economy through the state.It is being valued at $250m (157m). Read More

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Pyramid structure found off coast of Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">A few leaked photos from Cuba show beyond the shadow of a doubt it is a Pyramid shape.It is rumored to be in much shallower water than the so called lost city located on the Cuban shelf. The visible portion is thought to be 3-4 meters in height and may be the capstone to a much larger structure that is over 60 meters in height.There a several joint expeditions looking for treasure and ancient structures off the coast of Cuba but we do not know which group found the Pyramid. Read More

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How Julia Stiles Became Stranded, Destitute in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Traveling to Cuba with a humanitarian aid group, actress Julia Stiles burned through all her cash and ended up stranded, unable to pay her mandatory exit fee at the airport. Is this information coming to us from TMZ's Havana bureau? Not quite: the 10 Things I Hate About You starlet divulged her travel woes in The Wall Street Journal on Friday. Read More

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Easing of Cuba travel restrictions opens door to more U.S. visits

<p style="text-align: justify;">Posted Jan 16 2011 12:25PM.By Laura Bly, USA TODAY. President Obama recently announced plans to let student, church and cultural groups legally visit Cuba. And while falling short of now-stalled legislation that would have lifted a nearly five decade-old travel ban, it could pave the way for more U.S. tourism to the Caribbean country. Read More

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Angolan Vice President Visits Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">6 de enero de 2011, 12:34Luanda, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) The Vice President of Angola Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, departed Sunday for Cuba, where he has a full work agenda beginning Monday.The Angolan official, who will be visiting until January 21, was invited by the Cuba government. Read More

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Cuba Saves More Than 27,000 Tons of Oil on Power Generation

<p style="text-align: justify;">Sunday, January 16, 2011 12:51 PM. (Source: Info-Prod Research (Middle East))trackingAccording to ACN: Measures implemented in Cuba to stop excessive oil consumption allowed the country to save 27,130 tons of oil in 2010. Director of the Rational Use of Energy Office Tatiana Amaran told ACN the systematic control of power consumption plans across the country, improvements on power lines and the introduction of state-of-the-art technology on several thermoelectric plants are some of the actions that contributed to last year's results. Read More

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Cuban Actress Wins Lumiere Award

<p style="text-align: justify;">Paris, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) Venus Noire, a raw French film by Adbellatif Kechiche, became a launch pad to fame for first-time Cuban actress Yahima Torres, who won Most Promising Actress at the 16th annual Lumiere Awards.The news was too much of a surprise, because the young woman, who lives in Paris, had received praise from French critics and also at the Venice Film Festival."It is all like a dream and a miracle, although it also meant much dedication and sacrifice on my part," she told reporters. Read More

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