December 2004
Cuban cars - Still working for the Revolution
Posted December 30, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (10 comments)
BARRY SPYKER | Miami Herald Some 60,000 vintage cars roll around Cuba and author Richard Schweid finds that fascinating, as well… Read More
Seventh Havana Cigar International Festival to be held in February
Posted December 29, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
DTcuba.com The 7th Havana Cigar International Festival, scheduled for February 2005, will be dedicated to the Cuban brand Partagás.… Read More
Cuba sex tourism and Cuban prostitutes
Posted December 28, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (43 comments)
By James C. McKinley Jr. | The New York Times Like many prostitutes who ply their trade in the darkened bars and discos near Havana’s… Read More
New Trends in Cuba’s Healthcare System
Posted December 28, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
By Iris Armas Padrino | AIN Special Service | Periodico26.cu The Cuban public healthcare system is undergoing profound changes.… Read More
21st International Jazz Festival to be held in Havana
Posted December 21, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
DTcuba.com The Cuban capital will host the 21st International Jazz Festival Plaza 2004, which will be held this month at the Karl… Read More
Small earthquake reported in Cuba
Posted December 17, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
Granma.cu CUBAN scientists are stepping up vigilance of current seismic activity after the registering of a tremor on Tuesday… Read More
Los Van Van still performing Cuban music after 35 years
Posted December 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
By Anthony Boadle | Reuters From the first note of the piano and the clang of the cow bell, thousands of hips start to gyrate… Read More
Havana International Film Festival in Cuba
Posted December 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
DTcuba.com Cuba is hosting the 26th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, at which many foreign films will be presented.… Read More
New Biotechnology Facilities in Cuba
Posted December 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
DTcuba.com New biotechnological facilities to produce the elements used to make vaccines were inaugurated in Cuba this month.… Read More
Havana Museum of Fine Arts - A Niche for Cultural Tourism
Posted December 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (2 comments)
[url=http://www.DTCuba.com]http://www.DTCuba.com[/url] The development of Cuba’s tourism sector, a key… Read More
Che Guevara - Revolutionary, Murderer or just a T-shirt icon?
Posted December 13, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (51 comments)
By Madeline Baro Diaz | Sun Sentinel Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s face is a familiar one around the world, stamped… Read More
Little Havana Padron Cigar History
Posted December 13, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (1 comments)
BY DANIEL SHOER-ROTH | Miami Herald Jose Orlando Padron’s memories are still fresh from the turbulent days more than two… Read More
Biotechnology in Cuba and Havana’s Western Scientific Pole
Posted December 09, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
http://www.nwda-unido.org.uk/biotechnology.html Global Biotechnology Forum 2-5 March 2004 The Global Biotechnology… Read More
Cuba’s Other Revolution - Information Sciences
Posted December 08, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (4 comments)
Posted by Marc Eisenstadt | Corante.com http://www.corante.com/getreal/archives/cubas_other_revolution.php… Read More
The Cuban Biotech Revolution - Cancer Therapies, AIDS Medications and Vaccines
Posted December 07, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
By Douglas Starr | Wired.com Embargo or no, Castro’s socialist paradise has quietly become a pharmaceutical powerhouse.… Read More
Havana Club Rum Presents New Cuban Barrel Proof
Posted December 07, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (3 comments)
[url=http://www.DTcuba.com]http://www.DTcuba.com[/url] The company Havana Club International presented Cuban… Read More
Conference on the Cuban biotech synthetic vaccine against Hemophilus influenzae
Posted December 07, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
DT News Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, hosted a scientific conference on the Cuban-made synthetic vaccine against the Hemophilus… Read More
Cuba’s pioneros plunge into politics at early age in Cuba
Posted December 04, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
By Tracey Eaton | The Dallas Morning News At the tender age of 8, Lazaro Castro gave a fiery political speech to hundreds of thousands… Read More
