Cuba Gears Up for Havana Drum Festival

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.02.03 / radiorebelde.Guillermo Barreto in Memoriam International Drum Contest.HAVANA, Cuba.- Organizers of the Havana Drum Festival announced thatt the Guillermo Barreto in Memoriam International Drum Contest will take place from March 8 to 13.Supported by the Cuban Music Institute and the Ignacio Piñero Music Center, the event is open to Cubans and foreigners living in the island of any age. Read More

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Cuba hires Japanese baseball coaches

<p style="text-align: justify;">In a first-ever move for Cuba’s high-profile baseball, the Cuban Olympic Committee hired Japanese coaches to hold baseball workshops in Cuba, Prensa Latina reported.The Japanese national team won the 2009 World Baseball Classic, the highest-profile international tournament. Cuba, winner of the 2006 Classic, was eliminated in second-round pool play.Baseball is a matter of national pride in Cuba; the island has exported sports coaches throughout the world. Read More

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Cuba says sugar harvest off to good start

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Cuba's sugar harvest got off to a good start in January with all 39 mills scheduled to open now grinding and yields higher than expected, state-run radio said on Thursday, as the country strains to top a million tonnes of raw sugar by May."January was very important. Many mills opened early leading to the production of more sugar than at this time during the previous harvest," Juan Varela Perez, the country's top sugar reporter, said during his regular spot on national radio on Thursday. Read More

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Tourism Workers in Cuban Resort to Offer Better Services

<p style="text-align: justify;">VARADERO, Cuba, Feb 3 (acn) Tourism directors in the seaside resort of Varadero in the central Cuban province of Matanzas ratified the commitment of its workers to offer better quality services without falling in squandering resources. Read More

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Venezuela Reiterates Extradition Request of Terrorist Posada Carriles

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.02.03/radiorebelde.Posada, confessed author of the midair sabotage to a Cuban airliner in 1976.HAVANA, Cuba.- The Venezuela-Cuba Mutual Solidarity Movement stated that the trial of Luis Posada Carriles in El Paso, Texas was a sham, and reiterated its request of extraditing the terrorist to Venezuela. Read More

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Choir is providing a real fusion of cultures

<p style="text-align: justify;">Feb 3 2011. HISTORY is hugely important to the Creole Choir of Cuba - a group of musicians starting a UK tour. Members are descended from Haitians who fled slavery to start a new life on the neighbouring island of Cuba.Last week, the Solihull News had chance to put some questions to choir director Emilia Diaz Chavez.“Some of the songs hark back to African rhythms, then we have the Haitian influence and the Cuban drums,” she says. Read More

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Spain Rules For Pernod, Cuba In Havana Club Suit

<p style="text-align: justify;">MADRID (Dow Jones)--Spain's Supreme Court Thursday ruled in favor of Pernod Ricard SA (RI.FR) in a long-running dispute with rival Bacardi Ltd. over the rights to the Cuban rum trademark Havana Club.The ruling by the country's top legal court represents the third time that Spanish courts have rejected Bacardi's challenge against Pernod's and Cuba's ownership of the famous brand. Read More

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Peter Gruszka is going to Cuba!

<p style="text-align: justify;">SooToday.com. Wednesday, February 02, 2011. SAULT NORTH ROTARY. The second of 12 draws for the Sault North Rotary Club was held Wednesday, February 2 at the regular meeting at Algoma’s Water Tower Inn.On the first Wednesday of each month, there is a draw for a trip for two as well as two secondary prizes of $150.The trip for February is Varadero Cuba for seven nights! Read More

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Bolivia, Cuba reaffirm good ties

<p style="text-align: justify;">12:02, February 03, 2011. The Bolivian and Cuban governments on Wednesday signed a document to reaffirm their commitment to maintain sound ties.The document was signed by Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and his visiting Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez during a ceremony hosted in the Bolivian Foreign Ministry building. Read More

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Care of Wetlands in Pinar del Rio Highlighted

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.02.02 - 17:35:19 / Los Palacios, Cuba.- The protection of the Yaguasa criolla, endemic bird in the Caribbean only found in few islands of the region, is prioritized in the wetland areas of Pinar del Rio; ecosystem that make up some 10 000 square kilometers of the Cuban archipelago. Read More

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