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Archive - Sep 15, 2011

Dayron Robles Wins at Athletics Competition in Croatia

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.15 - 10:57:55 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. HAVANA, CUBA.-&nbsp; Cuban Dayron Robles, Olympic champion in the 110 meter hurdles in Beijing 2008, won on Tuesday the gold medal during the competition held in Zagreb, Croatia, sponsored by the International Athletics Federation. Robles, world record holder in this discipline with 12.87 seconds, showed once again that he’s at the peak of his fitness, when he arrived on the finishing line in a time of 13 seconds.&nbsp; Jason Richardson (USA-13.04), World Champion in Daegu, ended second, whiel David Oliver (USA-13.20), fourth at that Asian city’s competition, finished third. Read More

Cuba hits back at Richardson over failed visit

<p style="text-align: justify;">AP. By PAUL HAVEN. Associated Press.HAVANA (AP) — Cuba accused former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson of "blackmail" and slander on Wednesday, denying his claims that he was invited to the island to negotiate the release of a jailed American government subcontractor. In an exclusive interview with the Associated Press, the Foreign Ministry's head of North American affairs, Josefina Vidal, said Cuba closed the door on Richardson's request to even see imprisoned Maryland-native Alan Gross only after the American politician described him as a "hostage," in an interview with AP. Read More

Earthquake south of Cuba, no damage reported

<p style="text-align: justify;">Reuters.By Nelson Acosta in Havana and Mohammad Zargham in Washington. HAVANA (Reuters) - A magnitude 6 earthquake occurred in the Caribbean Sea off the southern coast of Cuba on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of any damage on the island. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centred 67 miles (108 km) southwest of the Cuban town of Campechuela at a depth of 6.6 miles (10 km). The epicentre was about 70 miles (110 km) from the northern coast of Jamaica. Read More

Informational meeting on Friday on RMC trip to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Wednesday, September 14, 2011 1:30 pm. A meeting is set for noon on Friday in the RMC Library seminar room for those interested in traveling to Cuba with a Rocky Mountain College professor. Dr. Jennifer Lyman, professor of environmental science and studies, will lead a birding, natural history and culture tour of Cuba, Feb. 24 through March 3, 2012. Lyman will escort the tour, which includes stays in four-star hotels in Havana, Cienfuego and Trinidad. Read More

Cuba: U.S. embargo causes $1 trillion in losses

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Portia Siegelbaum.September 14, 2011 1:50 PM. Cuba blames the U.S. embargo for nearly a trillion dollars in losses to the island's economy since it was imposed by President Kennedy in 1962. Vice Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno said that at current prices a conservative estimate of economic damages to the island up until December 2010 would be more than $104 billion. However, he added, if you take into consideration the extreme devaluation of the dollar against the price of gold on the international financial market during 2010, they would add up to nearly a trillion dollars. Read More

Sherritt adds new director

<p style="text-align: justify;">Toronto-based Sherritt International Corp., Cuba’s largest private foreign investor, announced it added the chairman of a British telecom to its board of directors. Sir Richard Lapthorne, 68, is known for his high-profile stint as chairman of the company that owns Formula One team McLaren, but his background is mainly in the telecommunications industry. Since 2003, Lapthorne has been chairman of Cable &amp; Wireless, a London-based company with increasing interest in the Cuban telecommunications market. Read More

Garlic Festival to be ‘stinking good’

<p style="text-align: justify;">Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:02 am. Garlic Festival to be ‘stinking good’ By Jeff Cole Olean Times Herald Olean Times . CUBA — For the seventh consecutive year, Cuba will host a festival that might simply be described as “stinking good.” Sponsored by the Cuba New York Chamber of Commerce, the seventh annual Cuba Garlic Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Empire City Farms, 105 South St. Admission will be $5 per person, or free for ages 8 and under, and parking will also be free of charge. Pets will not be allowed. Read More

Creole Choir will perform lively rhythms, dancing

<p style="text-align: justify;">Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:12 am. The Creole Choir of Cuba will share stories of their Haitian ancestors in a concert at Portland's Merrill Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 14.- Sven Creutzmann/Mambo photo. PORTLAND — The Creole Choir of Cuba will bring its harmonies, Caribbean rhythms with an original root bass sound and jubilant dancing to Merrill Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 14.Together, they celebrate roots, resistance and the irresistible rhythms of life. Read More

Cuba to Dissolve Inefficient Farming Cooperatives

<p style="text-align: justify;">SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Sep 13 (acn) The President of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) Orlando Lugo Fonte announced Cuba will reorganize cooperatives to strengthen those that are profitable and strike off the ones that are not. Lugo Fonte met with representatives from the farming cooperative system in central Villa Clara province and called them to search for alternatives to increase productivity and efficiency. Read More

Angola:Ambassador to Present Credentials in Cuba On Thursday

<p style="text-align: justify;">14 September 2011. Havana — The new Angolan ambassador to Cuba, José César Augusto "Kiluanje", will on Thursday present his credentials to the Foreign Affairs Ministry of that country, Angop has learnt. On Friday, the Angolan diplomat will be received by the Cuban President, Raul Castro, in order to present his credentials. Read More