November 2004
Cuban Art in New Zealand
Posted November 30, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
by Peter Calder | New Zealand Herald A chance meeting in Manhattan led to the establishment of an Auckland gallery devoted exclusively… Read More
Eusebio Leal and the renovation of Old Havana
Posted November 30, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Dalia Acosta | [url=http://www.IPSnews.net]http://www.IPSnews.net[/url] For anyone, whether they are foreign… Read More
Pioneering Medical Research in Cuba - Event at Harvard
Posted November 29, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
When:Tuesday, December 14th, 2004, 4:15PM Where: Location: MEC 250, Harvard Medical School 260 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115… Read More
Cuban museums see rebovations
Posted November 29, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
[url=http://www.DTcuba.com]http://www.DTcuba.com[/url] Some 70 museums have opened their doors throughout… Read More
Spark plugs for Cuba classic cars make great tips on streets of Havana
Posted November 26, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (2 comments)
Miami Herald Dear Tom and Ray: Hi, guys! As you’ve probably heard, Cuba is full of classic American cars from the 1950s… Read More
Foreign Institutions Support Restoration of Havana
Posted November 22, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (2 comments)
[url=http://www.dtcuba.com]http://www.dtcuba.com[/url] Restoration works in Havana’s Historic Heart,… Read More
Havana Chinatown leaders to meet with President Hu Jintao
Posted November 21, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
By VANESSA ARRINGTON | ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER At first glance, Havana’s Chinatown seems a misnomer. Restaurants serve pizza,… Read More
Casa del Habano Partagas cigar store on a “roll”
Posted November 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
[url=http://www.DTcuba.com]http://www.DTcuba.com[/url] Casa del Habano Partagás, founded 11 years ago, has… Read More
Havana Cuba Tropicana nightclub toning down nudity
Posted November 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
BY VANESSA ARRINGTON | Associated Press Oozing sex appeal, Cuban women picked for their beauty and stature slink across the stage… Read More
History and future of Cuba ballet
Posted November 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (3 comments)
Telegraph.co.uk Fidel Castro’s impoverished island has become a production line for the world’s best young dancers.… Read More
Cuba’s Response to AIDS - A Model for the Developing World
Posted November 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (2 comments)
By EDWIN KRALES | [url=http://www.counterpunch.org]http://www.counterpunch.org[/url] In April 2003, Cuba hosted… Read More
International Masonic Lodge in Havana Cuba suffers partial collapse
Posted November 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (3 comments)
Lázaro García | [url=http://www.cubanet.org]http://www.cubanet.org[/url] A staircase collapsed at the Union… Read More
Cuba Marathon Maracuba 2004 Is Organized in Las Tunas
Posted November 13, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
By Miguel Arrieta Garces | Translation: Ernesto Gutierrez Pino | [url=http://www.tiempo21.islagrande.cu]http://www.tiempo21.islagrande.cu[/url]… Read More
15th Havana Marathon Marabana draws international runners
Posted November 13, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
[url=http://www.chinaview.cn]http://www.chinaview.cn[/url] More than 250 foreign Marathoners from 35 countries… Read More
The bell tolls for Ernest Hemingway home Finca Vigia outside Havana
Posted November 13, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (3 comments)
By Thomas D. Herman | Boston Globe ONE DAY in February 1926 an unknown American expatriate writer walked out of a New York snowstorm… Read More
Cuban Volleyball Player Mireya Luis in International Hall of Fame
Posted November 08, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (5 comments)
DTcuba.com Cuba’s best volleyball player, Mireya Luis, was included in the International Hall of Fame of that sports discipline,… Read More
Cuban Religion Santeria derived from Cuban Slaves
Posted November 05, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Boston Globe Santeria, derived from the Spanish word “worship of saints,” has generally been a covert faith. The religion… Read More
Cycling across Cuba for charity
Posted November 05, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
Richard Ferrer | Totally Jewish A cyclist from Pinner (England) plans to make a wheel difference to children suffering from cancer… Read More
Tropicana nightclub in Havana switching rhythms
