Caribbean Countries Establish Regional Energy Policy

<p style="text-align: justify;">Por Ileana Ferrer Fonte.Flags of member countries of CARICOM.Georgetown, Mar 25 (Prensa Latina) As of Friday, the member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have an established energy policy for regulating prices and ensuring the regional oil supply. Read More

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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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Yarmuth calls for normal relations with Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Written by James R. Carroll.courier-journal.com. WASHINGTON — Just back from a trip to Cuba, U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth said Friday that it’s time for the United States to normalize relations with its island neighbor.“Nobody is winning from our policy there,” the 3rd District Democrat said in an interview. “We aren’t winning and they aren’t winning. There’s no question it’s time to normalize relations.” The United States has maintained an economic embargo on Cuba since October 1960, after the previous year’s establishment of a communist government by Fidel Castro. Read More

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Cuban scientists call on President Michel

<p style="text-align: justify;">25.03.2011. A Cuban delegation in Seychelles to carry out a study on climate change called on President James Michel at State House yesterday.President Michel welcomes the Cuban delegation at State House. Present at the meeting were Minister for Home Affairs, Environment, Transport and Energy Joel Morgan, director-general of the Climate and Environmental Services Division Wills Agricole,&nbsp; and Cuban ambassador to Seychelles Maria Aida Nogales Jimenes. Read More

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Guatemala-Cuba relations at their best

<p style="text-align: justify;">10:47, March 25, 2011. Guatemala-Cuba relations have reached a new high, Guatemala's foreign minister said Thursday in Cuba while promoting Latin American and Caribbean integration.Guatemalan Foreign Minister Roger Haroldo Rodas, who arrived Wednesday,said his three-day visit to Cuba aims to review the bilateral agenda. He also mentioned his government's interest in promoting Latin American and Caribbean integration to face challenges such as the economic crisis, climate change, drug trafficking and organized crime. Read More

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Gamboa to face Solis but John less likely

<p style="text-align: justify;">(AFP) – ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey — Yuriorkis Gamboa defends two world featherweight crowns on Saturday against Mexico's Jorge Solis but a possible showdown with fellow unbeaten Chris John of Indonesia looks unlikely.Cuban-born Gamboa, 19-0 with 15 knockouts, will defend his International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Association titles against Solis, 40-2-2 with 29 knockouts, at Boardwalk Hall. Read More

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Time to look again at Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Atlanta Business Chronicle - by Julie Bryant Fisher. Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011. With passenger air service to and from Atlanta and Cuba set to take off as early as this summer from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Georgia is looking once again at its economic relationship with the controversial country.Jorge Fernandez, vice president of global commerce for the Metro Atlanta Chamber, spoke recently with Atlanta Business Chronicle about the opportunities and issues that surround the state’s dealings with Cuba. Read More

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