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Archive - Sep 11, 2011

Seven Million Voters Elect on Sunday a New President in Guatemala

<p style="text-align: justify;">By. Martin Hacthoun. Guatemala City, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) Polls open on Sunday in Guatemala for more than 7.3 million voters to elect a new president. Burdened by violence, poverty and other problems and hopeful of change, Guatemalans are also electing 333 mayors, 158 members of Congress and 20 Central American Parliament deputies. Read More

Toronto 2011: 'Juan of the Dead' brings zombies to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">September 10, 2011. Horror directors often use humor to send up the genre. But it's not often you see a zombie comedy that's also a Cuban political allegory. "Juan of the Dead," Alejandro Brugues' new Spanish-language genre comedy that premiered for the media Saturday afternoon at the Toronto Film Festive, is pretty much just that. Set in modern-day Cuba, it examines a group of thirtysomething and fortysomething slackers led by the titular Juan (Alexis Diaz de Villegas). Read More

Cuban Baseball Prepares for Int''l Tournaments

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Tomas Armenteros Crespo. Havana, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) Training is going well for Cuba''s pre-selection national team as it readies for the upcoming Baseball World Cup in Panama later this month and the Pan American Games in Mexico in October. Team manager Alfonso Urquiola told the National News Agency (ACN) that the 38 players vying for 24 slots on the team were looking good as they practice at the Latinoamericano stadium in the capital. Read More

Cuba Promotes Cancer Medicine in France

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Tomas Armenteros Crespo. Paris, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban medicine VIDATOX is the only authentic product made of scorpion venom with anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties, said Oniel Diaz, general director of the Virus and Bacteria Vaccines Department of the Cuban company Labiofam. Diaz spoke Saturday at a conference in the French capital to promote this natural Cuban cancer medicine made from the venom of a scorpion endemic to Cuba. Read More

Cuba: New Private Employment Regulations Go into Effect

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: nuriem. Havana, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) Regulations approved by the Council of Ministers in May to continue making self-employment, or private work, more flexible are now in effect, it was reported Saturday. The website of the Official Gazette of the Republic of Cuba, www.gacetaoficial.cu, posted two special editions, No. 28 and No. 29, containing the related decrees and resolutions, Granma newspaper reported. Read More

The ALBA Foreign Ministers Condemn NATO’s Aggression on Libya

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.10 - 14:51:45 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Havana, Cuba.- The foreign ministers of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas (ALBA) condemned on Friday in Caracas the military aggression of the North tlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Libya. Convened by that organization for regional integration, the FMs of Venezuela, the host country, Cuba, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Ecuador and the Grenadine Islands declared themselves to be against what they defined as a US and European attempt to take possession of the natural resources of that north-African nation. Read More

Cuban and U.S. Artists Offered Jazz Concert in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.10 - 15:00:15 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Havana, Cuba.- U.S musicians members of the ‘Horns to Havana’ project, offered a concert on Friday at the National Theater in the Cuban capital, where they shared the stage with young Cuban talents. The visitors, from the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra and other jazz bands, dedicated the night repertoire to this music style born in the streets of New Orleans. Read More

Las Vegas Honors Mexican Independence Day with Month-Long Celebrations Featuring Top Latin Performer

<p style="text-align: justify;">Saturday, 10 September 2011. The world's hottest Latin artists and entertainers will soon be arriving in Las Vegas to celebrate Mexican Independence Day. Each year, thousands of visitors make their way to Las Vegas to enjoy its internationally famous entertainment and to take part in the cultural festivities surrounding the month-long celebration. Read More

Iran boosts line of credit

<p style="text-align: justify;">Iran signed six economic cooperation agreements with Cuba, including one that increases a line of credit to the island to euro 500 million ($690 million), an agreement under which Iran will help several Cuban cities restore and expand their water system, and one under which Cuba will export sugar and nickel to Iran, according to official media. Read More

September 10 – Maradona Stuck In Argentina

<p style="text-align: justify;">Diego Maradona might not have this same problem now after his poor showing as national team manager but on this day in soccer history in 2004 the Argentinean soccer icon was refused permission by his family and the courts to leave Argentina for Cuba. The former Argentina captain was in a psychiatric clinic outside Buenos Aires after being admitted in the spring due to heart conditions. Prior to returning to South America, Maradona had made Cuba his second home since 2000. Read More