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Archive - Aug 26, 2011

First Medal for Cuba at World Judo Championships

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.08.26 - 14:03:50 /radiorebelde.icrt.cu. HAVANA, CUBA.-&nbsp; Asley Gonzalez gave Cuba its first medal on Friday during the fourth day of competitions of the World Judo Championships, under way in Paris, France. Gonzalez beat Russian Kirill Denison by Yuko in the bronze medal bout of the men’s 90-kilo division to secure Cuba’s first medal in this competition. On his way to the bronze, Gonzalez defeated Polish Krzystof Welglarz and Uzbekistan’s Dilshod Choriev, before he lost to Japanese Daiki Nishiyama. Then, in the repechage, the Cuban judoka downed Ukrainian Valentyn Grekov to advance to the bout against Denison. Read More

Tourism revenues showing robust growth

<p style="text-align: justify;">Reflecting higher hotel prices and additional hotel capacities, tourism revenues rose 13.1 percent in the first six months of this year, the latest data of the Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas (ONE) suggest. Despite rising prices, tourists keep coming. The ONE data indicates that 1.537 million foreign tourists visited Cuba in the first six months of the year, up 10.6 percent over last year. Overnight stays rose 9.1 percent, from 9.3 million last year to 10.2 million in the first half of 2011. Read More

Charles Anselmo Finds Beauty in Decay

<p style="text-align: justify;">By DeWitt Cheng. East Bay Express | August 25, 2011. Charles Anselmo has been traveling to Cuba for more than a decade, photographing the effects of economic deprivation and tropical fecundity on the colonial architecture of Havana (and also championing the work of Cuban photographers here on the big island). His large-format color photographs on paper and silk banners and his small-format black-and-white studies of Cubans in Deconstructions: La Habana pose Macaulay's questions anew for contemporary viewers. Read More

Cuba's Dayron Robles predicts 'spectacular' hurdles

<p style="text-align: justify;">AFPBy John Weave. Olympic champion Dayron Robles predicts a "spectacular" 110m hurdles at the world championships as the three quickest men in history prepare to face off in a mouthwatering race. The Cuban will be in a three-way fight with fierce rival David Oliver and Chinese superstar Liu Xiang for the title in one of the most keenly anticipated events in Daegu, South Korea. "There are many athletes of a great level in my event. There are David Oliver and Liu Xiang. I'm also there. I think it'll be spectacular," said Robles, who holds the world record of 12.87sec. Read More

JPMorgan fined for contravening Iran, Cuba sanctions

<p style="text-align: justify;">JPMorgan Chase Bank has been fined $88.3 million for contravening US sanctions against regimes in Iran, Cuba and Sudan, and the former Liberian government, the US Treasury Department announced Thursday. The Treasury said that the bank had engaged in a number of "egregious" financial transfers, loans and other facilities involving those countries but, in announcing a settlement with the bank, said they were "apparent" violations of various sanctions regulations. Read More

Cuba Keeps Reviving Rail Sector

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) The Industrial Fixtures Company has produced 104,000 concrete sleepers up to the present as part of the strategy to revive Cuba's rail sector. Julio Cesar Hubert, head of that enterprise, based in the province of Villa Clara, noted that this figure covers more than half of the planned number of concrete sleepers to be built this year. Read More

Cuba: Looking like home

<p style="text-align: justify;">25/08/2011 10:55:00. By MELODY JAMESON. For Floridians familiar with their state, Havana can be a Déjà vu experience. There are some striking similarities – particularly in connection with the Tampa Bay area – and next to nothing is lost in the translation.Tampa’s Ybor City and Old Havana, of course, have umbilical cord ties. Cuba’s Vicente Martinez Ybor created what would become a national historic district northeast of downtown Tamp. Read More

Cuba attacks $1.5tn world arms spending

<p style="text-align: justify;">Wednesday 24 August 2011. By Our Foreign Desk. Cuba assumed the presidency of the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament on Tuesday, insisting that the $1.5 trillion (£910 billion) currently squandered on military expenditures and war each year should instead be used to promote social development. Addressing diplomats from the conference's 65 member states new president Rodolfo Reyes Rodriguez, who is one of Cuba's deputy foreign ministers, said it was "unacceptable that almost 23,000 nuclear weapons still exist, including 7,560 ready to use." Read More

Angola: Diplomatic Corps Pays Homage to Outgoing Country Ambassador to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">25 August 2011.Havana — The diplomatic corps in Cuba on Tuesday paid homage to the outgoing Angolan ambassador to this Caribbean country, António José Condesse de Carvalho "Toka". Speaking in the act, the Dean of the diplomatic corps in Cuba, the ambassador of Congo, Pascal Onguemby, highlighted the diplomatic work developed by the Angolan diplomat and, on behalf of the diplomatic corps, wished him success in his coming duties. Read More

Get Cuba off the List of State Sponsors of Terror

<p style="text-align: justify;">Posted: 8/24/11 12:51 PM ET. By Sara Stephens. It is both untrue and a travesty to paint Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism as the United States government did in its annual report on the subject last week. For twenty-nine years, Cuba has appeared on the list, which comes with considerable economic and diplomatic costs. It disqualifies Cuba from economic assistance, punishes Cuba for engaging in legal trade and financial transactions, and deprives Cuba of access to modern technology by way of exports, to name but a few. Read More