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Archive - Aug 2011

August 5th

Chavez To Decide Whether To Return To Cuba For Chemo In "Next Hours"

<p style="text-align: justify;">DOW JONES NEWSWIRES. CARACAS -(Dow Jones)- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said early Friday that he would be making the decision "in the next hours" whether to return to Cuba for a second round of chemotherapy or remain at home for the treatment.Chavez, who made his comments during a telephone call to a state television program, said he would be meeting with his team of Cuban and Venezuelan doctors on Friday to set the location of his continuing treatment for cancer. Read More

Cuba chops agricultural costs for private farmers

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba chops prices of agricultural equipment for newly authorized private farmers.ap. On Thursday August 4, 2011, 9:48 pm EDT. HAVANA (AP) -- Cuban authorities have ordered cuts of up to 60 percent in prices for agricultural equipment and other farm items to stimulate newly authorized private farmers who are cultivating state land under an economic overhaul.Officials said Thursday that the reductions took effect Aug. 1 and address complaints from farmers that their costs were too high. The announcement came during the nightly round-table "Mesa Redonda." Read More

Cuba condemns UN stance on Syria

<p style="text-align: justify;">Aug 5, 2011. HAVANA - CUBA rejected on Thursday the UN Security Council's condemnation of Syria's deadly crackdown on anti-regime protesters, expressing 'confidence' the country will resolve its own internal problems. 'We reject any attempt to undermine the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity' of Syria, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcos Rodriguez said in a statement. Read More

Appeals court: ‘Havana Club’ doesn’t mean ‘made in Cuba’

<p style="text-align: justify;">South Florida Business Journal - by Paul Brinkmann. Date: Thursday, August 4, 2011, 4:30pm EDT. A federal appeals court in Philadelphia has ruled that Bacardi USA’s use of Havana Club labels for rum made in Puerto Rico does not represent false advertising. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia ruled Thursday that the label is not false advertising because it clearly says the rum is made in Puerto Rico and, “taken as a whole, the label could not mislead any reasonable consumer.” Read More

Cuba's Los Van Van postpones Conga Room gig

<p style="text-align: justify;">August 4, 2011. 1:25 pm. Pop &amp; Hiss. The L.A. Times music blog. The legendary Cuban band Los Van Van has postponed Thursday night's gig at the Conga Room in downtown L.A., citing last-minute problems for band members in obtaining U.S. travel visas.The band had to cancel a concert at the Conga Room in December for the same reason.A Conga Room spokesperson said the concert is being rescheduled for sometime in September. No further details were available. Read More

Cuba Travel Services Will Commence Non-Stops Flights to Authorized Airports in Cuba from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Houston, Texas and Fort Lauderdale, Florida

<p style="text-align: justify;">businesswire. Press Release Source: Cuba Travel Services, Inc. On Thursday August 4, 2011, 5:29 pm EDT. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cuba Travel Services, Inc. (“CTS”) announced today that it has received landing permission by the government of Cuba to begin flights from 3 new airports in the United States: Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU), Fort Lauderdale International Airport (FLL) and Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to authorized airports in Cuba. Read More

Saudi embassy opens in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">Underlining the increasing economic interest among Middle Eastern nations in Cuba, Saudi Arabia officially opened an embassy in Havana. The kingdom celebrated the opening with a reception in the Hotel Nacional, attended by Cuban and Saudi officials as well as the ambassadors of “friendly nations, Arab and Muslim,” according to a communique of the Cuban foreign ministry. Read More

Castro: Frozen assets to be released this year

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba will free the remainder of hard-currency assets owned by foreign companies that have been held back in national bank accounts since 2008, President Raúl Castro said in his closing speech after the National Assembly’s summer session. A partial restructuring of foreign debt with Cuba’s main lenders has helped “reduce hold-backs of transfers abroad and put us in conditions to approve that they will be lifted for good before the current year ends,” Castro said. Read More

Delta-Marazul to offer Atlanta-to-Cuba flight

<p style="text-align: justify;">Atlanta Business Chronicle - by Maria Saporta , Contributing Writer.Thursday, August 4, 2011, 2:23pm EDT. People will soon be able to fly to Cuba from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.Marazul, the oldest and most experienced charter and travel agency serving Cuba in the United States, has an agreement with Delta Air Lines Inc.bizWatch Delta Air Lines Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Delta, Aerolineas Argentinas to codeshare Memphis to Newark flight lands at No. 4 on chronically late listDelta making extra M a day during FAA partial shutdown Follow this company (NYSE: DAL) to begin direct charter flights from Atlanta to Havana. Read More

Bolshoi celebrates Cuba's peerless ballerina Alonso

<p style="text-align: justify;">Reuters.By Nastassia Astrasheuskaya. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Bolshoi Theater celebrated the 90th birthday of Cuban dancer Alicia Alonso with a gala performance this week of Russian classics performed by her pupils and countrymen. The Havana-native, who turned 90 years-old last December, received a standing ovation at the packed theater on Tuesday night where she was honored alongside Russian dancers -- such as Vladimir Vasiliev and Azari Plisetsky -- who have worked with her over a career that has spanned more than six decades. Read More