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Archive - Sep 29, 2011

Cuba closes Sugar Ministry, replaced by a holding company

<p style="text-align: justify;">Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:11pm IST.By Marc Frank. HAVANA, Sept 29 (Reuters) -Plans to create the new sugar corporation and revitalize the industry by, among other things, allowing foreign investment and closing inefficient sugar mills were first reported by Reuters more than a year ago. The ministry's demise is the last chapter in the dramatic decline of the sugar industry in a Caribbean island country where sugar was once king but now accounts for around 5 percent of foreign exchange earnings. Read More

Cuba's vintage cars are a window to the past

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba's old cars have been the attraction for many Americans who have come to the island nation to admire the well preserved cars that still go through cities in Cuba. Now the island&nbsp; has legalized the sale and purchase of automobiles for ordinary citizens. New rules also say Cubans who leave the island can transfer ownership of their car to a relative or sell it outright. Read More

Pablo Santamaría: An authentic musician from Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.28 - 09:11:03 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu / Havana, Cuba.- Pablo Santamaría has become, thanks to his own merits as a musician, in one of the most universal and authentic Cuban artists who has always defended our sonority. His wide successful career includes the Cultura National distinction, the Nicolás Guillén order as well as some international prizes. His perform through the Cuban music has left indelible memories in the musical history of our nation. Prestigious orchestras such as the Astros, The Violentos and the Irakere received a wide influence from this virtuoso singer and percussionist in some periods of his musical work. Read More

New Formulas with Scorpion Toxin are being tested at Cuban Laboratory

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Glenda Pardo. Havana, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) The institution, as part of its continuing research activity, works the line of natural products for human health, specifically anti-angiogenic drugs that reduce blood vessel formation.New formulations from scorpion venom are being studied in Cuba, said Jose Antonio Fraga Castro, director of the Pharmaceutical Biological Laboratories (Labiofam), leading this product. Read More

Chancellor Bruno Rodríguez Meets with His Syrian Peer in New York

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.27 - 13:35:58 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. HAVANA, Cuba.-&nbsp; Both foreign ministers are in New York for the 66th session of the UN General Assembly.The Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez, recently held a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Walid Moallen, in New York, in which both officials coincided in their interest of strengthening bilateral bonds. Read More

Cuba and Bhutan settled Diplomatic Relations

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.27 - 11:27:06 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. HAVANA, Cuba.-&nbsp; In the framework of the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly underway in New York, Cuba and the Kingdom of Bhutan established diplomatic relations. The Cuban Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez, and the Acting Foreign Minister of Bhutan, Daw Penjo, penned on Monday at the UN headquarters, the agreement marking the official beginning of bonds between their countries. Read More

North American Company Bloomspot sells fantastics trips to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Anne Sorock. Bloomspot is known for offering unique (in this case, dubiously legal) trips, and prides itself on the cache of its luxury-level products. A testimonial on its website describes the bloomspot difference: “We prefer working with bloomspot because they emphasize a high-end experience and target a very fitting clientele. It’s not the average discount seeking customer but rather those interested in trying a new luxurious experience with a small incentive….” –Carolyn Thalin, Le Cirque, New York, NY Read More

Two Cuban films proposed for awards

<p style="text-align: justify;">Habanastation and Ticket to Paradise are the chosen films.2011.09.27. / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. HAVANA, Cuba.- A committee from ICAIC, made up of Fernando Perez, Manuel Perez and Manuel Iglesias proposed for Oscar and Goya Nominations the films Habanastation and Ticket to Paradise in this order, they took into account for the selection the popular impact of both movies in Cuba and in international events, as well as the artistic values embraced by both productions. Read More

European art goes through Cuba now Picasso's

<p style="text-align: justify;">By PETER ORSI — Associated Press. Cuba Art. PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba — Selections from the 120-piece collection have already toured Camaguey and Holguin in the island's far-flung east and recently went on display in the western city of Pinar del Rio, known more for tobacco farms than art museums. More than a dozen works by Joan Miro, Marcel Duchamp, Camille Pissarro, Georges Rouault, Roy Lichtenstein and others went up in the glassed lobby of a local TV station, watched over by just a few police and guards and prompting curious passers-by to pop in to see what all the fuss was about. Read More

Next Cuban drilling near Florida coast brings concerns once more

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Oilprice.com Sep 28, 2011 9:20 am. Spain’s largest oil company, Repsol-YPF, has contracted the massive Italian-made Scarabeo 9 semi-submersible oil rig, currently en route from Singapore, to arrive in the Florida Straits by the end of the year after the end of hurricane season to begin exploring Cuba’s offshore reserves. Repsol-YPF, which drilled Cuba’s first onshore well in 2004, intends initially to drill six wells with the Scarabeo 9 rig. Cuban drilling off the Florida Keys is to begin by the end of the year, and US allies are getting in on the action. Is it time for Washington to soften its stance? Read More