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Archive - Oct 5, 2011

Cuba's new entrepreneurs flood the private sector

<p style="text-align: justify;">NPR. New business are springing up across the country. Most are competing with each other. Many are competing with the state. Until recently, most services were offered by state-run agencies that faced little competition and thus little incentive to evolve and improve. Cuban entrepreneurs are taking advantage of this stagnation by offering goods and services at lower prices than do traditional government agencies. As the Cuban economy is liberalized, budding entrepreneurs are competing with more than just each other. Their biggest competitor may be the Cuban government. Read More

Teaching music in Cuba: unique experience

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, CUBA --By Veronica Cintron, Anchor. Tuesday, October 4, 2011.Inside the music classroom in Cuba.Light and music filled the rooms at the Amadeo Roldan Conservatory in Havana, Cuba where more than 300 students study music for free.It’s an experience like no other. Last week, they had a chance to learn from a new set of teachers.The Florida Orchestra's Wind Quintet taught master classes there as part of a cultural exchange. Read More

Cuba and Venezuela with a good trend in Baseball World Cup

<p style="text-align: justify;">Santiago de Veraguas, Panama, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) Both Cuba and Venezuela will open the game with their undefeated pitcher, after starting the Cup with tow individual wins each. Cubans beat Australia 14-0 and 3-0 to the Dominican Republic, while the Venezuela won South Korea 5-4 and Nicaragua 5-2. Cuba will clash on Tuesday against Venezuela in the Omar Torrijos Stadium in order to retain it status of unbeaten and leader of the group B of the 39 Baseball World Cup Panama-2011. Read More

Bob Marley's songs will be recalled at a concert in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">October 03, 2011. Bob Marley (1945 - 1981) Cuban musicians will join members of the Canadian Jamaica to Toronto project in Havana on Oct. 22 at a concert dedicated to Jamaican singer and songwriter Bob Marley on the 30th anniversary of his death, local media reported Sunday. Read More

Cuba's Teatro de La Luna acclaimed during its premiere "Havana Delirium"

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Katie Neal.The WFU Cuba Project (which raises awareness about Cuban issues through cultural events), the Provost's Office, the Romance Languages Department and the Latin American and Latino Studies Program are sponsoring the troupe's visit.&nbsp; Intern Office of Communications and External Relations On Thursday, Oct. 6, the Stevens Center in downtown Winston-Salem will light up with the sights and sounds of the internationally acclaimed Cuban theatre troupe Teatro de la Luna in its premiere of Delirio Habanero or Havana Delirium. Read More

Raul Castro Meets Briefly with Angola Military Delegation

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 4 (acn) During a break in a working meeting with Cuban Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura on Monday, Cuban President Raul Castro met briefly with Angolan Army General Geraldo Sachipengo Nunda, head of that country's Armed Forces' General Staff, and the delegation accompanying him on a visit to Cuba. Read More

New programs being implemented in Cuba for small business

<p style="text-align: justify;">Story by PRI's The World. Cuba's leader Raul Castro has been making some moves toward liberalizing the island's communist economy. The government recently announced that it was drastically reducing its workforce, and now it has begun offering the island's first MBA program, sponsored by the Catholic Church.Would-be small business owners in Cuba now have the opportunity to sign up for a masters degree in business administration from the Catholic Church. Read More

Insight Cuba announces a Havana International Jazz Festival tour next December

<p style="text-align: justify;">PR Newswire. NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Oct. 4, 2011. The world-renowned Havana International Jazz Festival, originally organized by master jazz musicians including Chucho Valdes, and sponsored by the Instituto Cubano de la Musica, will run December 15-18. A lively celebration of music and culture, the festival began as a loosely organized event in 1978 when Bobby Carcasses and other jazz musicians played an outdoor show at Casa de la Cultura in Havana. Insight Cuba offers a musical program which is in fact music to the ears, it's a Six-Day Inclusive Program Features All-Access Pass to Concerts, Events and People-to-People Encounters Read More

Is it time for the USA embargo against Cuba to end?

<p style="text-align: justify;">Tuesday, January 14, 2003.By Amy Maness. While the embargo has not produced the desired regime change in Cuba, integration into the international economy has helped other developing countries - including socialist countries. Economic growth enhanced by trade has reduced poverty and created a middle class that supports further liberalization. Trade partners are well positioned to influence government policies on human rights and to encourage democratization. Read More

Cuba denies having a Hezbollah base in its national territory

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011/10/04.By Luis Chirino. Granma daily has released Cuba's statements about the news aired on a Hezbollah base in its national territory and rejected accusations made by US presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann that the island is serving as a base for the Hezbollah Lebanese movement. Read More