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Cuban Dayron Robles Equals Season's Best Mark in Holland

<p style="text-align: justify;">By ACN — last modified May 30, 2011 01:52 PM. Cuban 2008 Olympic champion and world record holder Dayron Robles won the men's sprint hurdles event of the 29th FBK Games in Hengelo, the Netherlands, on Sunday, registering 13.07 seconds.Cuban Dayron Robles Equals Season's Best Mark in Holland. With this result, Robles not only equalled the season's best mark "set by Chinese Liu Xiang almost two weeks ago during the second stop of the IAAF 2011 Diamond League in Shanghai” but he also proved to be in excellent shape following a modest victory at the Grand Prix of Guadeloupe earlier this month, when he clocked 13.35. Read More

A city of parks... and bridges

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.05.30 - 08:55:11 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu / Holguín, Cuba. - One of the largest Cuban cities, Holguin, was born in the valley between Jigüe and Marañón Rivers, to the north east of the Island. It lies at the foot of La Cruz Hill, which was named like this because a huge wooden cross had been planted at its summit a few years before. Going in or out of the tiny population settlement soon required building plenty of bridges on the many local rivers. Those bridges and about 300 pedestrian crossings allow for the transportation of goods and other cargo. Read More

Tropical system being monitored south of Cuba, moving northward

<p style="text-align: justify;">Published on May 30, 2011 3:25 am PT. - By Jim Duran - Writer. - Article Editor and Approved - Warren Miller. (TheWeatherSpace.com) -- It is not officially the Atlantic Hurricane Season yet, however TheWeatherSpace.com is monitoring a disturbance in the Southern Caribbean this week and into next week. "It is early to tell but ongoing thunderstorm activity associated with a tropical wave developing down there will drift northward through Cuba this and next week toward Florida", said TheWeatherSpace Senior Meteorologist Kevin Martin. "The weak ridging in the southeast may promote development into something stronger over the next week". Read More

China sweeps Cuba for second straight win at China international women' s volleyball tournament

<p style="text-align: justify;">09:13, May 30, 2011. China overpowered Cuba 3-0 here on Sunday evening for its second straight victory at the 2011 China international women's volleyball tournament. Following Saturday's straight sets triumph over Dominican Republic, the Chinese women reaped an unexpected easy win 25-11, 25-11 and 25-21 against Cuba. Read More

Brazilian President Faces First Attacks against Her Gov''t

<p style="text-align: justify;">Almost five months after being elected, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is now facing the first attacks against her government. For two weeks, the opposition media in Brasil has been waging an offensive involving the allegedly illicit enrichment of presidential Chief of Staff Antonio Palocci Filho, who had a turnover of around 20 million reales, almost 12 million USD, in the last four years. Read More

President of Salvadoran Parliament in Cuba for Three-Day Visit

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.05.28 - 21:13:52 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Havana, Cuba.- The president of the Legislative Assembly (Parliament) of El Salvador, Sigfredo Reyes, arrived in Havana on Friday for a three-day official visit at the invitation of the Cuban National Assembly.Reyes is heading a delegation that includes the vice president of the Salvadoran Parliament, Guillermo Gallegos, and legislators Horacio Ortez, Jose Serafin Orantes, and Miguel Elias Olivos. Read More

Suriname's President Ends Visit to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Cosette Pérez.10:02. Havana, May 29 (Prensa Latina) The President of the Republic of Suriname, Desiré Delano Bouterse ended Saturday an official visit to Cuba, after he was said farewell by Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, Juventud Rebelde newspaper reported. According to the newspaper, both sides expressed satisfaction with the results of the visit, which contubuted to patenting friendship and solidarity ties among two countries. Read More

Cuban President Attends Act for Anniversary of Council of Churches

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Dayami Interián García.08:46.Havana, May 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Raul Castro attended the act marking the 70th anniversary of Cuba's Council of Churches. During the act, the participants urged U.S. president Barack Obama to free the five Cuban anti-terrorists imprisoned in the United States, the local television news informed. Read More

US could lift Cuba embargo after oil discovery

<p style="text-align: justify;">The five decade-long United States embargo against Cuba could finally be lifted after the discovery of an enormous oil field in Cuban waters. The US imposed embrago on Cuba is the world's longest running. By Robin Yapp, Sao Paulo 5:55PM BST 29 May 2011. The world's longest-running embargo has endured in part because there was little the US wanted to buy from its impoverished neighbour.But the discovery of between five and 20 billion barrels of oil in the deep waters off Cuba's north coast, only 60 miles away from Florida, has made American businessmen and politicians consider lifting the embargo. Read More

Havana, Cuba's capital City

<p style="text-align: justify;">Habana is the capital city, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city is one of the 15 Cuban provinces. The city/province has 2.1 million inhabitants, the largest city in Cuba and the second largest in the Caribbean region, after Santo Domingo The city extends mostly westward and southward from the bay, which is entered through a narrow inlet and which divides into three main harbours: Marimelena, Guanabacoa, and Atarés. The sluggish Almendares River traverses the city from south to north, entering the Straits of Florida a few miles west of the bay. Read More