Exhibition Dedicated to French Artist Pierre Etaix Inaugurated

ACN - Sunday 19th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 13 (acn) An exhibition dedicated to the work of actor and filmmaker Pierre Etaix was inaugurated on Friday in the presence of this creator, at ...

Cuba Hosts International Congress on Medical Emergencies

ACN - Sunday 19th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 13 (acn) The 6th International Congress on Emergencies and Intensive Care, URGRAV 2013, will be inaugurated at ...

Cuban flavors sizzle in the skillet in fish dish

General Sources - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Regional cooking is defined by the intricate mix of foods and seasonings found naturally in each area. With Cuban flavors, for example, ...

Obama to discuss al Qaeda drones Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech

Reuters - Sunday 19th May, 2013

ATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under fire for security lapses at a U.S. mission in Libya, will in a speech on Thursday lay out his wide-ranging counter-terrorism policy, from the controversial use of drones to efforts to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, ...

Esteban Lazo Receives Visiting Zambian FM

ACN - Sunday 19th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 13 (acn) Esteban Lazo, member of the Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party and president of the National Assembly of the ...

Cuba Strengthens Capacity against Natural Disasters

ACN - Sunday 19th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 14 (acn) In an effort to further reduce vulnerabilities in the face of strong hurricanes and other extreme natural phenomena, Cubans will carry out Meteoro 2013 readiness exercise on May 18 and ...

Cuban Schools Analyze Development of UN Projects

ACN - Sunday 19th May, 2013

SANTA CLARA, Cuba, May 14 (acn) The development of programs linked to peace and to the struggle against hunger is analyzed in the National Seminar of Cuban Schools Associated to the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO), that began on Monday in this ...

Cuba and Nicaragua Negotiate Commercial Agreement

ACN - Sunday 19th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 14 (acn) Cuba and Nicaragua negotiate in this capital an agreement of partial scope, with the purpose of eliminating commercial barriers limiting exchanges of goods and ...

Cuban Athletes Excel at Ponce Grand Prix

Prensa Latina - Sunday 19th May, 2013

San Juan, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban athletics team excelled at the Ponce Grand Prix by winning two gold medals and rising to the podium in another three occasions. The gold medals were pocketed by Liuba Maria Saldivar, in triple jump (13.66) and Orlando Ortega, who registered 13.23 in 110 meters hurdles. Lismania Munoz won silver in javelin (57.31), while both Roberto Janet and Omar ...

Cuban ‘Chico’ Hernandez was star of 1938 Bloomers

General Sources - Sunday 19th May, 2013

BLOOMINGTON -- Well before Jackie Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color line in 1947 (a story well told in the new big screen biopic "42"), Latin Americans had already made inroads into the lily-white world of the national pastime. The catch, of course, was that these mostly Spanish-speaking players -- from places like Columbia, Cuba and Mexico -- had to be light skinned. ...

Cubana de Aviacion Reinforces its Fleet With a New AN-158

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 23 (acn) A new Antonov 158 (AN-158) aircraft manufactured in Russia and Ukraine joined the fleet of Cubana de Aviacion airline and it will cover, starting in May, the Havana-Guantanamo route, five times a week, and Havana-Santiago de Cuba, on daily ...

Endemic Bird Festival to Run Today in Cuban Semi-desert

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

GUANTANAMO, Cuba, Apr 23 (acn) The festival of Caribbean endemic birds, a theoretical and practical activity to disseminate knowledge about Cuban birdlife, will kick off today in the municipality of San Antonio del Sur, capital of the only semi-desert in Cuba. ...

Judo Cuba Wins Six Titles in Pan American Cup

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 23 (acn) Cuba's judokas left San Jose, Costa Rica, after achieving six gold medals, one silver and one bronze in the Pan American Cup, held in the in Hatillo Sports ...

Cuban Projects Tackle Food Sustainability and Climate Change

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

CAMAGUEY, Cuba, Apr 23 (acn) Cuba will implement this year in three municipalities a project whose experiences will later be spread countrywide to achieve sustainability in the agriculture, taking into account the adaptation to climate ...

Visually Impaired Children Hold their First Artistic Festival

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, April 8 (acn) The first artistic and literary festival of visually impaired children residing in Havana was held Sunday in a downtown movie theater and it was dedicated to the 7th Congress of the National Association for the Blind (ANSI), to take place in ...

Nicaraguan Business Mission to Visit Cuba

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, April 8 (acn) A group of Nicaraguan entrepreneurs will visit Cuba in May to explore business opportunities, based on the benefits contributed by the use of the new regional currency known as ...

All Cubans Wins Medals in the Visotski Boxing Memorial

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 7 (acn) The six Cubans attending the Yakov Antonovich Visotski Boxing Memorial had an excellent performance when reaching four scepters and two bronze ...

Cuban Health Workers Support their Colleagues in Venezuela

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

HOLGUIN, Cuba, April 18 (RHC) Workers at the Alcides Pino healthcare center in this eastern Cuban province expressed their full support of their colleagues working in Venezuela and their will to keep contributing to friendly relations between Havana and ...

Puerto Rico rally to beat Cuba at Beilun womens volleyball tournament

Global Times - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Puerto Rico staged a spirited comeback to beat Cuba in a dramatic five-setter (25-27, 23-25, 25-22, 25-18, 15-11) at the Beilun International Women's Volleyball Tournament here on Saturday.Yoana Mendoza Palacio and Ana Yilian Cleger each scored 22 points for Cuba. Karina Ocasio led Puerto Rico with 19 points, while Yarimar Rosa added 18.With 2-0 ahead in sets, the Cubans loosened in ...

Cuban Sports Shooter Leuris Pupo Gets Central American Gold

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, April 18 (acn) Cuban Leuris Pupo, Olympic Champ at London 2012, got the gold at the individual 25-meter fast pistol modality of the Central American and Caribbean Sports Shooting Championship, underway in ...

Cuba and Vietnam Strengthen Bonds in Higher Education

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 18 (acn) Higher Education Minister (MES) Rodolfo Alarcon signed an agreement on Wednesday with the Minister of Education and Training of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Phan Vu Luan, to strengthen bilateral cooperation in ...

Cuban Experience in Disaster Prevention Praised

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 18 (acn) Doctor Marta Sandoya, president of the Latin American Association of Cooperation in Emergencies and Disasters (ALACED), based in Panama, highlighted on Wednesday in this capital the efficiency of the Cuban prevention system in the face of these ...