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Archive - Aug 23, 2011

Omara Portuondo, Buena Vista Social Club and Arturo Sandoval all together in a concert

<p style="text-align: justify;">August 23, 2011. Omara Portuondo, Buena Vista Social Club and Arturo Sandoval will be together in a gig dedicated to Cuba in the Hollywood Bowl 2301 North Highland Avenue Hollywood, CA 90068.The theme night will be this coming Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 8 p.m. and it will be a jazz night dedicated to the Isle of Music as some people call Cuba. Omara and Buenavista Social Club are in a tour through the United States and some countries of Europe, they will be having a night dedicated to Cuba with Arturo Sandoval at the Hollywood Bowl of California. Tickects can already be bought at the ticketmaster. Read More

Five-Year Study of Major Cuban Cave System Concluded

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.08.23 - 10:37:20 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. CAMAGUEY, CUBA.-&nbsp; A scientific expedition on the Mexico cave system located in the Sierra de Cubitas mountain range, in the province of Camaguey, concluded after five years of continued work. The Eduardo Alfredo Martel Speleologist Group, the first one created after the triumph of the Revolution, led the research sponsored by the Group for Geographic, Speleologist and Environmental Studies, according to the local newspaper’s website Adelante.&nbsp; Read More

Cuba calls for respect for Syrian sovereignty

<p style="text-align: justify;">GENEVA, August 22.—Rodolfo Reyes, Cuba’s representative to the UN Human Rights Council, stated today that the island rejects "any attempt to ignore Syria’s sovereignty." Reyes added, "It is in the hands of the Syrian people and their authorities to determine their will and future." Read More

Cuba to strengthen tax administration

<p style="text-align: justify;">English.news.cn. 2011-08-23 10:20:46. HAVANA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Cuba will strengthen tax administration to fight tax evasion and other illegal activities in the second half of the year, a tax official said Monday. The National Tax Administration Office of Cuba (ONAT) will reassess and reorganize its audit work in line with the rapid growth in the number of self-employed workers as a result of the island country's economic reform, the office's deputy head Alberto Fernandez said. Read More

Cuba takes over as head of disarmament body

<p style="text-align: justify;">GENEVA (AP) — Nearly a half-century after the Cuban Missile Crisis, Cuba is head of the 65-nation Conference on Disarmament.Cuba succeeded North Korea on Tuesday as chair of the world's main forum against nuclear arms that has been stalemated since it wrote the nuclear test ban treaty in 1996.Cuba's vice-minister of foreign affairs, Rodolfo Reyes Rodriguez, told diplomats it's unacceptable that almost 23,000 nuclear weapons still exist, including 7,560 ready to use. Read More

Women are 66 Percent of Workforce in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Aug 20 (Prensa Prensa) Teresa Hernandez Morejon, a member of the national secretariat of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), said that Cuban women represent 66 percent of the workforce in Cuba. The women are present in all sectors of the national economy and have a majority participation in the areas of health, education and science, Morejon Hernandez told the Cuban National Information Agency (AIN). Read More

Baracoa in Cuba: Moving Away from the Reputation of Nascent Tourism

<p style="text-align: justify;">Roberto Hernández. Baracoa, the first town founded in Cuba 500 years ago by Spanish colonists, wants to move away from its reputation of having only nascent tourism with enormous potentials. “We have an attractive offer that has grown during the past six years from nine to fourteen percent annually,” declared Misael Tamayo, commercial specialist from the provincial Ministry of Tourism in the eastern province of Guantanamo. Read More

The Good and Bad of Reggaeton in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Mario Vizcaino Serrat. A Cuban musicologist attempts to expand a wide-ranging personal study on reggaeton of which she advanced details during a conference on the defects and virtues of that genre, reviled by some and adored by others. Yarelis Domínguez, research specialist at Havana’s Museo Nacional de la Música (National Museum of Music), highlighted the “resilience” of reggaeton. Some reject this genre, while others revere it, including popular singers and dance music groups from Cuba who cultivate it merged with other variants. Read More

Cuban Volleyball Achieves Four Victories in Four Tournaments in Two Years

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.08.22 - 09:59:46 /radiorebelde.icrt.cu/ Chivilcoy, Argentina.-&nbsp; The Cuban under 19 Volleyball team, Cadet category, maintained its winning streak internationally last year and during the current year when it recently defeated its Argentinean opponents 3-2 at the Colón Club facility before a public supporting their local players. Read More

U.S. squad to Daegu with 129 Athletes

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.08.22 - 09:57:50 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu / Havana, Cuba.-&nbsp; A squad made up of 129 athletes, including eight world champions and 11 medalists of Berlin 2009, will be representing the United States at the World Athletic championship to be held in Daegu, South Korea scheduled to take place from August 27th to September 4th. The above mentioned squad includes 63 women, as well as&nbsp; U.S . athletes Allyson Félix and Sanya Richards-Ross , medalists in Berlin in the 200 and 400 meters events, who will compete in the same events and in the relay race competition. Read More