Cuban Sound Invades New England

<p style="text-align: justify;">The London News.Net. Thursday 24th March, 2011 (ANI) Fifty years ago this month, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower broke off diplomatic relations with Cuba, after Fidel Castro nationalized property and businesses owned by U.S. citizens. Eisenhower's successor, President John Kennedy, imposed a trade embargo on the island nation the following year. Since then, Americans have had little interaction with Cuba and most know little about the Caribbean country or its culture. But a group of seven Cuban musicians is trying to change that - one New England school at a time. Read More

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Lawyers Stress Importance of Legal Advice for Cuban Economy

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.25 - 16:25:19 /radiorebelde.Havana, Cuba.- Cuban lawyers stressed on Thursday that in order to guarantee the economic safety of Cuban enterprises, legal advice must be improved.In a presentation at the Third International Conference of Jurists JURlSCUBA 2011 underway in Havana, Cuban lawyers Odris Mirian Cruz and Dania Fernandez referred to the challenges and value of legal advice faced with a globalized world marked by economic, social and cultural instability. Read More

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Cuban Players Lead Regional Qualifier for World Cup of Chess

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.25 - 16:13:05 /radiorebelde. Chess. Havana, Cuba.- Cuban Grand Masters (GM) Lazaro Bruzon and Leinier Dominguez, along with Mexican Manuel Leon Hoyos —all with eight points—, share the lead of the Zonal 2.3 regional qualifying tournament currently underway in Santiago de los Caballeros, the Dominican Republic, which grants two tickets for the 2011 World Cup of Chess. Read More

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Carters arrive in Cuba next week

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Shelia M. Poole. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, will arrive in Cuba on Monday at the invitation of the Cuban government.This is their second trip to the Caribbean nation. The three-day&nbsp; trip is a private undertaking under the auspices of the Atlanta-based Carter Center.The Carters will meet with President Raul Castro and others to discuss new economic policies and the upcoming Party Congress as well as ways to improve relations between the two countries. Read More

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