Chavez Warns of Maneuvers to Prepare Invasion of Venezuela

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Ed Newman. Caracas, September 3 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has warned that the opposition seeks to create favorable conditions for a foreign intervention,similar to what occurred in Libya. Speaking at the Miraflores Presidential Palace on Friday, the Bolivarian leader said that the opposition believes the case of Libya will be repeated and are "plotting for an invasion of Venezuela." Read More

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Rigoberta Menchu is Presidential Candidate in Guatemala

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Dayami Interián García. Guatemala, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Rigoberta Menchu once more aspires to the Guatemalan presidency, this second time with a fully indigenous organization but joined to a leftist coalition. The 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner founded Winaq (integral human being) and registered it as a party. Read More

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Chavez in good health after chemotherapy

<p style="text-align: justify;">September 3, 2011.Written by Lakshit. Caracas, Sep 4 (IANS/EFE) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said that after finishing his third round of chemotherapy his health was ‘perfect’. ‘I’m going strong,’ said Chavez, as he left the Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital in Caracas Friday. The president said he had entered the hospital weighing 87.2 kg and left weighing 88.5 kg. Read More

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Cuba Chases 5 Billion Barrels of Undiscovered Oil; U.S. Intervenes

<p style="text-align: justify;">The island nation of Cuba is scrambling to secure access to what it believe to be about 5 billion barrels of oil lying deep under the ocean off its northern coast.&nbsp; A massive drilling rig is en route to Cuba and plans to start drilling in a matter of months. Meanwhile, the United States government is sufficiently concerned about the risks of another oil spill that is dispatching a group of quasi-diplomats to Cuba on a fact-finding mission as early as tomorrow, according to reports in Dow Jones. Read More

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Natural beauty, tranquility in Cuba's Pinar del Rio province

<p style="text-align: justify;">1:43 AM, Sep. 4, 2011. BY ELLEN CREAGER. DETROIT FREE PRESS TRAVEL WRITER. VIñALES, Cuba -- Waterfalls, mountains and the handsomest farmer in Cuba. Those are the top three sights in the western province Pinar del Rio, where nature provides a lush setting for peaceful moments. OK, there were a few not-peaceful moments, such as the 6-inch tarantula that swimmers found in the hotel pool. And the night my hotel room air conditioner broke down in a fit of rattling protest. Read More

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Travel restrictions for Cubans and Americans should end

<p style="text-align: justify;">Given the restrictions of the new "people-to-people" program, is it worth traveling to Cuba? I think the answer is yes, if you are a certain type of person. You have to enjoy cultural travel. You can't be a complainer just because the food might not be up to standard or the Internet goes on the blink. You must be willing to stick with a group and get along with others.The cost -- about $3,000 per person including airfare from Miami for a seven-night trip -- is certainly worth it. Read More

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Cuban dance company to perform in the US for the first time

<p style="text-align: justify;">By. Marta Cabrales. 04 de Septiembre 2011. Santiago de Cuba, (PL).- Teatro de la Danza del Caribe, TDC, (Caribbean Dance Theater) will perform in the United States for the first time during next year´s first months as informed here the company´s vice director, Edison Reyes. Read More

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Cuban Film Afinidades to Participate in Roman Festival

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, (ACN).- Afinidades (Affinities), co-directed by Jorge Perugorria and Vladimir Cruz, the two actors of the film Strawberry and Chocolate (1994), will participate in the 2nd Festival of Iberian American Cinema, to be held in Rome from October 4th through the 9th. The first work, premiered on February 3, 2011, was shot at the Guama tourist center of the Laguna del Tesoro, in Cienaga de Zapata, Matanzas province. Read More

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Virtues and Hopes in Cuba's Tourism

<p style="text-align: justify;">By&nbsp; Roberto F. Campos. The Cuban tourism authorities try to close 2011 with the reception of 2.7 million travelers.In the midst of a changing economic situation that today impacts in many ways, especially in poor countries, tourism is for Cuba a useful tool that takes environmental strategies into account. Until now, the increases and imbalances in fuel prices, and hence the cost of airfare, influence the modern world, especially so in the Caribbean. Read More

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Major Caribbean Films to Premiere in Toronto Featured

<p style="text-align: justify;">PL | 04 de Septiembre 2011. The international curtain will shortly go up in Toronto for the premiere of three significant Caribbean films at the 2011 Caribbean Tales Toronto Film Showcase. The trio of major Caribbean cinematic offerings will be screened during the sixth annual action-packed Showcase set for "Hollywood North" at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto from September 7 to 17, 2011. "Calypso Rose: The Lioness of the Jungle", a documentary about the impact of the Trinidadian queen of soca music; "Ghett´a Life", a new Jamaican film with positive messages of overcoming adversity and ignorance; and Antigua´s "The Skin", a film on Caribbean mythology, will play in Toronto. Read More

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