Posted November 02, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (9 comments)
BY VANESSA ARRINGTON |Associated Press Tall as Amazons and oozing seduction, Cuban women picked for their beauty and stature slither… Read More
New Cuban Cigars - Hoyo de Monterrey vitola, Petit robusto comes to world market
Posted November 02, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
DTcuba.com The Corporation Habanos S.A. presented new offers of Cuban cigars to meet the growing demand in the international market.… Read More
Cuba biotechnology - Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine described as relevant scientific breakthr
Posted November 02, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
DTcuba.com The Cuban-made synthetic vaccine against the Haemophilus influenzae type B, the first of its kind developed in the… Read More
October 2004
Cuban Wine Gains Ground in International Market
Posted October 26, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
DTcuba.com Cuban wines produced by Bodegas San Cristobal, in western Pinar del Río province, are gaining ground in both the domestic… Read More
Cuba Minister of Science Rosa Elena Simeon Said Dead at Age 61
Posted October 24, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
Associated Press Rosa Elena Simeon, Cuba’s minister of science, technology and environment, has died, state television reported.… Read More
No evidence Cuba working on bioweapons - with commentary
Posted October 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (7 comments)
BY NANCY SAN MARTIN | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1)… Read More
Baseball fans in Cuba find ways to watch Yankees vs Red Sox
Posted October 20, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
By Indira A.R. Lakshmanan | Boston Globe Staff There are few places outside of Boston, New York, Houston, and St. Louis where… Read More
Cuba Exports Biotechnology Products
Posted October 19, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
[url=http://www.DTcuba.com]http://www.DTcuba.com[/url] Cuba’s biotechnology industry exports its products… Read More
More details on defection of Cuba baseball player Yamel Guevara
Posted October 15, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
By Kevin Baxter | Baseball America Five veterans of Cuba’s national series and a member of the country’s national… Read More
Ernesto Che Guevara - biography
Posted October 15, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (5 comments)
[url=http://www.wikipedia.org]http://www.wikipedia.org[/url] Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna, (May 14,… Read More
Cuban baseball players reach Miami
Posted October 15, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Fox Sports SIX Cuban baseball players have reportedly sneaked into the United States, arriving in Miami by boat. The players landed… Read More
Che Guevara coin issued by Banco Nacional de Cuba
Posted October 15, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
[url=http://www.news24.com]http://www.news24.com[/url] Cuba’s central bank on Saturday introduced a… Read More
Jaimanitas Artist finds plenty of room in Castro’s Cuba
Posted October 05, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
By Sean Federico-O’Murchu | Editor | MSNBC Roberto Leon | NBC News The entrance to Jose Fuster’s home in the Jaimanitas… Read More
Cuban hip hop rap music at crossroads
Posted October 05, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (10 comments)
Luis M. Alvarez | Associated Press HABANA DEL ESTE, Cuba - On broiling summer days more than a decade ago, teenagers here spent… Read More
September 2004
Cuba’s success at hurricane prepardness and aid to neighboring countries
Posted September 28, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (3 comments)
>by Derrick O’Keefe | [url=http://www.rabble.ca]http://www.rabble.ca[/url] Cuba has been in the forefront… Read More
Cuban people ‘resolve’ to make ends meet
Posted September 26, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
By TRACEY EATON / The Dallas Morning News Hiding rocks in frozen chickens may seem like a silly pastime. But for some folks,… Read More
High winds, old age threaten buildings throughout Havana
Posted September 19, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
BY NANCY SAN MARTIN | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1)… Read More
Havana Modern Architecture Conference coming to Miami
Posted September 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Architecture (0 comments)
Linda Myers | [url=http://www.news.cornell.edu]http://www.news.cornell.edu[/url] Las Ruinas, a restaurant… Read More
Hurricane Ivan leaves Cuba
Posted September 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
