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Archive - Jan 2011

January 29th

Cuban Writer Wins Casa de las Americas Award

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.01.28 - 13:31:19 / Cuban writer Emerio Medina won the 52th Casa de las Americas award on the category of short history for his book The boot on the dead bull (La bota sobre el toro muerto). Photo AIN / JRebelde.HAVANA, Cuba.- Cuban writer Emerio Medina won the 52th Casa de las Americas award on the category of short history for his book The boot on the dead bull (La bota sobre el toro muerto), as announced Thursday by the cultural institution granting the prize. Read More

Havana to Host Int’l Event on Informatics in February

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.01.28 - 11:31:17 / 14th International Fair and Convention on Informatics (Informatica 2011) HAVANA, Cuba.- The 14th International Fair and Convention on Informatics (Informatica 2011) will take place from February 7 to 11 in Havana with the participation of representatives from more than 20 countries.Dr. Jorge Luis Perdomo, deputy minister of Informatics and Communications and also president of the event’s Organizing Committee, said the meeting will facilitate the exchange of experiences among professionals of the sector, businesspeople, government representatives, international organizations, and the public in general. Read More

Broadband cable on its way to unplugged Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Fibre-optic cable laid from Venezuela brings the promise of speedy internet to one of the world's least connected countries.Sunday 23 January 2011 20.18 GMT. Cuba is set to join the high-speed broadband era with an undersea fibre-optic cable laid from Venezuela, bringing the promise of speedy internet to one of the world's least connected countries.A specialised ship sailed from Camuri beach, near the Venezuelan port of La Guaria, this weekend, trailing the cable from buoys on the start of a 1,000-mile journey across the Caribbean sea. Read More

January 28th

Argentina Excels in Casa de las Americas Literature Contest

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Jan 28 (Prensa Latina) Argentina did great in the 52nd edition of the Casa de las Americas literature contest, with one prize and five mentions in the categories of testimony, short story, and artistic/literary essay. Writer Carlos E. Bishoff won an award for his testimonial piece on the repression carried out by the military dictatorship in his country (1976-1983).In addition, three Argentinens received mentions in the category of short story: Virginia G. Gallardo ("El porvenir"), Patricia Suarez ("Brindar con extraños"), and Norberto Mauricio Espinosa ("Pequeños milagros"). Read More

Cuba Pays Tribute to National Hero Jose Marti

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 28 (acn) The First Secretary of Cuba’s Young Communist League (UJC), Liudmila Alamo Dueñas, and the president of the Federation of University Students (FEU), Maydel Gomez Lago, placed a floral wreath on behalf of the Cuban people before the monument dedicated to Cuban National Hero Jose Marti at Havana’s Parque Central on the occasion of the 158th anniversary of his birthday. Read More

Lessons in boxing and life in Cuba, Argentina's dream

<p style="text-align: justify;">THE Pan American Games are the goal and the Olympics the dream of the Argentine boxers training in Cuba this month."Training in Cuba is a lesson in boxing and also a lesson in life," said Brian Carlos Castaño, 69kg champion in the ODESUR Games."We get polished here, we're in the ring everyday against the Cubans, allowing us to gain experience and perfect what we&nbsp; learn with Professor Sarbelio," Castaño added. Read More

Why Cuba is a beacon

<p style="text-align: justify;">Some argue the revolution has not gone far enough in terms of a thoroughgoing democracy based but it's a work in progress, writes Labour's John McDonnell.There can be no dispute that Fidel Castro’s coming to power in Cuba in 1959 was a progressive revolution – heroically led by Castro and his allies. It replaced a barbaric regime under Batista in which the island economy served the US business elite and mafia. The 26th July movement, led by Castro and Che Guevara, swept to power on a wave of popular support. Read More

Cuba Denounces Google's Censure of Cubadebate at UNESCO

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 27 (acn) Cuba denounced the closing of Cubadebate's channel in Youtube at the International Symposium on Freedom of Expression organized by UNESCO in Paris.The event was organized with the support of the Swedish foreign ministry and had Jean-Francois Julliard, General Director of Reporters without Borders (RSF,French acronyms) as speaker.The organization "was sanctioned by the United Nation's former Human Rights Commission, in 2003, for acting against principles of freedom of expression," Juan Antonio Fernandez, chairman of the Cuban National Commission for UNESCO, told Cubadebate. Read More

Presidential order re-opens U.S.-Cuba religious exchanges

<p style="text-align: justify;">Date Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:48:04 -0800.UCC - Presidential order re-opens U.S.-Cuba religious exchanges.The CEO and executive director of faith-based humanitarian agency Church World Service (CWS) says the White House executive order this month to ease travel restrictions between the United States and Cuba for religious, educational and cultural exchanges signals "the beginning of a new era of relations between the U.S. and Cuba." Read More

Cuban, South African communist parties strengthen ties

<p style="text-align: justify;">16:13, January 27, 2011. Cuban Vice President Estaban Lazo met on Wednesday with Secretary-General of South Africa's Communist Party (PCSA) Blade Nzimande to strengthen the ties between both countries' communist parties. Read More