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Archive - Jun 20, 2011

Yoruba Andabo Brings the Spirit of Rumba to France

<p style="text-align: justify;">With a masterly coupling of voices by the undeniable devotion of musician and dancers, the Cuban company Yoruba Andabo brought again France the spirit of rumba. "We always go on stage to give the best of ourselves, and putting our country in a higher place is our constant slogan", Geovany del Pino director and singer of the group told Prensa Latina. Read More

Key Sabinal, a nature without boundaries

<p style="text-align: justify;">The peninsula of Sabinal is a northern portion of Nuevitas that should be called instead "Island of Sabinal", because it is separated from the city by tidelands, bays and inlets, in fact it is an idyllic&nbsp; Kingdom of nature. With irregular figure, with generally flat land, marshes and small lakes communicating each other with the sea by means of long tidelands, the place owes its name to the sabina tree. Read More

Italian Team wins the sword of Cuba World Cup of Men’s Foil Team in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">After the gracious gold medal victory in Men’s Foil Individual in Cuba World Cup, the Italian team took the sword of Cuba World Cup by winning the gold medal in Men’s Foil Team as well. The Team competition took place today in Havana, Cuba.The International Federation of Fencing, Fédération Internationale d'Escrime, conducts, every year, Foil World Cup, namely Cuba World Cup, both in Individual and Team category. This year, Cuba World Cup started on June 18, in which 21 teams including 160 fencers participated in the competition. Read More

US nixes Key West soccer team's bid to go to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Associated Press. KEY WEST, Fla. -- A youth soccer team from Key west is expressing disappointment after their plans to play in a Cuban tournament were thwarted. The Key West Strikers is a boys' team made up of 11- to 13-year-olds. They had sought permission to travel to Havana, where they were invited to play in a tournament next month as part of the Cuban National School Sports Games.<br /> <br /> But their petition was denied. Read More

Mango Harvest at its Peak in Camagüey

<p style="text-align: justify;">Camagüey, June 18 - Workers of the Primero de Enero Basic Unit of Cooperative Production (UBPC), located in the municipality of Camagüey, are finalizing the season when the mango crop is at its highest, after having delivered more than 130 metric tonnes of this fruit to Ceballo processesing plant, in the neigboring province of Ciego de Avila. Read More

Venezuela: Walid Makled Faces Drug Trafficking Charges

<p style="text-align: justify;">Walid Makled Faces Drug Trafficking Charges.] Caracas, Jun 18.- The Venezuelan Attorney General''s Office announced charges against businessman Walid Makled of drug trafficking, money laundering, contract killings and criminal association. Prosecutors submitted their case in a preliminary court hearing in Caracas against Makled, a Syrian-born Venezuelan, who was extradited by Colombia last month. Read More

Cuban Rakatan Company in Australia

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Jill Sykes. Dancing broke out among the audience in the foyer before the show even began -on opening night, a band was playing there already. And the celebratory mood continued inside the Opera Theatre for a show that puts a smile on your face from start to finish.While it won´t set the dance world alight as a must-see for that art form, Havana Rakatan is terrific entertainment in music and dance, crisply performed and smoothly directed. The first half tells a story in the language of movement that doesn´t need translation, and the second pulsates with Cuban and Latin rhythms - mambo, cha-cha, salsa -that have you practically dancing in your seat. Read More

U.S. Restoration Expert Lauds Cuban Professionalism

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Juan M. Garcia.Havana, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) U.S. restoration expert Walter Newman, director of paper conservation at the Northeast Document Conservation Center in Andover, Massachusetts, lauded the professionalism of the Cuban experts with whom he has collaborated since 1996 to restore and preserve national heritage.&nbsp; "It has been a privilege to work here during all this years and I hope this cultural exchange will continue," Newman told Prensa Latina."Cubans are very well prepared, they are very hardworking and dedicated," he added. Read More

Volleyball-League: Cuba Trounces S. Korea

<p style="text-align: justify;">Seoul, Jun18 (Prensa Latina) Cuba trounced South Korea today and moved up to second place in Pool D of the men''s Volleyball World League, with a total of four wins and three losses, while South Korea had 3-4.The Cubans played sets of 25-20, 25-22 and 25-20 in the city of Gwangju, and the win gave Cuba three more points to improve its score to 12 points, two points ahead their rivals.This was the second time that Cuba beat South Korea, and both teams will play again on Sunday. Read More

Commemorative stamps to mark PHL-Cuba ties anniversary

<p style="text-align: justify;">06/19/2011. The Philippines and Cuba will mark the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with the unveiling of special commemorative stamps on July 1. Philippine charge d’affaires Wilfredo Maximo disclosed this at the Philippine Embassy in Havana’s celebration of the 113th Independence Day, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a news release. “The celebration (of Philippine-Cuba ties) will be marked by the unveiling of special commemorative stamps on July 1 at the Casa de la Amistad, ICAP (Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples) headquarters," the DFA said. Read More