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Cubaa s Cinema Fiesta Begins

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:07:16 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Dec. 2.- The 30th Havana Film Festival had its official inauguration Tuesday night but many of us were outside the main movie theaters in the capital before 10:00 a.m. to catch the first of five ...

New vaccine plant to be inaugurated in Cuba

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN); In an effort to increase the production of the anti-meningococcal vaccines for Cuba and other countries, a new plant will be inaugurated on Wednesday, at the Havana-based Finlay Medical Research Institute. The new facility has a production capacity of up to 100 million doses of vaccine active components.

Castro denies involvement with FARC in new book

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

HAVANA, Cuba: Cuba’s former President Fidel Castro denies having supplied arms or given financial support to guerrilla groups in Colombia in a new book he has written, Prensa Latina said. Cuban Culture Minister Abel Prieto presented the book, titled “Peace in Colombia,” at an event in La Paz on Monday.

Mission Miracle flight leaves Guyana for Cuba

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): The 75th batch of patients, the latest beneficiaries of the Mission Miracle programme, a joint initiative of the governments of Guyana and Cuba, Tuesday left to undergo eye surgeries in Cuba. This is part of phase two of the programme. Phase One screened over 40,000 Guyanese.

Malecon: Cuba's Wall of Lamentations

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:39:24 GMT

Meet my Malecon seafront, the borderline where another reality begins. The wall of lamentations, the beginning and end of illusions.

Forest Ranger Guards Havanaa s Trees

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:01:25 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Dec 1 .- "It all began with the cutting of the ceiba," recalls Isbel Diaz, founder of the project "El Guardabosques" , an environmental initiative that seeks to raise ecological awareness among ...

Cuba-China Team Up on Tourism Investments

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:09:10 GMT

Cuba and China will establish joint ventures in the area of tourism, which the island's government is trying to boost with the construction of new hotels, golf courses, marinas and theme parks in the provinces ...

Arts and Crafts Fair Opens Thursday

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:08:12 GMT

The 12th International Arts and Crafts Fair of Havana begins December 4 at the Pabexpo Fairgrounds, organized by the Cuban Cultural Assets Fund.

Jojazz Winds Up in Havana

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:06:50 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Dec. 2.- Havana's Jojazz Festival-Competition came to a close on Sunday with the awards ceremony and Cuba's national dance, the musical genre Danzon, taking center stage with the improvisations of ...

CARICOM to honour Cuba's Fidel Castro

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are planning to honour former Cuban president Fidel Castro at the upcoming CARICOM-Cuba summit in Santiago de Cuba in December. Secretary General Edwin Carrington said the 15-member Community was still to decide a mechanism.

Movie Madness Storms Havana

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:42:48 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Dec. 1.- The 30th Havana Film Festival starts Tuesday with a full day of films.

Music, an Incurable Love

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:41:33 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Dec. 1.- Less than 24 hours before the awards ceremony and closing of the 2008 Jojazz Festival the last session of competitions was rather strange.

New Photos from Havana JoJazz Festival

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:33:08 GMT

The Havana Jojazz Festival had its closing night on Sunday when the awards for the best interpretations and compositions were announced

Castro attends Cuba's first Catholic beatification

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Cuban President Raul Castro attended a ceremony for the country's first religious beatification on Saturday in another sign of warming relations between the Communist-ruled island and the Catholic Church. Dressed in a dark suit, Castro sat in the first row at the mass.

Play Ball: Pinar over Santiago in Opener

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:34:06 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Nov. 30.- The 2008-2009 Cuban Baseball Season began on Saturday night with the inaugural game between defending champion Santiago de Cuba and runner-up Pinar del Rio.

FIART Arts and Crafts Fair

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:13:12 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Nov 30.- A huge arts and crafts fair takes place in Havana from December 4-14 with the participation of artisans from 13 countries from Latin America, Europe and Asia.

Havana Jazz Jams

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:12:12 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Nov 30.- Jazz is a music of mixes; a blend of sounds, colors, races, temperaments.

Bored Stiff

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:06:38 GMT

It's very common for Cubans to receive poor service at most stores or eating establishments.

Jazz Lets Loose in Havana

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:39:54 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Nov 28.- When the first notes of the 11th Jojazz Festival sounded Thursday night at Havana's Mella Theater the temperature began to rise and people began taking off their sweaters.

Venezuela's Chavez investigates adversaries

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's government has started legal investigations of some of its political opponents after the opposition gained ground in state elections. Officials are investigating an anti-government television station, and have interrogated a top opposition politician.

Russian leader meets Fidel Castro in Cuba

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Friday as the two Cold War allies strengthened their ties, Russia's state RIA Novosti news agency reported. The meeting came at the end of Medvedev's Latin America tour seeking energy, military and trade cooperation.

Havana Film Festival to Screen Riverside

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:24:28 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Nov. 28.- The life of Latin American immigrants in the United States, a theme dealt with on the movie screen from very different angles -from the most racist and stereotyped to the most violent ...

Russian leader visits Cold War ally Cuba

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): If Russian President Dmitry Medvedev needs reminding of how times have changed when he visits Cold War ally Cuba on Thursday, he should look no further than Moscow's old Lourdes intelligence base in Havana. Medvedev is the first Russian leader to travel to Cuba since 2000.

Russian President Arrives in Cuba

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:40:44 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Nov. 27.- Russian President Dimitri Medvedev arrives in Cuba on Thursday in the fourth visit of an important leader to the island in less than a month.