[url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url] AT 12:00 today, Ivan’s center was estimated at… Read More
200 mph winds hit Pinar del Rio Cuba
Posted September 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
BY VANESSA BAUZA | South Florida Sun-Sentinel Hurricane Ivan’s ferocious eye slammed Cuba’s westernmost tip Monday… Read More
Hurricane Ivan Lashes Pinar del Rio Cuba With 160 mph Winds
Posted September 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (2 comments)
By VANESSA ARRINGTON | Associated Press Writer Whipping winds and walloping waves lashed western Cuba and the communist country’s… Read More
Cuban rancher breeds miniature cows to provide families with milk
Posted September 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (8 comments)
ANDREA RODRIGUEZ | Associated Press Rancher Raul Hernandez’s cows look just like other breed - only they are no larger than… Read More
Cubans use tunnels to hide from Ivan’s worst
Posted September 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Still reeling from Hurricane Charley’s havoc last month, Cuba on Friday girded for Hurricane Ivan by evacuating 40,000 people… Read More
Hurricane Ivan should hit Cuba this weekend
Posted September 10, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (3 comments)
BY ORFILIO PELAEZ | Granma daily staff writer | [url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url] According… Read More
Talking About Sex, Talking About Health In Cuba
Posted September 10, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (3 comments)
Seema Kakud | dukenews.duke.edu Duke student summer project explores Cuban approach to educating teens about health Editor’s… Read More
granma.cu - President Fidel Castro receives Cuban Olympic delegation
Posted September 02, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
BY CHARLY MORALES VALIDO | Prensa Latina TODAY, at the Jose Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuban President Fidel Castro… Read More
Hurricane Charley did not relieve the drought in Cuba
Posted September 02, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
[url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url] Cuba’s reservoirs remain at 37% of their capacity… Read More
Documents Linked to Ernest Hemingway Restored
Posted September 01, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
[url=http://www.dtcuba.com]http://www.dtcuba.com[/url] Experts from the National Center for Preservation,… Read More
August 2004
Twisted Partagas Culebras Cuban cigar
Posted August 30, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
Just under 6” with a 39 ring size.
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Petit Bouquet style of Cuban Cigar
Posted August 30, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
Just about 4” long with a healthy 43 ring size.
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Cuban cigar growing chart by month - from Habanos
Posted August 30, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
Cigar growing chart as published in Habanos SA information booklet. I’d say October through November is the time to see… Read More
Cuba wins two boxing gold medals at Olympics
Posted August 29, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
UPI Cuba picked two boxing gold medals Saturday night and will try for five more Sunday. Heavyweight Odlanier Solis Fonte and… Read More
Cuba Beats Brazil for Women’s Volleyball Bronze medal at Olympics
Posted August 29, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
DAVE CAMPBELL | Associated Press Though its Olympic-record streak of three straight volleyball titles was over, Cuba played Saturday… Read More
Che Guevara and the Motorcycle Diaries
Posted August 29, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (3 comments)
By Paul Vallely | Independent.co.uk Even given its critical acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival, the movie The Motorcycle Diaries,… Read More
Wilfredo Lam paintings
Posted August 28, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (1 comments)Odlanier Solis set to succeed Fexlix Savon in Cuban Olympic boxing
Posted August 28, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
[url=http://www.rediff.com]http://www.rediff.com[/url] Cuba’s Odlanier Solis strongly suggested he would… Read More
Cuban woman ships herself to Miami airport inside crate
Posted August 26, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
BY MADELINE BARO DIAZ | South Florida Sun-Sentinel Instead of taking a smuggler’s speedboat across the Florida Straits,… Read More
Almendares River Park design in Havana Cuba
Posted August 26, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (2 comments)
Harvard Design School Daniel D’Oca MUP ‘02, Shi-Ping Lin MUP ‘01, and Ximena Samper de Neu MAUD ‘01, Site… Read More
Cuba wins Olympics baseball gold medal in Athens
