Cuba Gooding JR. AT 11TH ANNUAL PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL

<p style="text-align: justify;">PHOENIX - Oscar winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. will be in attendance at the 11th Annual Phoenix Film Festival on Saturday, April 2 to take part in a discussion about his career. The program, entitled "A Conversation with Cuba Gooding Jr." will take place at 8:30pm and include a short retrospective of his work followed by a hosted discussion and a Q&amp;A with the audience. Read More

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Cuban spy claims innocence in shooting down planes that dropped pro-democracy leaflets in 1996

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Associated Press, Tuesday, March 22, 2:27 PM. MIAMI — In a new appeal, a convicted Cuban spy insists he is innocent of any role in shooting down exile planes that dropped pro-democracy leaflets in 1996 on the communist island and helped rescue migrants in the ocean. Read More

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Research and Markets on Cuba's Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Report 2011

<p style="text-align: justify;">Telecoms, Mobile, and Broadband profiles the fixed-line, mobile and broadband markets.Cuba still has the lowest mobile phone penetration in Latin America, one of the lowest levels of Internet penetration, and is among the five lowest in terms of fixed-line teledensity. Cuba's fixed-line services remain a monopoly in the hands of government-controlled Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba SA (Etecsa), while mobile services are provided exclusively by Cubacel, a subsidiary of Etecsa. Read More

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Cuba Marks World Water Day

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 22 (acn) Cuba celebrated on Monday, March 21, the World Water Day, which aims at encouraging governments, organizations, communities, and individuals to face the challenge of water management in urban areas.The vice-president of the National Institute of Water Resources (INRH), Aymee Aguirre, affirmed that cities are now facing an ever increasing demand of water and plumbing due to rapid urbanization. Read More

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Singer brings slice-of-life

<p style="text-align: justify;">RADHIKA PANJWANI. Mar 22, 2011. Vocal prowess. Tannis Slimmon, a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter, along with partner and guitarist Lewis Melville, will be at the Sanderson Hall at St. Paul’s United Church, 30 Main St. S. Friday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m. Barry Mulcahy will perform the opening act. Since last fall, the Brampton Folk Club has managed to bring to the city, an impressive line-up of Canadian root/folk artists, who have shared their voices and talents as part of the Friday Folk Night concerts.. Read More

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Cuban Dancer Viengsay Valdes in New York Ballet Gala

<p style="text-align: justify;">Por: Jennifer Socorro Ramon.New York, Mar, 22(Prensa Latina)&nbsp; will perform Tuesday in the gala "Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow" at New York City Center.Her partner for the Don Quixote pas de deux will be Russian dancer Ivan Vasiliev, in a piece that demands precision and shine. Choreography is by Marius Petipa, with music by Minkus.Throughout her career, Valdes has shown her virtuosity based on the esthetic premises of the Cuban school of ballet founded by Fernando and Alicia Alonso, and has earned critics´ admiration on international stages. Read More

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Cuban Chess Player To Face Leader at World Cup Qualifier

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.21 - 17:01:40 /radiorebelde.Cuban Chess Player To Face Leader at World Cup Qualifier. Havana, Cuba.- The Cuban chess player, Lazaro Bruzon, will match, on Monday, with Salvadorian Hector Leyva, the leader of the FIDE Zonal 2.3, underway since March 14 up to 28, which also qualifies for the 2011 World Chess Cup, in the Dominican Republic.Bruzon, who is second in the national ranking with 2,686 ELO points, will play with the black pieces in a fifth round with three units, after two wins and two draws ––the last one, achieved on Sunday against Mexican Manuel Leon Hoyos (2,546). Read More

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Cuban Film to Compete in Spanish Film Festival

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.22 - 09:42:35 / radiorebelde.HAVANA, CUBA.- The Cuban film “Afinidades” (Affinities) by Cuban Jorge Perugorria and Vladimir Cruz, will compete, along with another 10 full-length films, in the 17th Latin American Film Festival of Catalonia, Spain, scheduled for April 8th through the 15th.According to the EFE news agency, Perugorria and Cruz, the stars in “Fresa y Chocolate” (Strawberry and Chocolate), made their debut as directors with this movie, which was included in the official section of the event, to take place in the city of Lerida. Read More

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I quit as party chief 5 years ago, Fidel Castro

<p style="text-align: justify;">By PAUL HAVEN, Associated Press Paul Haven. HAVANA – Fidel Castro said Tuesday he resigned five years ago from all his official positions, including head of Cuba's Communist Party, a pre-eminent job in the island's political pantheon that he was thought to still hold.It was the first time the 84-year-old revolutionary icon has said he no longer heads the Communist Party, which he has led since its creation in 1965. The Communist Party website still lists him as first secretary, with his brother President Raul Castro listed as second secretary. Read More

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Eclectic Rant: Time to End the U.S. Economic Embargo of Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Ralph E. Stone. Monday March 21, 2011. Bookmark and Share. The United States is the last country in the Western Hemisphere with no formal relations with Cuba. It is time for the United States and Cuba to mend fences. For a start, the U.S. should end the economic embargo against Cuba. The embargo makes it illegal for U.S. corporations to do business with Cuba. U.S. travel restrictions to Cuba are also a form of economic sanctions. Read More

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