US-Cuba Caravan Members Ship Computers Seized by USA

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte. 3 de agosto de 2011, 12:04Havana, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) Members of the Pastors for Peace U.S.-Cuba Friendship Caravan shipped to Cuba seven computers seized by U.S. immigration authorities, Juventud Rebelde newspaper reported Wednesday.Authorities returned the computers to caravan members at the border as they returned to the United States from Cuba via Mexico, and caravan members immediately went back on foot to Mexico to ship them to Cuba, Pastors for Peace said in a press release quoted by Juventud Rebelde. Read More

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Venezuela's Chavez May Not Return To Cuba To Continue Chemo

<p style="text-align: justify;">DOW JONES NEWSWIRES. CARACAS -(Dow Jones)- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said doctors will evaluate Wednesday whether he will need to return to Cuba to continue his second round of chemotherapy. Speaking during a telephone call into a state television program, the 57-year- old leader also said that "there could be a need for a third and a fourth" phase of the treatment. Read More

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Home sales nearing reality in Communist Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Shasta Darlington, CNN. August 3, 2011-- Updated 1633 GMT (0033 HKT) Havana (CNN) -- Olivia Sersute and her sister have shared the same home on the second floor of a faded Havana mansion since they were children and even after getting married and having kids of their own.They didn't have much choice. In theory, Cubans own their own homes, but they aren't allowed to sell them. Read More

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Cubans Set for Big Change: Right to Buy Homes

<p style="text-align: justify;">By DAMIEN CAVE.August 2, 2011. In Havana on Saturday, Cubans looked at notices for apartment exchanges. Cuba is about to legalize the sale of property. But when Cuba legalizes buying and selling by the end of the year — as the government promised again this week — José and many others expect a cascade of changes: higher prices, mass relocation, property taxes and a flood of money from Cubans in the United States and around the world. Read More

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Peculiar Museum of Honey in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Ana Julia Suarez Cruz. 03 de agosto de 2011, 00:21.Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) The house of honey, the only one of its kind in Cuba, increases the attractions of the Guanahacabibes peninsula, a Biosphere Reserve. The peculiar museum, a project sponsored by the Canary Foundation for Social Development, displays the beekeeping tradition of the western Cuban region. Read More

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Farm in Ciego de Avila Certified as Area for National Research

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.08.03 - 14:43:55 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Farm in Ciego de Avila Certified as Area for National Research.HAVANA, Cuba.-&nbsp; The National Group for Urban and Suburban Agriculture recognized a farm in the central province of Ciego de Avila as the first Cuban research farm.The farm, named La Provechosa, is owned by Agricultural Engineer Ariel Gonzalez Molerio, who is a member of the Jose Marti Credit and Services Cooperative. Read More

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Cuba to Take Judo Teams to Paris

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Tomas Armenteros Crespo.00:11Havana, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will take complete teams to the World Judo Championship in Paris, France, scheduled to be held from August 24 to 28, as published by the Cuban National Judo Federation. The Cuban male judo team, coached by Justo Noda, is comprised of the athletes Asley González (90 kilograms), Antonio Betancourt (60), Angelo Gómez (66), Ronald Girones (73), Osmay Cruz (81), Oreidis Despaigne (100), Oscar Braison (plus 100 kilograms). Read More

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