Posted August 25, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
BBC Cuba beat Australia 6-2 to win their third gold medal in Olympic baseball while earlier Japan routed Canada 11-2 in the bronze… Read More
Naive Style Painting Movement in Sancti Spiritus Cuba
Posted August 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (1 comments)
[url=http://www.dtcuba.com]http://www.dtcuba.com[/url] Central Sancti Spiritus province has become a stronghold… Read More
Two million boxes of Havana Club rum sold
Posted August 22, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
CubaIndustria.com With 17 % of growth in its sales as annual average in its first decade of work, the Havana International Club… Read More
With Castro watching, Cuba wants nothing but baseball gold
Posted August 22, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
Jeff Zillgitt | USA Today “At this very moment, at 4:30 in the morning in Cuba, Fidel Castro is watching the game,”… Read More
Cuba reaches Olympic baseball medal round
Posted August 22, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Channel News Asia Norberto Gonzalez Title favourites Cuba and Japan advanced to the Olympic baseball medal round as they each… Read More
Cuban Rastafarians struggle with discrimination
Posted August 19, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
BY TRACEY EATON | The Dallas Morning News Past the potholes and puddles, the skinny dogs and scampering children, a stone stairway… Read More
Four of Cuba’s Leading Ballerinas in 1964 photo
Posted August 19, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
Four of Cuba’s leading ballerinas- Mirta Pla, Emenia Martinez, Alicia Alonso, and Aurora Bosch- rehearse in the salon of… Read More
Scholarship Girls at the National Ballet School in Havana 1964
Posted August 19, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (1 comments)
Scholarship girls at the National Ballet School are led into an arabesque by Mirta Pla. Photograph from Dance Magazine, Exclusive:… Read More
Alicia Alonso at the National School of Ballet - Havana 1964
Posted August 19, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
Alicia Alonso chats with scholarship students at the National School. Photograph from Dance Magazine, Exclusive: Alicia Alonso… Read More
Cubanacan Arts Center, New Ballet Theatre Building in Havana, July 1964
Posted August 19, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
Ballet’s new theatre building, part of an elaborate complex called Cubanacan Arts Center, takes shape in Havana. Lacking… Read More
La Corona Coronas Cuban Cigars, Vintage ad from 1938
Posted August 19, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (1 comments)
The world-wide fame of these famous cigars results in their being imitated more than other brands. For your protection see that… Read More
Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Havana, Ad from 1938
Posted August 19, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (24 comments)
In Havana everything starts from Sloppy Joe’s Bar, the greatest meeting place of the globe. Sloppy Joe’s offers to… Read More
“World’s Most Famous Cigars” Partagas and RamonAllones Ad from 1938
Posted August 19, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
Partagas and RamonAllones, sold in all shapes and shades. An interesting Free Trip, through our factories and New Showrooms, is… Read More
Missing traffic signals mean chaos for Havana traffic
Posted August 19, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Reinaldo Cosano Alen | [url=http://www.cubanet.org]http://www.cubanet.org[/url] Traffic authorities have identified… Read More
Hurricane Charley causes damage to thousands of buildings in Havana
Posted August 18, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
[url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url] HURRICANE Charley caused 2,916 partial and total collapses… Read More
Cuba ballet, Alicia Alonso, defections and current talent
Posted August 17, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (1 comments)
Reuters From a dilapidated Havana mansion run by a nearly blind legendary ballerina, Cuba is turning out some of the world’s… Read More
Water Scarce in Havana from Charley’s Passage
Posted August 17, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
By Gabriela Donoso | Reuters City workers distributed water in tanker trucks and urged some 1.4 million residents of the Cuban… Read More
Havana without electricty - Clears Hurricane Charley Debris
Posted August 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
By Anthony Boadle | Reuters Cubans used machetes to hack away thousands of uprooted trees blocking Havana streets on Friday after… Read More
Cuba, Japan to Rule Olympics Baseball in Absence of U.S.
