Organic Cultivation of Beans Shows Successful Results in Cuba

ACN - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Apr 16 (acn) B eans growning using natural techniques has obtained successful results in the Cuban province of Villa Clara such as the increasing of the size of the grains in the pods, a higher amount of them and a proper development of ...

Havana will Mark Mother Earth Day

ACN - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Havana, Apr 16 (acn) A date with popular education in favor of the environment will take place from April 19 to 21 in the capital for the International Mother Earth Day, an event established by the UN General Assembly in ...

Nicaraguan Businessmen for Strengthening Trade with Cuba

Prensa Latina - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Managua, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Nicaraguan businessmen are discussing with optimism possibilities of strengthening trade with Cuba, following an agreement between Nicaraguan Chamber of Industries (Cadin), and the Chamber of Trade of that Caribbean country, said a business expert today. According to Doctor Oscar Aleman, who took part in different private ...

Haiti is The Great Business of NGOs Cuban Experts Said

Prensa Latina - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Havana, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Haiti is a business for non-governmental organizations (NGOs), whose interference is greater than their help, Cuban specialists in Caribbean themes denounced today. Gloria Leon, a professor at the University of Havana, revealed the background of interference of many organizations that feed on Haitian poverty and exacerbate it in their own interests. In the panel ...

Pro-government TV host at center of Venezuelan tape scandal steps down

Miami Herald - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Venezuela’s opposition released a tape of a conversation that pro-government television host Mario Silva allegedly had with a Cuban official. In it, Silva paints a picture of power struggles and ...

Annual U.S. report on religious freedoms says Cuba eased some controls but still imposed many restrictions

Miami Herald - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust ...

U.S. Envoy in Cuba Engages Critics On and Offline

International Herald Tribune - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Since arriving at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana nine months ago, Conrad Tribble has become perhaps its tweeter-in-chief, while reaching out to some of Washington's most vocal ...

Cuban First Vice-President and Haitian Premier Hold Official Talks

ACN - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 16 (acn) Miguel Diaz-Canel, member of the Political Bureau of ...

Cuban Farmers Support National Economic Strategies

ACN - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 16 (acn) Thousands of members of the Cuban Small farmers Association (ANAP) held a series of municipal and provincial gatherings over the past days to analyze and debate strategies in support of the ...

Cuba Landmark Hotel Rancho San Vicente Gets under Restoration

ACN - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 16 (acn) The old and symbolic hotel Rancho San Vicente, close to the famous ...

Zambian FM Says Cuban Solidarity is Encouraging

ACN - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 16 (acn) Minister of Foreign Affairs, Effron Chakupa Lungu, described as encouraging on Wednesday in this capital ...

Cuba Advances in Respect to Sex Rights Says Mariela Castro

ACN - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

CIEGO DE AVILA, Cuba, May 16 (acn) The promotion of tolerance and the struggle to eliminate all kinds of discrimination is a reality in Cuba, asserted on Wednesday in this city Mariela Castro, director of the National Center of Sex Education ...

Havana to Host Dutch Cinema Festival

ACN - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 16 (acn) The Dutch Film Festival will take place in this capital on May 17-25, to offer the Cuban public more than 10 recently made movies well received by the ...

US Executive Recognizes Cuba as an Important Fishing Destination

Prensa Latina - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Havana, May 21(Prensa Latina) The president of the International Game Fish Association (IGFA), American Rob Kramer, today admitted that Cuba is very important for his organization due to its history and natural conditions. Kramer is attending the 63rd International Billfishing Tournament Ernest Hemingway that is being held until May 25 at the marina facility which carries the name of the famous ...

U.S. Researchers Participate in Colloquium About Hemingway in Cuba

Prensa Latina - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Havana, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Researchers from the work of writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) from the United States, Canada and Japan participate here on an international symposium dedicated to the Nobel Prize for Literature winner, June from 20 to 23. Organized by the Museum House Finca La Vigia, where Hemingway lived nearly two decades, the event will be also attended by specialists from ...

Cubans Win Gold Silver and Bronze at Journalists Sports Games

Prensa Latina - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Medellin, Colombia, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Cuban athletes won their first medals in track and field events at the First Sports Games for AIPS America journalists, being held in this northern Colombian city. Cuba won two gold medals, four silvers and two bronzes in the 50, 200 and 800 meter races, as well as in the long jump. Cubans Omany Torres and Dayan Garcia won in the 800 meters and long ...

Cuba-Rushford rolls past C-G into CC quarters

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Cuba-Rushford's Zach McGraw races past head coach Steve Yatzkanic as he rounds third and heads home with the game's first run of Monday's Section V, Class CC 1st-round game against ...

Friends of Cuba Support the Socialist Revolution

ACN - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 1 (acn) Over one thousand unionists from around the world expressed their full support of the Cuban Revolution and condemned the US economic, commercial and financial blockade of the ...

Forty Countries to Attend Environment Forum in Cuba

ACN - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 11 (acn) Over 1 thousand delegates from some 40 countries of the world confirmed attendance at the 9th International Convention on the Environment and Development, to take place July 8-12, in ...

Egyptian Press Stresses Cuban Deputy Foreign Ministers Visit

Prensa Latina - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Cairo, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The English-language Egyptian Gazette published an extensive interview today with Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra, in which he highlighted the strength and historic nature of bilateral ties between Cuba and Egypt. The visit of the Cuban deputy foreign minister was followed with interest by both Egyptian television and printed press, which requested his ...

News Summary Cuba lifts appliance power curb

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

There's a reason that many eyes were on Plaza Towers Elementary as Moore, Oklahoma began to assess the damage from a deadly, devastating tornado that blasted through the town Monday eveningand killed at least 51 people: the school was leveled, with dozens of children still inside. And so far, some of the most emotionally charged news has emerged from the story unfolding ...

Tweeting with the enemy US diplomat uses social media to engage Cuban critics of Washington

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

By Peter Orsi, The Associated Press HAVANA - The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba's revolution. And for U.S. diplomacy as well. Dozens of young bloggers and tweeters gathered to talk about their place in a socialist society whose leaders have referred to the Internet as "a wild colt" to be tamed and make access difficult for all but a few. ...