US Top Diplomat Monitored Internet in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By:Raquel Maria Garcia Alvarez. Havana, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) Chief of Mission of the US Interest Section in Havana, Jonathan Farrar, monitored the Internet for possible subversive actions, according to a cable released by Wikileaks and reproduced by Cuban websites on Saturday. Farrar's monitoring of the Internet along with his wife occurred in August 2008, when he addressed a memorandum to the US State Department described as sensitive, without reporting any obstacle from Cuban authorities. Read More

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Chavez to undergo new round of cancer treatment

<p style="text-align: justify;">Ago 2011-08-27T21:34:12. CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that he will undergo his next round of cancer treatment at home instead of Cuba. Chavez said he will begin his third phase of chemotherapy soon at the Military Hospital in Caracas. He had the last two rounds of chemotherapy in Cuba. Read More

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Cuban Yarelis Barrios Qualifies for IAAF World Champs Finals

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Cuba.- Cuban Yarelis Barrios, Beijing 2008 Olympic discus throw runner-up (women), qualified for the finals in the opening day of the 13th IAAF World Championships underway in Daegou, South Korea, thru Sept 4. Barrio, who was also second in Berlin 2009 world championships, made a 63,80m throw in her first attempt, breaking the qualification mark (62 m) and securing a place in the competition’s finals scheduled for Sunday. Read More

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Columbus' Cross Made Cuban National Monument

<p style="text-align: justify;">Archbishop Points to History as Lesson for Future. By Araceli Cantero. BARACOA, Cuba, AUG. 26, 2011 (Zenit.org).- At the end of a thanksgiving Mass on Aug. 15, the archbishop of Santiago, Cuba, raised high the Cross of Parra, planted by Christopher Columbus on Dec. 1, 1492, and with it he blessed some 2,000 faithful gathered in the square. Minutes earlier, the crowd broke out in applause on learning that the National Cuban Commission of Monuments declared the Cross of Parra a national monument. This cross is kept in the parish church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Baracoa. Read More

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Great welcome to the show Canción para estar contigo

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Yaimara Villaverde. AIN. 27 de Agosto 2011. Guantánamo, (AIN). – A standing ovation was conquered in this city by the show for children and adults Canción para estar contigo, which stars the excellent soprano Bárbara Llanes and the Theatre company las Estaciones and Danza Espiral. The stage of the puppet theatre received the well achieved presentation, that tells the story of filial love, hope and life, which original idea came from the own Llanes, one of the most important Cuban lyric voices, who is very closed and linked with theatre, an artistic expression she confesses she loves. Read More

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Experts Foresee Climate Change Risks for Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.08.27 - 17:15:10 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Havana, Cuba.- Part of the Cuban surface (2,32 percent) could be covered by water by 2050 as a consequence of climate change, a report published by Granma newspaper reveals. Research about coastal dangers and vulnerability carried out by specialists from 16 Cuban institutions and bodies, yielded that by 2050, 2,550 square kilometers of the country's surface will be submerged as a result of the rise in the sea level. Read More

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Cuba Cuba gear up for Reading and Leeds festivals

<p style="text-align: justify;">By David Owens, South Wales Echo. Aug 25 2011. This weekend one of South Wales’ finest new bands will be playing on the biggest of stages at the Reading and Leeds festivals. Cuba Cuba’s Morgan Isaac tells Dave Owens why he can hardly wait for the momentous day to arrive. Read More

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Hamilton airport resumes Cuba flights; adds Vegas

<p style="text-align: justify;">Fri Aug 26 2011. Winter flights to Cuba will resume at John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport starting this year. Flights will be introduced to Varadero in December, and flights to Holguin, Cuba will take off in February. These flights, through Canadian tour operator Hola Sun Holidays, will run until April 2012. “We had Cuba for the first time last year; they’ve switched up the destinations a little this year and have gone with Holguin and Varadero,” said Karen Medweth, director of service development for the airport. “Those two destinations work a bit better with the family market around here. Read More

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New Vaccine Developed in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, August 25 (KCNA) -- Cuba has recently developed new vaccine to prevent five diseases.The new vaccine named Heberpenta can prevent diphtheria, tetanus, tosferina, hepatitis B and influenza B. It has been jointly developed by the Cuban Genetic Engineering and Bioengineering Center and other scientific research institutes. It is being applied in across the country. Read More

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Nicknamed '24,' Cuban man considers his 4 perfectly formed extra digits a blessing

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: FERNANDO GONZALEZ , Associated Press.August 26, 2011 - 5:18 PM. BARACOA, Cuba - They call him "Twenty-Four." Yoandri Hernandez Garrido's nickname comes from the six perfectly formed fingers on each of his hands and the six impeccable toes on each foot. Hernandez is proud of his extra digits and calls them a blessing, saying they set him apart and enable him to make a living by scrambling up palm trees to cut coconuts and posing for photographs in this eastern Cuban city popular with tourists. One traveler paid $10 for a picture with him, Hernandez said, a bonanza in a country with an average salary of just $20 a month. Read More

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