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Archive - Mar 10, 2011

Travel to Cuba opens up — slightly

<p style="text-align: justify;">March 10, 2011. In what one hopes will be part of a trend, the government has approved eight more airports to schedule direct charter flights to Cuba. Until the rules were relaxed at the end of January, charter flights to Cuba had to originate and return from JFK in New York, Miami or Los Angeles.Now direct flights can leave from any U.S. international airport approved by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Read More

Cubans gear up for art festival in NYC

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Cuba (Reuters) - Artists in Havana prepared on Tuesday (March 08) for an upcoming Cuban arts festival in New York, the largest of its kind in decades.The festival opens doors for Cubans, who made inroads to get visas to perform in the U.S. in 1990s but struggled again under the administration of President George W. Bush.And although President Barack Obama has come up short on some promises of improving relations with Cuba, artists on the island are gaining more access to stages in the U.S. and are excited at the chance to play in the cultural mecca. Read More

Cubans in Ethiopia pledge to strengthen service

<p style="text-align: justify;">On the occasion of the celebration of International women’s day at Ethio-Cuba Park yesterday Cuba Embassy representative Amar Liyewa pledged to strengthen the cooperation between the two countries in memory of Cubans who lost their life fighting for Ethiopia. Read More

Chicago O'Hare Airport Begins Flights to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Rachel Krech – Tue Mar 8, 6:44 pm ET. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have announced that an additional eight airports will be allowed to schedule charter flights to Cuba, which includes O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Read More

Peru Confirms Inca Pieces Return

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Peruvian government confirmed on Tuesday that all the Inca archeological relics at Yale University, US, will be returned to Peru, and denied a denunciation by Parliamentarian Yonhy Lescano that only 20 percent of the pieces will be sent back to Peru. Read More

Cuban Volleyball Teams to Peru for High-Altitude Training

<p style="text-align: justify;">Thus, they will continue their preparation for the main challenges they will face this year, particularly the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, in October; the men’s World Volleyball League, which begins in May; and the women’s Grand Prix in August. Read More

Minor Earthquake Rattles Santiago de Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.09 - 13:23:23 /radiorebelde.Minor Earthquake Rattles Santiago de CubaHAVANA, CUBA.- A 3.5 earthquake was reported early this Wednesday in the Cuban eastern province of Santiago de Cuba by the Central Station of the Cuban National Seismologic Center. Read More

Cruise Ship Adriana Docks in Santiago de Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.09 - 17:01:31 / radiorebelde.Cruise Ship Adriana Docks in Santiago de Cuba. Santiago De Cuba.- In an attractive circuit around Cuba, the Russian cruise ship Adriana landed in the port of the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba with 62 travelers aboard.Many of the travelers on the cruise left the ship to take a city tour to see places of historical and cultural values, while others prefer to explore the city on their own. Read More

Cuban National Ballet Company at Ecuadorian Festival

<p style="text-align: justify;">The BNC will perform at the opening galas on Tuesday and Wednesday scheduled for the National Theater, and at the Culture center of Santiago de los Colorados on March 13, 14 and 15. It will also attend the didactic presentation An Encounter with Dance: technique, expression and styles, to be held at the Dance Center, the institution sponsoring the Festival, directed by Susana Reyes and Moti Deren, prestigious personalities from the field of culture in that fraternal country. Read More

Dominguez and Bruzon Confirmed for Chess Qualifying Tournament

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban chess players Leinier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon are among the 13 players to participate in the 2.3 Absolute Zonal Chess Qualifying Tournament to take place in Dominican Republic from March 18-28.Latin American ranking leader Dominguez (2,716 Elo) and Bruzon (2,686) are the top ranked players in the list of 13 published on the website and that will be completed by&nbsp; a second representative from Mexico, in addition to Manuel Leon Hoyos (2,546), that has been announced yet. Read More