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Archive - May 3, 2011

Cuban cigar roller sets new guinness world-record

<p style="text-align: justify;">Guantanamo (Solvision).-&nbsp; Cuban cigar roller Jose Castelar Cairo (Cueto) set a new Guinness World Record at noon this Tuesday, with a giant 70-meter long habano to be exihibited during the International Tourism Fair FITCuba 2011, at the Morro-Cabaña fortresses.This unique habano, which goes through 12 vaults in Pavilion A of the ancient colonial fortress ––today World Heritage Site––, is undoubtedly the longest cigar in the planet, and therefore, it should be included in the Guinness World Records. Read More

Coffee-and-peas blend back on ration card

<p style="text-align: justify;">High import price, low production in Cuba are cited. An 'Informative Note' from the Interior Trade Ministry, published Tuesday in Granma: In view of the increase of the price of coffee in the world market, which at this date last year amounted to $1,740 per ton of Robusta coffee and at present is sold at $2,904, a 69-percent increase, it has been decided to once again produce coffee&nbsp; mixed with peas for the rationed quota. Read More

Cuba: Pinar del Rio is the Golden Season’s Champion

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Escambray — Pinar's title ratifies the Western region supremacy in the season's finals.Cuba: Pinar del Rio is the Golden Season’s Champion. Pinar managers raises again the Cuban baseball trophy.A young and spirited team led Pinar del Rio to become a national champion in Cuban baseball after 13 years. Managed by the same man who made them winners in 1998, the Tobacco Growers beat Ciego de Avila in the 6th game with final score 6-1 in Tigers headquarters. Read More

Bronchial Asthma Workshop in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Yoama Chappottin Ford. Havana, May 3 (Prensa Latina) The main activity in Cuba for World Asthma Day this year will be a scientific workshop taking place Tuesday and Wednesday in Havana. The agenda for the event includes topics such as the epidemiology of asthma, the effects of climate change, updating of the national program, and Cuban research projects.Other topics include issues related to immunotherapy, current and future aspects of the disease in Cuba, and sports and education in treatment. Read More

Dominguez sets record for Cuba chess tournament

<p style="text-align: justify;">English.news.cn.2011-05-02 08:17:37. HAVANA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Cuban Great Master Leinier Dominguez set a record for Cuba with 2,726 Elo points (scale used to measure chess players abilities), placing him in the 21st of the world ranking, local media said on Sunday.The International Federation of Chess said that Dominguez continues being the Latin American leader and the third place of the Americas.This achievement was due to Dominguez' triumph in Dominican Republic at the Zone 2.3 tournament. Read More

Tiempo Libre: From a Rooftop to the Big Stage

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Emily Loftis.&nbsp; Mon May. 2, 2011 4:00 AM PDT. It all started with a coat hanger: "If they catch you, you have to pay," says Jorge Gomez. "We made our own antenna. We listened to everything." This isn't a description of a secret espionage effort. It's the story of how a Cuban teenager and his friends—now members of Gomez's timba band, Tiempo Libre—fell in love with American music. They rigged up a makeshift radio using a friend's military-issue guidebook and frequency map, the hanger, and some cable. This allowed them to listen to northern music." Read More

Singer Cubano Amado Releases New CD

<p style="text-align: justify;">1 May 2011. Luanda — The Angolan singer Cubano Amado released on Sunday in Luanda his new album entitled "Simplicidade" in Luanda's Independence Square.Speaking to Angop, the musician expressed his satisfaction at the massive adherence of the public and he said that the Angolan music is achieving acceptable levels of production and consumption. Read More

Cuba Welcomes Mexican Navy Training Vessel

<p style="text-align: justify;">10:32Havana, May 2 (Prensa Latina) A Mexican Navy school ship, the ARM Cuauhtemoc BE-01, arrived in Cuba on Monday as a part of its 2011 Mediterranean Training Cruise.The ship will dock in 17 harbors in 12 countries, and came to Havana from Acapulco, Mexico, for a weeklong visit.Previously, the ship was in Balboa, Panama, and later it will anchor in the United States, Italy, Israel, Turkey, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Greece, Spain and Colombia. Read More

Cienfuegos rewards cultural heritage preservation and restoration

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Mireya Cabrera. The provincial Preservation and Restoration Awards were conferred to the Punta Gorda Area and the Maternity Palace. Both prizes were delivered during the Culture Week, presently underway in this city of Cuban Archipelago South-Center.Zenia Jauregui, directress of the Office of Monuments and Historical Sites, explained that Punta Gorda Area stretches from Prado Drive and Campos St. to the roundabout across Jagua Hotel. The above-mentioned office is attached to the local Cultural Heritage Center.&nbsp; Read More

LANChile cuts Havana route, LANPeru might add one

<p style="text-align: justify;">LANChile will suspend its weekly service from Santiago de Chile to Havana, as of May 7, Routes Online reported.The Chilean carrier bought an estimated 3,600 passengers to Cuba during the past year. The route is dominated by COPA Airlines, which shuttled nearly 25,000 mostly Latin American passengers to Cuba via its Panama City hub. Read More