Nominees to Cuba’s 2011 Cubadisco Awards Announced

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.04.08 - 15:19:43 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. HAVANA, Cuba. - More than one hundred records by Cuban musicians were nominated in 30 categories to the 2011 Cubadisco Awards as announced in a ceremony at the Salon Rosado de la Tropical, in Havana on Friday. There are exactly 116 candidates to the most important record award in Cuba making up the best of records produced in the island during 2010. The winners will be announced during the 15th International Cubadisco Fair to be hosted by Santiago de Cuba, in the eastern part of the island from May 14-22. Read More

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Nickel Extraction Alternatives Discussed at Cuban Convention

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte.Havana, Apr 8 (Prensa Latina) Alternatives for the extraction of nickel and cobalt, as well as geophysical characteristics of susceptible exploration zones, are some of the issues for debate Friday at the Cuban Geosciences 2011 Convention.The use of resin as an alternative for the extraction of nickel and cobalt in pulps with poor settling properties will also be analyzed during the last session of the Fourth Cuban Earth Sciences Convention "Geosciences 2011." Read More

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Caribbean Festival in Santiago de Cuba will Advocate Regional Integration

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.04.08 - 15:12:05 /radiorebelde.icrt.cu. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba. - The upcoming 31st Caribbean Festival or Fire Fiesta will take place in its traditional venue of Santiago de Cuba on July 1-8 and on this occasion it will be an opportunity to get closer to the culture of English-speaking Caribbean countries as the event will be dedicated to Trinidad and Tobago.More than 400 artists from this nation will travel to Santiago to show the best of their traditions, including their typical dresses, craftworks, cuisine and plastic arts, and, of course, their dance and musical rhythms, the calypso, the soca, and their world famous steel bands. Read More

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Glee Club Spring Concert anticipates Cuba trip

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Arielle Speciner. Daily Arts Writer. Published April 7th, 2011. Resting on more than 150 years of tradition, camaraderie and musical excellence, the highly noted Men’s Glee Club will be mixing it up for its performance tomorrow at Hill Auditorium at 8 p.m. The concert is a send-off to Paul Rardin, the club’s conductor of six years, as well as a celebration of the group’s upcoming 2011 UMMGC Tour of the southeastern United States, including a stop in Cuba.“Half the songs will be an American set, celebrating (Rardin's) work as an American composer, arranger and conductor,” said Lee Quackenbush. Read More

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China helps Cuba modernize quake warning system

<p style="text-align: justify;">10:38, April 08, 2011. Chinese experts in Cuba have concluded the assembly and launch of a new earthquake warning system that helps strengthen Cuba's seismological service, the National Center for Seismological Research (CENAIS) said Thursday.Equipment used for the new warning system includes highly sensitive seismometers, accelerometers, radio facilities for voice communication and mobile stations for earthquake engineering studies, CENAIS director O'Leary Gonzalez Matos said. Read More

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U.S. urged to support Cuba's nascent private sector

<p style="text-align: justify;">Published April 07, 2011. EFE. Washington –&nbsp; The economic revitalization of Cuba is going through a phase during which small and medium private businesses are being empowered by Havana and obstacles imposed by Washington on Cuban economic growth are being relaxed, the Cuba Study Group said Thursday. "An orderly, market-oriented economic reform process is decidedly in the best interests of Cuba, the United States and the region," the organization said the paper "Supporting Small Business in Cuba: Recommendations for Private and Public Sector Leaders," produced in cooperation with the Americas Society/Council of the Americas and the Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International. Read More

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Tampa airport still waiting for Cuba approval for charters

<p style="text-align: justify;">By TED JACKOVICS. The Tampa Tribune. Published: April 7, 2011. TAMPA - Gaining landing rights from Cuban officials for charter flights from Tampa International Airport remains the primary obstacle to launch service, officials said today.No one can realistically say how long that might take, Tampa International vice president of marketing Christopher Minner told the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority board.The U.S. Customs and Border Protection in March approved Tampa as a gateway airport for charter flights serving Cuba. Read More

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"La Bayamesa," Cuba’s popular anthem

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Rafael Lam. CUBA’s popular anthem "La bayamesa" emphasizes the romanticism of the Cuban sense of nationality. The story of how this song was created is as follows: Francisco Castillo called on the services of two of his friends to help him write a song of reconciliation, dedicated to wife, Luz Vázquez, who was estranged from him at the time. Read More

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Cuba invests $9.5M in coffee, but still importing

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba says it spent $9.5M to update coffee industry, but low harvest numbers force it to import. Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press, On Thursday April 7, 2011, 7:15 pm. HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba has spent $9.5 million the past five years to modernize coffee production, but meager harvests mean this java-loving nation must still import to cover domestic consumption, the director of the state-run coffee company said Thursday. Read More

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Cuba Calls for Unity at World Trade Union Congress

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Dayami Interián García. Athens, Apr 7 (Prensa Latina) The general secretary of the Workers' Central Union of Cuba (CTC), Salvador Valdes, called upon trade unionists worldwide to unite as the only way to achieve better working and living conditions. Read More

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