Posted August 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
By Jon Herskovitz | Reuters Champions the United States will be absent when the first pitch is thrown in the Olympic baseball… Read More
Cuba seeks fourth straight volleyball gold
Posted August 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (2 comments)
UPI Defending champion Cuba will be the heavy favorite Saturday when it starts the women’s Olympic volleyball tournament… Read More
Cuban health and anti-aging science
Posted August 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (2 comments)
By Eric Sabo | Special for USA TODAY There’s a good chance that Fidel Castro, who marks his 78th birthday Friday, could… Read More
Hurricane Charley claims 3 lives in Cuba
Posted August 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
By VANESSA ARRINGTON | ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Inhabitants of Batabano, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Havana, checking… Read More
Fidel Castro turns 78
Posted August 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
AFP Fidel Castro, who was born in 1926 as a tropical storm thrashed Cuba, will celebrate his 78th birthday today after Hurricane… Read More
Thousands of Cubans clean up damage from Hurricane Charley
Posted August 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
BY SANDRA HERNANDEZ | South Florida Sun-Sentinel Adonis Yero Perez stood in front of the pile of metal sheets, wooden boards and… Read More
Hurricane Charley Batters Cuba
Posted August 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
By ANITA SNOW | The Associated Press Hurricane Charley roared across Cuba early Friday, battering the capital with high winds… Read More
Gas explosion leaves one dead and several injured in Guanabo
Posted August 12, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Reinaldo Cosano Alen | [url=http://www.cubanet.org]http://www.cubanet.org[/url] An explosion at a methane… Read More
Repeat of 1994 Balesro Cuba Rafter Crisis Less Likely
Posted August 12, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
ANITA SNOW | Associated Press A fisherman floats on a raft off the beach where the first wave of tens of thousands of people set… Read More
Canadian Olympic baseball team hammers Cuba team
Posted August 12, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
CBC SPORTS ONLINE Canada’s Olympic baseball team defeated Cuba 9-1 Sunday in a pre-Olympic tournament in Italy. Pitcher… Read More
New book about classic Cuban cars
Posted August 12, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
Press Release Four decades after the U.S. imposed a trade embargo on Cuba, Hudsons, Edsels and Chevys still chug through the streets… Read More
In Havana Cuba, Their Man Is John Kerry
Posted August 12, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
By Carol J. Williams | LA Times Staff Writer Cubans follow the U.S. campaign closely, convinced that the Democratic nominee would… Read More
Cuba Phone company slow to reestablish service in Havana suburbs after fire
Posted August 11, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
Ana Leonor Díaz | Grupo Decoro | [url=http://www.cubanet.org]http://www.cubanet.org[/url] Barely 400 of the… Read More
Drought Brings Hardship and Withered Crops to Holguin in Eastern Cuba
Posted August 11, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Eastern Cuba’s worst drought in 40 years has turned cooking, washing clothes and scrubbing floors… Read More
Cuba confronts drought afflicting eastern provinces
Posted August 11, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
BY DOUG NELSON | [url=http://www.themilitant.com]http://www.themilitant.com[/url] Cuba’s revolutionary… Read More
Cuba is Olympic favorite for baseball gold medal
Posted August 11, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Reuters The defending Olympic baseball champions, the United States, will not be in Athens to challenge for a gold medal but a… Read More
August 5, 1994: The Day the ‘Hottest Summer’ Exploded in Cuba
Posted August 11, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Dalia Acosta | [url=http://www.ipsnews.net]http://www.ipsnews.net[/url] The Caribbean Sea is calm, the temperatures… Read More
Despite repeated failures, brothers keep charting escape from Cuba
Posted August 11, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (2 comments)
BY VANESSA BAUZA | South Florida Sun-Sentinel COJIMAR, Cuba - On a white wall above his bedside table, Dennis Perez Lorente has… Read More
Author of Paradiso, Lezama Lima’s Home Reopens to Public in Havana
Posted August 05, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
Dalia Acosta | [url=http://www.ipsnews.net]http://www.ipsnews.net[/url] The modest house in the Cuban capital… Read More
Finding Elian Gonzales - Four years after Little Havana
Posted August 03, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
MSNBC Exclusive: Dateline travels to Cuba to find out what happened to the boy who once dominated headlines By Keith Morrison… Read More
Cuba flora and fauna research restricted by new Bush rules
Posted August 03, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
BY GEORGIA TASKER | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) ==… Read More
