Friday 27th January, 2012
Vatican loans Cuba historic artefact
The Vatican has loaned to Cuba "as a great exception" and for one year an artefact considered the most ancient example of indigenous Christian art in the New World, having once belonged to the ...
Cuba: Tough prison terms for mahogany tree thefts
HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba convicted six people of cutting down African mahogany trees in the National Botanical Gardens and sentenced them to eight and 10 years in prison, the Communist Party newspaper ...
Cuban Communists to consider term limits for leaders
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's Communist Party will consider reforms this weekend that could impose term limits on its leaders in what would be a striking change on an island that Fidel Castro ruled ...
Republican Candidates Court Miami’s Cuban Vote
The WorldA popular campaign stop: Cafe Versailles in Miami's Little Havana (Photo: Jason Margolis) There's a political truism in Miami: Cuban Americans always vote Republican. But four years ago, ...
Cuba Communist Party eyes term limits
General SourcesHAVANA -- Cuba's Communist Party will consider reforms this weekend that could impose term limits on its leaders in what would be a striking change on an island that Fidel Castro ruled for 49 ...
Beyond Black Beans And Rice: Cuban Chefs Go Modern
General SourcesRobert Vesco Lobster salad, pineapple sorbet and truffle oil-infused black sesame seeds, as prepared by Cuban Chef Luis Alberto Alfonso ...
The Oil Off Cuba: Washington and Havana Dance at Arms Length Over Spill Prevention
General SourcesOn Christmas Eve, a massive, Chinese-made maritime oil rig, the Scarabeo 9, arrived at Trinidad and Tobago for inspection. The Spanish oil company Repsol YPF, which keeps regional headquarters in ...
Cuba Gooding Jr. to Star in 'Firelight' TV Movie for ABC
Hollywood ReporterExtended through 2012, the agreement primarily covers direct-to-DVD titles and some theatrical releases, including the upcoming Cuba Gooding Jr. movie ...
A School for Cuban MBAs?
TimeAmericaEconomía . (HAVANA) -; Even before Cuba began cracking its doors open to capitalism, Paulino Garcia always displayed an entrepreneurial spirit. He spent two years at a university in ...
National Conference of the Cuban Communist Party Begins on Saturday
ACNHAVANA, Cuba, Jan 27 (acn) The First National Conference of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) begins on Saturday, January 28, with the purpose of assessing the work of this political organization, ...
Thor Heyerdahl School-Sailer to Arrive in Cuba on Sunday
ACNPINAR DEL RIO, Cuba, Jan 27 (acn) Carrying 34 German students on board, the school-sailing vessel Thor Heyerdahl will arrive in the westernmost Cuban province of Pinar del Rio on Sunday, January ...
Reading The Tea Leaves: Cuba's Communists Convene
General SourcesJanuary 27, 2012 In Cuba this weekend, President Raul Castro will preside over the first meeting of the island's all-powerful Communist Party since last April. Castro has lowered expectations ...
Hispanic delegates baffled by Newt Gingrich plan to liberate Cuba
The GuardianNewt Gingrich stands with members of the National Hispanic Leadership Network, who endorsed him in Miami on Friday. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty ...
Cubans get 8-10 years in prison for cutting mahogany trees in botanical gardens
Sun-SentinelHAVANA (AP) — Cuba convicted six people of cutting down African mahogany trees in the National Botanical Gardens and sentenced them to eight and 10 years in prison, Communist Party newspaper ...
Cuba set for unprecedented Communist Party convention
M & CAlthough the convention is featured as an instrument in the Cuban constitution, such an assembly has never before been held. The two-day convention was called in the wake of the party's April ...
Rousseff won't meet with dissidents in trip to Cuba
M & CRio de Janeiro - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff does not plan to meet with dissidents to the Cuban government in her visit in Havana Tuesday, Brazilian media reported Friday citing her ...
Cuba Undertakes Actions to Face Effects of Meteorological Phenomena
ACNSANTA CLARA, Cuba, Nov 10 (acn) The Cuban Research Center on Tropical Tubers is developing clones of cassava, papaya, and banana short varieties (maximum height around one meter) to reduce the ...
Alberta-bound travellers delayed 29 hours in Cuba
Calgary HeraldEDMONTON - A flight delay that stranded 177 Edmonton-bound passengers in Cuba for more than 29 hours has prompted a Canadian travel company to station a second flight crew in the area.Sunwing Travel ...
Cuba: Number of Fixed and Mobile Telephone Lines Increased in 18.5% in 2011
ACNHAVANA, Cuba, Dec 27 (acn) The number of fixed and mobile telephone lines in Cuba increased in 18.5% in the year 2011, Juventud Rebelde newspaper reported on ...
In Cuba 99.4 % of Children Reach the Age of Five
ACNHAVANA, Cuba, Jan 6 (acn) The mortality rate of children under five, which indirectly shows the survival likelihood of kids up to that age, is one of the most important indicators worldwide to ...
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