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JamaicaObserver.com
The health ministry is expected to finalize a new agreement with the Cuban Government next week that will see Jamaicans receiving critical optical treatment here under the Jamaica-Cuba Eye Care Project.
Aundre Franklyn, parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Health, told the Observer that the ministry accepted the offer from the Cuban Government in February to treat Jamaicans locally as opposed to the original agreement where Jamaicans are flown to Cuba for treatment, which lasted three weeks.
A September 2005 Observer file photo of former Prime Minister P J Patterson greeting 75-year-old David…
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An exhibition of 23 original oil paintings of the Oriente Region of Cuba will be at Cuba Gallery of Fine Art, May 17th- 31st 11am-6pm Monday-Saturday (appointments on Sundays)
This Exhibit will have available to the public paintings by the finest landscape artists of the region, their works have toured the U.S. and have been seen on PBS in the film “ Luminous Shadows, The Artists of Eastern Cuba”
The director of the Documentary , Clyde Hensley will be presenting the film as well as leading a gallery walk at the event in Melbourne Florida. Follow…
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Email from a Havana Journal reader, posted with permission.
I saw your posting showing the memorial of the Maine in NYC and it reminded me of a beautiful statue I saw in Havana just this year.
As a Cuban-American I am delighted when I unexpectedly come across signs of Cuba in this country, for instance the statue of Marti in the Parque de Marti in Tampa, Florida.
Well I was even more delighted when driving up Avenida de los Presidentes in Havana and passing by a statue of Lincoln in front of a house…
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BY ROBERT CASSIDY | Newsday.com
Connie Marrero once struck out Mickey Mantle three times in one game. Not bad for someone who learned how to pitch by throwing oranges on a farm in Cuba.
As with most of his stories, the Mantle anecdote is punctuated by Marrero’s dry sense of humor. This particular incident, he explains, started long before the actual three-strikeout punchline. Once, during a spring training exhibition against the Yankees, Marrero lined a sharp single to right field. Mantle, who was playing right that afternoon, fielded the…
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Reuters
Independent Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez, who chronicles the woes of life in communist-run Cuba, was awarded one of Spain’s top journalism awards on Friday, the Ortega and Gasset prize for digital journalism.
Spanish newspaper El Pais, which awards the prize annually, said Sanchez won it for her “shrewdness” in overcoming hurdles to freedom of expression in Cuba, her “vivacious” style and her drive to join the “global space of citizen journalism.”
Her Generacion Y blog is the most popular blog posted from Cuba.
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original title: The Cuban Art Revolution
Collectors are betting the next hot art hub will be an island most Americans still can’t visit. Now, some U.S. art lovers are finding legal ways into Cuba to shop for works—before the market gets too crowded.
By KELLY CROW | Wall Street Journal
John Crago, an agricultural exporter from Colorado, took a business trip to Cuba last spring. He came back with 60 paintings, from island landscapes to abstract works, rolled up in his carry-on luggage.
With art from Asia and Russia in demand, some…
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TheArtNewspaper.com | David D’Arcy
Paintings made before the current regime seized power in Cuba are on display at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Art made before Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba in 1959 is now available for public viewing until September 1st where 93 works titled “Great Masters of Cuban Art 1800-1958”. The art belongs to Roberto and Carlos Ramos, brothers who fled Castro’s Cuba for Florida in 1992.
Roberto Ramos, 42, had done his military service in Cuba and become a martial arts instructor for elite…
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(This is not a paid advertisement and I have no affiliation with the company. I just thought it would be fun to post this)
Havana Beverages launches Havana Tamarind, an orange - ginger flavored premium, all-natural soda sweetened with 100% pure cane sugar, rather than the high-fructose corn syrup used in popular American soft drinks.
Tamarind is a fruit flavor produced by the tamarind tree, which is native to Africa and grows well in tropical areas of the world including Cuba and Mexico. It is a popular fruit flavor often used to flavor food and candy.…
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BY RAFAEL LAM | Granma.cu
SANTIAGO DE CUBA is the birthplace of Cuba’s trova music movement, a tradition that goes back to medieval singers who would wander from party to party, town to town, singing in plazas, parks, caves and homes. For this reason, every March, the Pepe Sánchez International Trova Festival is organized in Santiago, taking into account that the 19th is the birthday of the man for whom the event is named, which later became Trova Day. This year, the 125th anniversary of the first recorded bolero is being commemorated: “Tristeza,” by Pepe Sánchez.
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The publishers of Cuba Absolutely just sent me a complementary copy of the the 2008/2009 issue for review.
I am happy to say that this magazine is a pleasure to review. It is PACKED with all things Cuban and is a hefty 9” x 12” glossy magazine with a whopping 240+ full color pages filled with culture, arts and a true insight into the cultural life in Cuba.
The quality of the writing and photos is a playground for the mind. Too flowery? Not if you see the magazine.…
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