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Archive - Jan 23, 2011

Cuba Travel suggests Santa Clara City's main places

<p style="text-align: justify;">Surrounded by low hills, Santa Clara is a young college town. It is also the spot of victory during the Cuban Revolution in 1958. Santa Clara has a deep affiliation with the notorious revolutionary commander Ché Guevara. Easy to get to on the Autopista Nacional, most travelers come to see the Ché sights, but find a diverse and colorful cultural scene and a beautiful central park. Don't miss these attractions on your Santa Clara vacation. Read More

Vietnamese businessman helps Cuban people

<p style="text-align: justify;">QĐND - Saturday, January 22, 2011, 22:10. Le Van Kiem, Director General of Long Thanh Golf Business and Investment Joint Stock Company, has offered 50,000 USD to support Cuban people. The present was handed over to Cuban Ambassador Fredesman Turro Gonzalez at a ceremony in Hanoi on Jan. 21. Read More

Cubans enticed bewildered by economic-opening

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA (AFP) - Milagros, a typist, wants to know if she is allowed to use a computer or only her old typewriter, and Lazaro wonders whether the law will stop him from advertising the sale of cult candles and necklaces. As private enterprise bubbles up in Cuba after decades of official disfavor, Cubans have a million questions about how far they can go under the economic reforms being pushed by President Raul Castro, the first such overhaul in 14 years. Read More

Cuban Economic Needs to Lead University Admission

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Jan 21 (Prensa Latina) The needs ofthe Cuban economy will determine access to university studies next academic year starting in Cuba in September, stated the Director of Registration in the Ministry of Higher Education, Rene Sanchez Friday. Read More

Tourism ministry designing personalized history tours

<p style="text-align: justify;">The tourism ministry is designing new tourism products aiming at wealthier travelers.According to commercial director José Manuel Bisbé, the ministry is preparing a program aiming at Spanish tourists interested in the history of Spanish emigration to Cuba. The program will look at the routes of Catalonians, Asturians,Galicians, and migrants from the Canary Islands. Bisbé made the announcement during the International Tourism Fair in Madrid. Read More

Ship begins laying Venezuela-Cuba undersea cable

<p style="text-align: justify;">Work begins on fiber-optic cable from Venezuela to Cuba; link to improve service for Cubans.ap. On Saturday January 22, 2011, 2:02 pm. LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) -- A fiber-optic cable that will eventually link Venezuela to Cuba is being rolled out by a specialized ship off the South American country's coast. Read More

Jamaica and Cuba collaborate to fight drug trade and crime

<p style="text-align: justify;">KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica recently sent a delegation to Cuba on an exploratory/preparatory visit with that country's Ministry of the Interior as part of the government's effort to increase collaboration and cooperation in the fight against the illicit drug trade and other forms of transnational organized crime. Read More

Pablo Milanes in Pinar del Rio offered a Concert among Friends

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.01.22 - 09:46:49 /Pablo Milanes in Pinar del Rio: a Concert among Friends. Pinar del Rio, Cuba.- Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanes, winner of the 2005 National Music Prize, invited the public to have fun, sing and have a wonderful evening among friends, and made this invitation a reality with the concert he offered in this city as part of his national tour.With a timbre defying his almost 50 years of artistic life, Milanes, also a founder of the island’s New Song Movement, interpreted 16 songs. Read More

Cuban Tourism Has Ambitious Projects for Growth

<p style="text-align: justify;">Madrid, Jan 21 (Prensa Latina) Cuba announced its goal to close 2011 with 2.7 million foreign visitors as part of an ambitious project of development of this booming industry that grew 4.2 percent last year.We have concluded 2010 with good results within the complex situation of the world, with about 2.53 million international visitors, pointed out Jose Manuel Bisbe, commercial director of the Cuban Tourism Ministry (MINTUR). Read More

Florida scholars left out of Obama's ease on Cuba travel ban

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Obama administration's move to ease Cuba travel restrictions won't help Florida researchers and professors.Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau. TALLAHASSEE -- Academics around the country hailed the move last week by President Barack Obama to loosen travel restrictions to Cuba. But there was no celebrating by scholars at Florida's public universities. Read More