Cuba to help build pharmaceutical plant within three years

<p style="text-align: justify;">Venezuela will ramp up pharmaceutical production with Cuban and Portuguese help within three years, Venezuela’s deputy health minister said.Venezuela’s Servicio Autónomo de Elaboraciones Farmaceúticas (Sefar) is planning to build a joint venture plant with Cuba for various basic drugs, and a joint venture plant with Portugal for antibiotics, Isabel Iturria said, according to Agencia Venezolana de Noticias. Read More

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4 Great Things To Do In Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Omar Isaacs. Caribbean weddings are the perfect option for so many couples. The sun, sea and sand, the beautiful weather, and the fascinating culture all make for the perfect romantic setting. Havana is one of the most interesting cities in the world, and theres a good chance you might want to visit the capital of Cuba after your wedding. Read More

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Corridor of migratory birds in western Cuba attracts scientists

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban scientific will study deeper on the characteristics and the procedence of the avifauna of Guanahacabibes peninsula in the western province of Pinar del Rio, which is also one of the major corridors for migratory birds in Cuba.Specialists of that national park along with other experts will begin to monitor, next February, communities of birds typical of that area during the migratory, reproductive and permanent residence stages. Read More

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Gibara City in a Cuban film

<p style="text-align: justify;">By PL / [email protected] / Tuesday, 04 January 2011 09:56. The Cuban film Marina will be shoot in the always bewitching coastal city of Gibara. Photo: Amauris Betancourt.The film Marina by Enrique Alvarez, which is set in the city of Gibara, in Holguin province, will be among the inspiration sources for the Cuban Film Industry that the current 2011 will produce more than 20 films, short movies, documentaries and animated series that will to be realized by the young as well as experienced filmmakers. Read More

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US citizen gets prison for 1968 air hijacking

<p style="text-align: justify;">NEW YORK -- A judge sentenced a man who hijacked a plane from New York to Cuba four decades ago to 15 years in prison Tuesday, citing the fear that must have spread among passengers and the flight crew when he put a knife to the throat of a flight attendant and a gun to her back and then entered the cockpit. Read More

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Cuba official says state worker layoffs have begun

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA. The Associated Press. January 3, 2011, 7:16PM ET. The head of the Cuban Workers Confederation says the first layoffs have begun in the cuban government's program to cut the jobs of 500,000 state workers.Cuban state-run media quotes Salvador Valdes as saying the initial layoffs are occurring in the sugar, agriculture, tourism, health and construction sectors. Read More

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Music research program on Cuba for US residents and legal trip

<p style="text-align: justify;">Friends: I am once again organizing legal (for U.S. citizens and legal residents) percussion/dance/music research programs to Cuba. The program is open to anyone from around the globe. Dates are: March 20 - April 3, 2011, June 19 - July 3, 2011. Much more information can be found at http://chucksilverman.com/ena.html and via email. Please do contact me with any questions. Read More

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Cuba's Santeria priests release annual forecast predicting change,'reorganization' for 2011

<p style="text-align: justify;">JENNY BARCHFIELD. Associated Press. HAVANA (AP) - Cuba's Santeria priests say 2011 will be a year of change and "reorganization," characterized by growing economic openness and threats of war and coup d'etats. Read More

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Cuba’s economic reforms get Catholic nod

<p style="text-align: justify;">January 3 2011 at 10:22am.AFP.After decades of roller-coaster relations between communist Cuba's government and the Roman Catholic church, Havana on Sunday won the Catholic hierarchy's warm approval of its limited economic reform plans. Read More

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Is Cuba set for major changes in 2011?

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Michael Voss. Latin America &amp; Caribbean. 2 January 2011 Last updated at 19:39 ET. BBC News, Havana It remains unclear whether Cuba's fledgling private sector will take off or stagnate in 2011. Mirkeyis Calvo used to work in a state-run restaurant. Now she has converted the front room of her suburban Havana home house into "Miky's Cafe". Read More

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