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January 28th

Torch parade a Cuban youth tribute to José Martí

<p style="text-align: justify;">The traditional March of the Torches with which Cuban students and the people in general annually honor national hero Jose Marti will take place Thursday night in Havana.Cuban Hero Jose Marti Present in the Work of the Revolution. The march, a tribute by the Federation of University Students marking his 158th birth anniversary, will begin at the Havana University staircase and end at Fraternidad Park, with a concert by the band Buena Fe. Read More

The Cuban Panaderos Cave welcomes International Film Festival of Lebu

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.01.27 - 09:21:46 / HOLGUIN, CUBA.- Los Panaderos Cave, in the city of Gibara, will be the sub-venue, from February 1st through the 3rd, of the 11th edition of the International Film Festival of Lebu, which will run parallel to the one scheduled for the Chilean city with the same name.The event will have Mexico as guest country, and will also offer screenings at La Boca del Lobo Club of Madrid, Spain, and at the Documentary Film Observatory-School of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Read More

New PR-DR ferry operator sets sights on Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">caribbeanbusinesspr.com. America Cruise Ferries is already looking to expand to Cuba in the wake of its announced plans to launch passenger and cargo service between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic this spring, company officials confirmed.Company partner Daniel Berrebi said the proposed passenger ferry service to the Caribbean country has been broached with the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, D.C. The talks centered on the need for such service to the largest island in the Caribbean, he said. Read More

Insight Cuba Ready to Relaunch Renowned Cuba Travel Programs for Americans

<p style="text-align: justify;">Americans May Soon be able to Travel to Cuba Legally for First Time Since 2003. NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Insight Cuba, the leading provider of legal people-to-people educational travel for Americans to Cuba, is preparing to resume its acclaimed travel programs that were halted in 2003.&nbsp; With the White House signaling its intention to ease the travel restrictions, legal travel to Cuba could resume in the coming months.&nbsp; Read More

Brazil, Argentina top teams in Olympic qualifying

<p style="text-align: justify;">BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Brazil and Argentina are the top seeded teams in an Olympic qualifying basketball tournament set for later this year in Mar del Plata.In Thursday's draw, Brazil is in Group A with Canada, Venezuela, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Argentina is in Group B with Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Panama and Paraguay. Read More

January 27th

Agreement with Venezuela Favors Electric System in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.01.27 - 14:50:48 / Agreement with Venezuela Favors Electric System in Cuba. Havana, Cuba.- Cuba’s VP of the Council of Ministers Ricardo Cabrisas and Venezuela’s Minister for Electric Energy Ali Rodriguez agreed on Wednesday on the positive results of an existing bilateral agreement in the field of electricity. Caracas hosted a bilateral meeting to follow up on 23 projects and programs of cooperation signed between Cuba and Venezuela with the participation of experts and authorities. Read More

Yoani Sanchez, the Cuban blogger's strategy whereabouts

<p style="text-align: justify;">Tracey Eaton. Pulitzer Center, Havana. As one Cuban official sees it, she's the quarter-million dollar woman, a creation of foreign interests determined to topple the socialist government.Yoani Sanchez became an enemy of the state in Cuba soon after her meteoric rise as creator of the blog Generación Y. Read More

American surgeon to help with heart surgery in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Wausau Daily Herald • January 27, 2011. When Dr. Dagoberto Riveron took his family out of Cuba in 1962, he knew he would never practice medicine in the country where he trained and treated patients for years. But nearly five decades later, his youngest son, Dr. Fernando Riveron, a Wausau heart surgeon, is about to make history.When Fernando returns to Cuba in February, he will assist Cuban doctors in a heart surgery. Fernando believes he is the first American surgeon to work in a Cuban hospital since the revolution in the 1950s, he said. Read More

Movie festival in a cavern in Gibara-Holguin

<p style="text-align: justify;">AIN /&nbsp; Wednesday, 26 January 2011 13:45. The gorgeous coastal city of Gibara to harbor again a film festival. Photo: Amauris Betancourt.The La Caverna de los Panaderos (Cavern of the Bakers), in the city of Gibara, will be a venue from February 1 to February 3 of the 11th edition of the International Movie Festival of Cinema Lebu, which will session simultaneously in the Chilean homonymous city. Read More

Chavez Beats AT&T to Cuban Market Over Price Dispute

<p style="text-align: justify;">January 26, 2011, 1:09 PM EST. Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- A pricing dispute between the U.S. and Cuba may have cost American companies including AT&amp;T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc a foothold in the island’s recently opened telecommunications market. Read More