Danny Glover in Cuba: visits headquarters of the National Folkloric Ensemble

<p style="text-align: justify;">DANNY Glover, the U.S. actor, visited the Havana headquarters of the National Folkloric Ensemble of Cuba, where he watched a children’s dance class and danced to rhythms of African origin, such as the rumba and guaguancó. "Being in Havana is always wonderful. Every time I come I can give my testimony of what is happening on the island," Glover, aged 63 and leading actor with Mel Gibson in the movie Lethal Weapon, told Prensa Latina. Glover, a friend of Cuba, acknowledged social activist and UNICEF goodwill ambassador, emphasized how African descendants are connected throughout the world. "This (the music and dance) is a point which unites us." Read More

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Cuba defeats France twice, but remains third in Group D

<p style="text-align: justify;">Oscar Sánchez Sierra. CUBA lost two important advantages in the first set of the second game against France, because the team failed at key points in reception and, having lost the set, saw the frustration of its aspirations to defeat France, win three points and move up to second place in Group D of the 2011 World Volleyball League.Despite winning the game, Cuba went off with two points and now has a total of nine, one less than South Korea, defeated twice by Italy, the leader in Group D. Read More

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Dance review: Ballet Nacional de Cuba at Segerstrom Center

<p style="text-align: justify;">June 16, 2011. Those who have followed Alicia Alonso’s Ballet Nacional de Cuba, know to expect a specific kind of classicism in its performances. It’s a style unearthed as if from a decades-old time capsule, revealing well-articulated, generous and exuberant dancing.Cuban conductor Giovani Duarte slowed down and sped up the Pacific Symphony musicians, manipulating the musical phrasing and assisting the dancers with their&nbsp; concluding flourishes. The corps de ballet, men and women alike, supported the story-telling as best they could, given the abbreviated nature of each offering. The Cubans appealing pride, expressed through an open, lifted and proud chest and head, made up for some shortcomings. Read More

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Ban Ki-Moon in Brazil rallying for support, Cuba delays re-election

<p style="text-align: justify;">Ban: his plans to be recommended for a second term might were postponed today. UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon is in Brazil rallying for support for his candidacy for a second term as the head of the United Nations. The trip marks the conclusion of a South American tour that has taken him to Colombia Argentina and Uruguay. The visit to the Latin American nation includes meetings with Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota and Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff. Read More

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