Cuban TV will expose U.S. cyberwar plot

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban television on Monday will broadcast a special program "with declassified information about the subversive plans of the United States against the island," the official website Cubadebate announced Sunday. Read More

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Four Crowns for Cuba in First Day of Pan American Judo Cup

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.05&nbsp; / radiorebelde.Four Crowns for Cuba in First Day of Pan American Judo Cup. Havana, Cuba.- Four crowns, a silver and three bronze medals was Cuba’s tally during the first day of the Pan American Judo Cup that concludes on Saturday in Guayaquil, Ecuador.Press reports from the venue of the competition inform that the Cuban gold medalists on Friday were Yalennis Castillo (women’s 78 kg), Idalis Ortiz (women’s +78 kg), Asley Gonzalez (men’s 90 kg) and Oreidis Despaigne (men’s 100 kg). Read More

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Danza Contemporanea de Cuba Nominated for Olivier Awards 2011

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.03.05 / radiorebelde.Havana, Cuba.- The dance company Danza Contemporanea de Cuba has been nominated for the Olivier Awards 2011 in the Best New Dance Production category with ‘Mambo 3 XXI’ by Cuban choreographer George Cespedes.‘Mambo 3 XXI’ was presented as part of a mixed program during Danza Contemporanea de Cuba’s first major tour around the United Kingdom and it is an eclectic mix of contemporary dance fused with Afro-Caribbean and Spanish styles. Read More

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Eastern Cuban Province Granma Might Become a Major Rice Producer

<p style="text-align: justify;">The eastern Cuban province of Granma might become a major rice producer in the country, considering that rice is indispensable in Cubans'' diet.Juan Alberto Guzman, director of the Fernando Echenique cooperative, said that in 2011, Granma must produce 62,000 tons of rice, 20,000 tons more than in 2010.Cuba is boosting rice production to reduce imports, as nearly 800,000 tons of rice are consumed every year. Read More

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Delegates from 25 Countries to Cuban Congress on Local Development

<p style="text-align: justify;">Representatives from about 25 countries will participate in the III Cuban Congress of Local Development, with venues in the eastern province of Granma, from March 9 to 11, organizers said.The Vice rector for Research of the local university, Oscar Romero, announced the presence of teachers, students, scientists and entrepreneurs from Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Germany, among other nations. Read More

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U.S. contractor found guilty in Cuba trial

<p style="text-align: justify;">Sat, Mar 5 2011. HAVANA, March 5 (Reuters) - U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross, accused of illegally supplying Internet gear to Cuban dissidents, was found guilty on Saturday of crimes against the state, Cuban television reported, and faces a possible 20-year sentence in a case likely to worsen U.S.-Cuba relations. Read More

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Joint spill planning

<p style="text-align: justify;">Mar 7, 2011. As Cuba and The Bahamas develop their deepwater oil and natural gas potential, the possibility of an accidental oil spill demands proactive joint planning by both countries and the US in order to minimize or avoid such a disaster in a spirit of cooperation and not confrontation in order to protect our fragile shared marine environment.A model for such planning can be the MEXUS Plan signed by the US and Mexico in 1980 in response to the 1979 blowout of the Ixtoc I exploratory well and consequent spill in the Bay of Campeche. Read More

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Cuba set to vaccinate 500,000 children against polio

<p style="text-align: justify;">March 4, 2011. Over half a million Cuban children will receive a vaccination against polio during the 50 National Polio Vaccination Campaign, which will run in Cuba from March 4 through March 10 and from April 22 to April 28.Cuba began the first campaign of this kind in 1962. Since then, Cuba Headlines reports, the country has administered 79 million doses of polio vaccine so that the population of the country under the age of 62 is protected against the disease. Before the time of the revolution, polio was a serious health problem in Cuba. Read More

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Port, ferry operators want to run a slow boat to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Washington Bureau. 10:07 p.m. EST, March 5, 2011. WASHINGTON — Imagine boarding a deluxe ferry boat at Port Everglades or the Port of Tampa one evening, settling into a cabin or a reclining chair and sailing into Havana harbor as the sun rises the next morning, all for $150 to $300 roundtrip.Florida port officials are planning for this tantalizing prospect, while ferry operators push the Obama administration to allow them to make it a reality.For thousands of Cuban-Americans and other passengers scrambling for seats on charter flights to Cuba, ferry service would be a cheaper new way to get themselves and lots of luggage to the island. Read More

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Cuba trial of U.S. contractor ends but no verdict yet

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA (Reuters) – The trial of U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross for crimes against the Cuban state ended on Saturday after two days of testimony, but judges were still mulling the verdict, a U.S. official said.Gross, 61, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted for his work in a U.S. program to increase opposition to Cuba's one-party government. Read More

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