A cook from Camagüey goes to Paris!

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.02.10 - 14:42:51 / radiorebelde.A cook from Camagüey goes to Paris! Camagüey, Cuba. - Francisco Rodriguez is the only Cuban and Latin American that made it to the finals of the International Competition Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. He is the chef of Gran Club Santa Lucia Hotel, located in the tourist resort of Camagüey northern coast,&nbsp; Frank, as everybody calls this native of Camagüey, presented his project “Useful cooking” to compete against almost 8 000 participants from all continents. The winners from each country will compete in the finals for the title of best cookbook of the world. "The Best in the World" Prize will be delivered next March in Paris.&nbsp; Read More

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Omar Sosa joins Barbary Coast for world jazz performance

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Dartmouth Staff. Renowned jazz pianist and composer Omar Sosa will join the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble in Spaulding Auditorium on Saturday for the group’s 33rd annual Winter Carnival concert, “Global Jazz: Coast Goes Latin.” Read More

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Churchville Student to Cuba and the 'Game was On!'

<p style="text-align: justify;">Grey Miller arrived in Güines, Cuba this past December with a suitcase full of baseballs and gloves, soccer balls, pumps and needles. Because of the embargo the U.S. has placed on Cuba since the 1960s, Miller knew that certain items are hard to come by—or expensive to purchase—in the socialist country. And being an avid sports fan and athlete, Miller wanted to take something that would benefit kids just like him. Read More

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Cuba’s Performance in Disaster Prevention Highlighted at UN

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba sets all possible measures in the eve of every weather event that might hit the country. Joseph Deiss, president of the United Nations General Assembly highlighted on Wednesday in New York the work carried out by Cuba, Chile and Japan in the prevention of natural disasters. Read More

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Legend of Famed Cuban Tobacco Grower Endures

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba, Feb 10 (Prensa Latina) The legend of tobacco grower Alejandro Robaina, revered as the ambassador of Cuban cigars, Habanos, endures in photographs, news clippings and the splendor of his tobacco fields.Documents and other family heirlooms fill a modest museum built in the old farm El Pinar, and tell the story of the white-haired man with a straw hat who died in 2010 at the age of 91. Read More

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Avoid March break madness

<p style="text-align: justify;">Hot destinations that offer more relaxation than party.March break is a popular time to escape from the Canadian winter, especially for those with school-age children and grandchildren. However, the March/spring break is also party time for thousands of college and university students. How can you soak up the sun while still avoiding the party hotspots? One of the best ways to avoid the party during your March break vacation is to stay away from well-known popular party destinations such as: Varadero, Cuba. There are several others, but these are well known for their high-energy nightlife. Read More

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Cuba presents Linux-based operating system

<p style="text-align: justify;">The state informatics university launched an updated, Cuban-designed operating system based on the open-access Linux software.The commercial arm of the Universidad de Ciencias Informáticas presented version 3.0 of Nova Linux at the Informática 2011 fair in Havana, saying it will speed up Cuba’s conversion to open-access software.Cuba is planning to convert most of its IT operations to the new system this year. Read More

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Undersea cable to Jamaica underway

<p style="text-align: justify;">Following installation of a fiberoptic link from Venezuela to Cuba, a French cable vessel is beginning to lay an undersea cable linking Cuba and Jamaica.The Île de Batz will begin the second phase of the ALBA-1 project Feb. 11, Venezuelan media reported. Telecomunicaciones Gran Caribe S.A., the Venezuelan-Cuban state joint venture in charge of the $70 million project, hired Chinese subsidiary of Paris-based Alcatel-Lucent to install the cable. Read More

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Cuba's Int Book Fair Starts in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">PL . The fair will honor the cultures of eight countries that make up the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America. Cuba's Int Book Fair Starts in Havana. The fair will honor the cultures of eight countries that make up the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America.The 20th International Book Fair in Cuba opens Thursday at Havana's Morro-Cabaña Park, with more than 200 guests from 41 countries, including Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchu. Read More

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Cuba goes digital

<p style="text-align: justify;">More than five decades after the Cuban revolution, the Caribbean island has embraced the digital revolution. A high-speed fibre optic Internet cable connecting Cuba with Venezuela arrived on the island on Wednesday.It was brought ashore in a ceremony attended by dignitaries from both countries.Officials say it will provide a connection speed 3,000 times faster than at present. Read More

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