Rubio says Obama quietly seeking Cuba changes

<p style="text-align: justify;">In a Spanish-language interview with WAQI, Sen. Marco Rubio said that the Obama administration was quietly talking to some on the Hill about lifting some of the economic and travel restrictions on Cuba, but the feelers won't go anywhere, Rubio said, because he and other like-minded senators and House members will educate their colleagues on the political reality in Cuba, including telling them about political prisoners like American Alan Gross, who has been imprisoned for more than a year. Read More

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Argentinean tour operator starts weekly flights

<p style="text-align: justify;">Argentinean tour operator Juliá Tours began weekly flights from Buenos Aires to Cayo Coco in the Jardines del Rey area on Cuba’s northern coast, Prensa Latina reported.Argentina has become the third-largest source market for Jardines del Rey, Cuba’s fastest-growing beach tourism area; 11,200 visitors from Argentina visited Jardines del Rey last year. The flights, in aircraft for 220 passengers, include a stopover in Havana. Read More

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Power utility battling rising consumption-pilferage, Piñón says

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Jorge R. Piñón. Cuba’s statistical office — Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas — just released preliminary electric power sector indicators for 2010 reflecting a negligible reduction in total electricity demand of less than one percent. Total electric generation for 2010 was 17,573.6 gigawatt/hours compared with 17,709.1 gigawatt/hours for 2009. Electricity generation accounts for more than half of Cuba’s demand for oil. Read More

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Cuban Western Oil Enterprise Extracted More Than 7,330,000 Barrels Last Year

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.01.11 - 14:08:33 / [email protected]. HAVANA, CUBA.- Last year, the western Cuban Oil Extraction and Drilling Enterprise extracted more than 7,330,000 barrels, which contributed to the reduction of oil imports.The general director of the enterprise, Joel Pumariega, praised the efforts of entities associated to the Santa Cruz del Norte facilities, which allowed meeting the electricity needs of the Cuban capital and maintaining a stable supply of gas for cooking to more than one million people.&nbsp; Read More

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Local Chinese restaurant benefit from economic reform in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">09:49, January 11, 2011. Hundreds of Chinese are now living in Cuba, and the economic reforms there are influencing their life and work. Today, in our series on Cuba's economic reforms, Yang Yan takes a look at how a well-known local Chinese restaurant is benefitting from the new policy.The Chinatown in Havana may be the smallest in the world. There's hardly a Chinese customer in most restaurants here. But the Temple of Heaven Restaurant at the end of the street is packed. Not only with Chinese and foreign tourists, but also local high-level officials. It's the only restaurant with a Chinese manager and Chinese chef. Read More

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Boxing-Vitaly Klitschko to defend WBC crown against Cuban Solis

<p style="text-align: justify;">BERLIN | Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:50am EST. BERLIN Jan 11 (Reuters) - WBC heavyweight champion Vitaly Klitschko will defend his title against 2004 Olympic champion Odlanier Solis from Cuba in Colonge on March 19, the Ukrainian said on Tuesday. The 39-year-old Klitschko, whose younger brother holds three of the other four belts, retained his world heavyweight title by beating American Shannon Briggs on points on Oct. 16, improving his record to 41 wins, two defeats. Read More

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Cuba Registers Antitumor Therapeutic Vaccine for Lung Cancer

<p style="text-align: justify;">Escrito por Indira Santana.15:19Havana, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) The first therapeutic vaccine for advanced lung cancer was registered in Cuba and its effectiveness is being tested in other tumors such as prostate, uterus and breast.The drug that is called CIMAVAX-EGF acts directly on the tumor, unlike traditional treatments focused on the chemo and radiation treatments. Read More

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Cuba Committed to Strengthening Support to Nation's Health Sector

<p style="text-align: justify;">Amadou Jallow. 10 January 2011. The Cuban embassy in The Gambia, has announced its country's renewed commitment to strengthen its existing support to The Gambia's health sector, as part of the bilateral relations between the two sides. Read More

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A bolder shift needed in U.S. Cuba policy

<p style="text-align: justify;">Published: Monday, January 10, 2011. The Times Picayune, New Orleans, on U.S. policy toward Cuba: Cubans who rely on cash sent by their relatives in the United States will benefit from the Obama administration's decision to allow Western Union to pay out the remittances in Cuban currency instead of U.S. dollars. Read More

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Castro weighs in on Arizona shooting

<p style="text-align: justify;">By the CNN Wire Staff. January 10, 2011. (CNN) -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro weighed in on the Arizona mass shooting that killed six and injured 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, in a column distributed Monday. Read More

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