Cuba goes for its new president

Pravda - Saturday 18th May, 2013

The National Assembly of Cuba re-elected Raul Castro as president (head of the State Council and the government). Miguel Diaz-Canel was elected first vice-president of the State Council, which means that in five years he could be Raul's successor. The President promised Cubans revenue growth, but warned that the new society would no longer be the society "of ...

Cuba Seeks Greater Economic Cooperation With Russia

General Sources - Saturday 18th May, 2013

HAVANA, May 18 (Bernama) -- Cuban parliament speaker Esteban Lazo said here Friday that his country is interested in expanding economic cooperation with Russia, reports Xinhua news agency. Lazo, president of Cuba's unicameral parliament, the People's Power National Assembly, made the remarks after signing an inter-parliamentary cooperation agreement with Valentina Matviyenko, ...

Foreign Olympic Medallists in Cuban Boxing Tournament

Prensa Latina - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Havana, May 18 (Prensa Latina) At least three Olympic Games medallists from London 2012 will be present in the 43rd edition of Cuban boxing tournament Giraldo Cordova Cardin in Memoriam, from June 4 to 9 in this capital. The top-ranked visitors are: Nyambayaryn Tgstsogt (Mongolia), Olympic silver medallist in the 52 kilogram category; Brazilians Florentino Falcao and Esquiva (75 kilograms) and ...

Chinese basketball girls taste second straight victory over Cuban in International Challenge

Global Times - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Chinese women's national basketball team edged the Cuban counterpart 74-67 to enjoy a two- game winning streak in Sino-Cuban Women's International Basketball Challenge here on Friday.As a warm-up for Asian Women's Basketball Championship this October, Chinese team's head coach Tom Maher found some "new faces " this time. He showed positive attitude towards these ...

Cuban Folklore Stars at Film Festival in Arizona

ACN - Friday 17th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 12 (acn) The DVD Los Hermanos Arango y las Estrellas del Folclor (The Arango Brothers and the Folklore Stars of Cuba) by the Bis Music Cuban record label, has been selected to be included in the official screenings of 22nd edition of the International Film Festival of Arizona, the United ...

Works by Cuban Landscape Painters on Display in Paris

ACN - Friday 17th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, April 12 (acn) An exhibition by three landscape painters from the Cuban province of Pinar del Rio was inaugurated at the headquarters of the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, France, by the ambassador of the Caribbean island to that entity, Maria de los Angeles ...

Embassy of Cuba - Upcoming Events

General Sources - Friday 17th May, 2013

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Castro Valley Man in critical condition after shooting by deputy near I-580

Oakland Tribune - Friday 17th May, 2013

Alameda County Sheriffs officers investigate a late-night officer involved shooting on a westbound Interstate 580 onramp in Castro Valley on May 17, ...

Journalist denounces U.S. subversive plans against Cuba

Pravda - Friday 17th May, 2013

The Cuban journalist Rosa Miriam Elizalde denounced on Tuesday the aggression by the United States against Cuba and U.S. government funds in the millions delivered to counterrevolutionary groups. About 75% of Cubans have lived under a blockade. Besides the economic war, there are media campaigns, plans of destabilization and terrorist ...

Cleveland suspect Ariel Castro polite to guard Jail logs

CBS News - Friday 17th May, 2013

COLUMBUS, Ohio Logs documenting almost every minute of the Cleveland kidnapping suspect's time in jail show he spends most of his time resting with breaks for pacing, showers and cell ...

New Investments in Cuban Port to Improve its Work

ACN - Friday 17th May, 2013

NUEVITAS, Cuba, Apr 12 (acn) The maintenance of its three gantry cranes and the building a platform to support the operations of the pier are some of the actions carried out to improve its management in Puerto Tarafa, a city located north of the Cuban province of ...

Cuban Working Class Honors Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

ACN - Friday 17th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 22 (acn) Hundreds of Havana workers, on behalf of the Cuban working class, paid tribute today to the leader of the October Revolution, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, on the occasion of the 143 anniversary of his ...

Dubliner on a royal mission in Cuba 250 years ago

Irish Times - Friday 17th May, 2013

Brigadier general Alexander O'Reilly, the Dubliner who had quit his country and joined the Flight of the Wild Geese, had a great deal to do on a day like this in Havana 250 years ago this ...

First Coast Cuba Our connections and should we go

General Sources - Friday 17th May, 2013

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The country of Cuba is only 90 miles from the Florida Keys but in many ways we are worlds apart. Communism is still the law the land, trade sanctions still exist and diplomatic relations are strained. Yet, more and more Americans are going there. Most notably Jay Z and Beyonce who traveled to Cuba in April for their 5th wedding anniversary, causing quite a controversy. ...

Report Dogs removed from kidnap suspect Castros home

CBS News - Friday 17th May, 2013

WOIO (CBS/WOIO) The Cleveland dog warden is holding three canines discovered in the home and car of accused Cleveland kidnapper Ariel ...

911 service in Havana temporarily disrupted

General Sources - Friday 17th May, 2013

Updated May 17, 2013 at 5:10 PM CDT HAVANA, Ill. --911 service in the city of Havana have been temporarily disrupted. The Mason County Sheriff's Office says at approximately 12:30 p.m. Friday a fiber-optics cable was severed resulting in the loss of all telephone and 911 services in Mason ...

AP PHOTOS Cubas LGBT community holds week of shows expert says more to be done on awareness

Canada.com - Friday 17th May, 2013

In this May 15, 2013, Yanolis Carrero, 27, right, a gay transvestite artist known as "Blanquita," performs on a table top during a drag show at the Fashion Bar Havana, in Havana, Cuba. A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the International Day Against Homophobia. Gays were persecuted for decades after the ...

Brazil to Finance Modernization of Cuban Airports

ACN - Friday 17th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 7 (acn) Brazil and Cuba signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the financing of a project to extend and modernize Cuban airports, according to an official ...

Cuba and Italy to Show Advances in Emergency Surgery

ACN - Friday 17th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 7 (acn) Renowned specialists from Italy and Cuba will debate from today in this city on the latest developments in the field of emergency surgery in different medical ...

Raul Castro Returns from Venezuela

ACN - Friday 17th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 22 (acn) Cuban President Raul Castro returned from Venezuela this Sunday afternoon after participating in the swearing-in ceremony of President Nicolas ...

Cuban Center to Pay tribute to Latin American Photography

ACN - Friday 17th May, 2013

In a press conference, the head of the Department of Fine Arts of that institution, Silvia Llanes, asserted that festivities will open with an exhibition of works by young photographs on ...

In Cuba Joseph Blatter President of the FIFA

ACN - Friday 17th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 16 (acn) The president of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), Swiss Joseph Blatter, arrived in this capital on Tuesday, where he will stay until Wednesday to Exchange criteria with political and football ...