July 2004
Elian Gonzalez a normal schoolboy four years after return to Cuba
Posted July 31, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (2 comments)
BY MAKI BECKER | New York Daily News Elian Gonzalez, now 10, hits the books in Cardenas, Cuba, where he lives with his father.… Read More
Drought brings Cuba to its knees
Posted July 31, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
Stephen Gibbs | [url=http://www.independent.co.uk]http://www.independent.co.uk[/url] Unnoticed by the world,… Read More
Cuba and the Myth of the ‘Independent Libraries’
Posted July 31, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (2 comments)
By Lamrani Salim | [url=http://www.zmag.org]http://www.zmag.org[/url] According to its strategy of destabilization… Read More
Cuba’s State-Owned Record Music Label Going Worldwide
Posted July 31, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
Nigel Williamson | Havana | [url=http://www.billboard.com]http://www.billboard.com[/url] Cuban state-owned… Read More
Cuban drought hits crisis level
Posted July 30, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
BY GARY MARX | Chicago Tribune Manuel Batista walked through his small field of plantains and corn, surveying the damage wrought… Read More
Cuba’s heartland grapples with worst drought in 40 years
Posted July 27, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
BY VANESSA BAUZA | South Florida Sun-Sentinel The ochre-colored field that once produced tender corn, beans and yucca for Rogelio… Read More
Havana Jazz Festival and Cuban Music Intensive trip to Cuba
Posted July 26, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
PlazaCuba.com In December, we are offering the Cuban Music Intensive, which is a comprehensive program that combines Cuban music… Read More
Cuban Coin and Numismatic Museum Reopens in Havana
Posted July 26, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
[url=http://www.DTcuba.com]http://www.DTcuba.com[/url] The Numismatic Museum reopened at the headquarters… Read More
Sri Lanka Experts fly to Cuba to study Dengue prevention methods
Posted July 26, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
by Shanika Sriyananda | Sunday Observer A team of medical experts will soon fly to Cuba to study its methods, including the effectiveness… Read More
Cuba planning to recover its Olympic baseball title
Posted July 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
BY ANNE-MARIE GARCÍA | Special for Granma International | [url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url]… Read More
Casa del Habano 95th Cuban Cigar Store Opens
Posted July 22, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (2 comments)
Prensa Latina Cuban net for cigar smokers Casa del Habano spreads its hands, with 95 establishments in the whole world up to now,… Read More
Cuba Drought Update
Posted July 22, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
Patricia Grogg | [url=http://www.IPSnews.net]http://www.IPSnews.net[/url] The comings and goings of tanker… Read More
Churcho Valdes and Los Van Van Nominated for 2004 Latin Grammy Awards
Posted July 20, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (2 comments)
[url=http://www.DTcuba.com]http://www.DTcuba.com[/url] The list of nominees to the 2004 Latin Grammy Awards… Read More
Plastic Art Exhibition in Havana Cuba
Posted July 20, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
[url=http://www.DTcuba.com]http://www.DTcuba.com[/url] The 2004 edition of the Havana Plastic Art Exhibition,… Read More
National Festival of Symphonic Orchestras Concert to be held in Revolution Square
Posted July 20, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
[url=http://www.DTcuba.com]http://www.DTcuba.com[/url] A huge concert will be staged at Havana’s Jose… Read More
Cuban Biotechnology Center Produces New Drug against Circulatory Problems
Posted July 20, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
[url=http://www.DTcuba.com]http://www.DTcuba.com[/url] Experts from Cuba’s Center for Drug Research… Read More
CancerVax Press Release
Posted July 18, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
Press Release Full title: CancerVax Licenses Phase 2 Oncology Product Candidate Targeting the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor—EGFR—Signaling… Read More
CancerVax story from Granma.cu - First Cuban-U.S. cooperation agreement for production of anti-cance
Posted July 17, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (2 comments)
BY REYNOLD RASSÍ -Granma daily staff writer ON July 15, and for the first time in 40 years, a cooperation agreement was signed… Read More
CancerVax and Cuban biotech deal allowed by US
Posted July 17, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (5 comments)
PAUL ELIAS | Associated Press In a rare exception to long-standing American foreign policy, U.S. officials have approved drug… Read More
Che Guevara and The Motorcycle Diaries
Posted July 13, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (2 comments)
Sean O’Hagan | [url=http://www.guardian.co.uk]http://www.guardian.co.uk[/url] For 40 years he has been… Read More
Havana residents concerned about overflowing septic tanks
Posted July 13, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