Films that Tackle Touchy Social Issues

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:43:57 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Nov. 26. .- "Viviendo al lA mite" , a documentary by Cuban filmmaker Belkis Vega that follows the lives of five HIV-positive people, will be shown for the first time on Cuban television this week, ...

EU, Cuba ink cooperation deal as ties improve

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Cuba and the European Union on Wednesday agreed on up to 30 million euros for rebuilding areas damaged by hurricanes and other projects in a step to restore aid suspended five years ago in a row over human rights. The EU imposed diplomatic sanctions in 2003.

Shipwreck may hold key to Turks and Caicos lineage

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

MIAMI, USA (Reuters): A pair of glass-eyed idols led marine archeologists to the wreck of a Spanish ship that once carried an illegal cargo of African slaves believed to be the ancestors of many of today's inhabitants of the British colony of Turks and Caicos. The Trouvadore carried 93 African captives.

Sean Penn Interviews Raul Castro on Obama

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:07:27 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Nov. 26.- Cuban President Raul Castro told actor Sean Penn in an exclusive interview for The Nation magazine that he would be willing to meet with President-elect Barack Obama, seeking to improve ...

Teaching Philosophy in Cuba

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:12:56 GMT

I have taught philosophy at the University of Havana for the last three years and I have learned a lot since that time.

Parents of Jamaicans studying in Cuba meet in Kingston

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): The annual meeting of the Association of Parents of Jamaican Students in Cuba, whose children are studying at universities on the archipelago, has been held in Kingston. The meeting was attended by the head of co-operation with the Cuban embassy to that nation, Jorge Crespo.

Ozone therapy on slipped disks shows positive results in Cuba

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

HAVANA, Cuba, (ACN): The use in Cuba of ozone therapy has been proved to be very efficient in the treatment of slipped disks, as it relieves the pain and disability caused by the condition. The direct application of the gas to the spine or the muscles surrounding, reduces the slipped disk.

Commentary: Reflections: The G20, the G21 and the G192

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

As if there were not enough reasons to go mad, the proliferation of acronyms related to the crisis is such that one can hardly understand them. The first was the G20, a selected group meeting in Washington that pretended to represent all. The second was the also selective APEC group which met in Lima.

Cuba's Raul Castro open to meet Obama says report

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Cuban President Raul Castro is open to meeting US President-elect Barack Obama on neutral ground to try to resolve the island's four-decade-old feud with Washington, according to an interview with a US magazine. The interview for The Nation was conducted by US actor Sean Penn.

Baseball: The Passion Begins

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:05:22 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Nov. 25.a ' Cuban baseball is around the corner with the new season getting under way on Saturday November 29th.

Cuban Art on the Auction Block

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:03:57 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Nov. 25.- Top Cuban art goes up on the auction block Wednesday November 26th in an annual event held at the landmark Hotel Nacional.

Masculinity Workshop in Macho Cuba

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:24:07 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, November 25.- The Ibero-American Network on Masculinity holds a workshop in Havana on Tuesday on the construction of masculinity related to topics such as sexuality, sports, music, culture and ...

Hurricane funds for Cuba collected in St Lucia

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): A night of Cuban salsa was organized in Castries, Saint Lucia, to collect funds to alleviate the damage caused to Cuba by hurricanes Gustav, Ike and Paloma. The cultural activity, convened by the Saint Lucia- Cuba Friendship Association, was held at the Spinach recreational center.

High tech digitalized x-ray equipment to be produced in Cuba

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): High tech RX 800 digitalized equipment for x-ray examinations will be produced in Cuba for use in the hospitals and polyclinics of the archipelago. Awarded the Design Prize during the recently concluded International Trade Fair, the RX 800 provides images in six seconds.

Cuba's birth rate increased in 2008

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): The sustained increase of the live-birth indicator reported in Cuba from January through October of 2008, compared to last year, is good news and it could turn the demographic course of the country. The statistics were compiled from figures collected in health centers and other data.

YOU TELL ME...

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:46:20 GMT

Yesterday at work, my colleagues were discussing the expectations of the Cuban people following the election of a new US president.

Our Children: Hope of the World?

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:45:19 GMT

November 24, 2008 Irina Echarry - Gonzalo is a 4-year-old neighbor. What he likes most is the beach, although at night he is obsessed with reaching the moon.

Chilean President to Visit Cuba in 2009

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:44:00 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Nov. 24.- Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, will travel to Cuba in February 2009, reported IPS on Monday.

Russian Interest in Cuban Oil and Nickel

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:07:34 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Nov. 23.- Russian companies will participate in the search for oil in Cuba's exclusive zone in the Gulf of Mexico, reported IPS.

Morales Wants New OAS with Cuba

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:06:29 GMT

HAVANA TIMES, Nov.23.- Bolivian President Evo Morales said Saturday in La Paz that it might be necessary to create a new Organization of American States that includes Cuba, if the United States continues to ...

Cuba's Majestic Western Tip

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:05:30 GMT

Cape San Antonio is the far west of the Cuban archipelago located on the Guanahacabibes peninsula in the province of Pinar del Rio.

never waste a crisis

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:31:29 GMT

The president-elect of the United States of America, Barack Obama, inherits the inbox from hell, but an all-points crisis like the present one also creates opportunities for radical change that do not exist in ...