Replicas of La Colmenita in Several Countries

<p style="text-align: justify;"><br /> LAS TUNAS, Cuba.- The Cuban Children’s Theater Group La Colmenita has replicas in several nations and others are in the process of being formed or have made requests for the creation of new groups. In the interest of the Spanish Communist Party, the first one to be founded abroad was that of Seville, and the following one at the El Chorrillo neighborhood of Panama City, composed of humble children. Read More

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Visiting Iranian First VP Pays Tribute to Cuban National Hero Jose Marti

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.07 - 14:34:51 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Dr. Mohammad Reza Rahimi. HAVANA, Cuba.- In his first official activity after his arrival in Cuba on Tuesday afternoon, the First Vice President of Iran, Dr. Mohammad Reza Rahimi, paid tribute on Wednesday morning to Cuban National Hero Jose Marti at Havana’s Revolution Square. Read More

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SOUTH JOURNAL: Chilean Students Ready for National Protest

<p style="text-align: justify;">September 7, 2011. South Journal. The president of the Chilean Student Federation (Confech), Camila Vallejo, said that the call to a national protest, put off last Monday due to a plane accident, will resume tomorrow Thursday, in order to have the demonstration underway next week. "We are going to resume our call on Thursday according to the initiatives in each region and achieve a strongest and massive demonstration next week," said the student leader. Read More

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Cuba Criticizes NATO's Military Intervention in Libya

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 7 (acn) Cuba's Deputy Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno criticized in Belgrade, the Serbian capital, the military intervention of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Libya and said that a similar scenario should not be created in Syria. Read More

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Illinois pols in Cuba to urge more trade

<p style="text-align: justify;">Sept. 7, 2011, 12:27 p.m. EDT. CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- A group of 33 Illinois lawmakers are in Havana Wednesday as part of an effort to push the U.S. government to ease restrictions that hamper bilateral trade and hurt the state's agricultural sector, AFP reports. Read More

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US experts eye Cuba oil plans after BP spill

<p style="text-align: justify;">AFP By Jordi Zamora. A group of US experts led by a former top environment official has visited Cuba to gather information on the communist country's Gulf of Mexico oil exploration plans, according to state media. William Reilly, who led the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under former president George H.W. Bush and led a commission on the BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf until January, was reportedly leading the US delegation. Read More

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Cuba's Roads Take on New Look as Classic American Cars Wane

<p style="text-align: justify;">Sept. 6, 2011. Ellen Creager. The 50-year-old U.S. trade embargo prevents American auto companies or parts suppliers from doing business with Cuba. That didn't matter much in 1961. But now it's half a century later, and these cars need work. "Sometimes you see a pile of rust on four tires, and you're thinking, how can that thing even move?" said John McElroy of Autoline Detroit, who has been to Cuba. "I saw people who were making their own brake fluid using sap from a bush and mineral spirits." Read More

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Jamaica: Gov't to sign anti-crime pacts with Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica's top security official announced Tuesday that he will lead a delegation to Cuba this week to sign agreements strengthening cooperation against drug trafficking and other crimes. Security Minister Dwight Nelson said the pacts are intended to increase intelligence sharing about the "movement of guns and drugs and the groups involved in their movement between the two countries." Read More

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SOUTH JOURNAL: Iran's Vice President to Arrive in Cuba for Joint Governmental Commission

<p style="text-align: justify;">September 6, 2011. South Journal: Iran's Vice-president Mohammad Reza Rahimi departed on Tuesday for Cuba where he is scheduled to participate at the 15th Iran-Cuba Joint Commission and meet with government officials. Rahimi will visit Ecuador after Cuba, ISNA news agency reported. Before departing Tehran, the Iranian Vice-president said that his country relations with Latin American countries have broadened in recent years in the economic, cultural and politic fields. Read More

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Havana Hosts Cuba-Spain Cultural Seminar

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.06 - 09:41:12 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. HAVANA, CUBA.-&nbsp; An international academic seminar on the cultures of Spain and Cuba has been scheduled for September 6th through the 8th in this capital. Sponsored by the universities of Havana (UH) and Saragossa, the event will also serve to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the creation of the “Jose Marti” Cuban Culture Department at that Spanish center of higher studies. Read More

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