[url=http://www.cubanet.org]http://www.cubanet.org[/url] | Ernesto Roque Residents of Guaicanamar, just outside… Read More
Cuban Rap groups getting support from Cuban government
Posted July 11, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
By TRACEY EATON | The Dallas Morning News Seven men, some wearing nothing but bikini underwear, spent a recent morning rolling… Read More
Havana Night Club Cuban dancers apply for US visas
Posted July 10, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (4 comments)
By Anthony Boadle | Reuters A Cuban dance company billed to perform at Las Vegas’s legendary Stardust Casino this month… Read More
Bridge To Havana - Beautiful voices are album’s greatest asset
Posted July 10, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
Associated Press Bridge to Havana is a compilation of songs written and recorded in Havana in 1999 by an eclectic group of Cuban… Read More
Severe drought continues in Cuba
Posted July 05, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
[url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url] | BY RAISA PAGES | Granma International staff writer… Read More
Divorce rate high in Cuba
Posted July 05, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
[url=http://www.newkerala.com]http://www.newkerala.com[/url] Though known to be among the friendliest people… Read More
Cuban musicians from Bridge to Havana criticize new U.S. restrictions
Posted July 05, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
By VANESSA ARRINGTON | ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Gerardo Piloto, Carlos Alfonzo and Amaury Perez, attend a press conference at the… Read More
Historian Eusebio Leal and The public secrets of Old Havana
Posted July 05, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (3 comments)
BY MIREYA CASTAÑEDA |Granma International staff writer | [url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url]… Read More
Jose Contreras and other Cuban (now Cuban-American) baseball players
Posted July 05, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (3 comments)
By Mike Steinberger | Financial Times Just before daybreak last Monday, a speedboat ran aground in the Florida Keys about 100… Read More
Fake Habanos Cigars in Havana?
Posted July 05, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (2 comments)
[url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com]http://www.worldnetdaily.com[/url] Tourists might expect to get counterfeit… Read More
June 2004
Jose Contreras Returns to Yankees a Happy Man
Posted June 26, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (2 comments)
By RICK FREEMAN | AP Sports Writer NEW YORK - Jose Contreras woke up Friday morning to the gentle touch of his daughter’s… Read More
How to avoid buying counterfeit cigars - Granma.cu
Posted June 26, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (3 comments)
[url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url] | BY MICHEL PORCHERON | Special for Granma International… Read More
Cuba’s Biotechnology Research and Development
Posted June 24, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (4 comments)
[url=http://www.netforcuba.org]http://www.netforcuba.org[/url] Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology… Read More
Biocon takes up trial of Cuban cancer vaccine
Posted June 24, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (3 comments)
[url=http://www.newstodaynet.com]http://www.newstodaynet.com[/url] Biocon Biopharmaceuticals in joint venture… Read More
Cuban cocktails: Daiquiris, Margaritas and Mojitos
Posted June 24, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
[url=http://www.KTVU.com]http://www.KTVU.com[/url] As we march into the dog days of summer (no offense to… Read More
NY Yankees Cuban baseball pitcher Jose Contreras Reunited With Family
Posted June 24, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
Associated Press Jose Contreras reunited with his wife and two daughters Tuesday night, one day after his family defected from… Read More
Wilfredo Lam Our Night
Posted June 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (2 comments)
Check out this amazing art my Wilfredo Lam.
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Wilfredo Lam Mi Cousin
Posted June 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
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Wilfredo Lam
Posted June 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
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US Navy of the coast of Cuba
Posted June 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
See this old photo of when the US Navy is of fthe coast of Cuba.
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US Army Attacks Cuba
Posted June 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
See this old photo of the US attacking Cuba.
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Tobacco Plantation Cuba
Posted June 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
See this amazing Tobacco Plantation in Cuba.
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Produce Exchange Cuba
Posted June 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
Check out this photo of the Produce Exchange in Cuba.
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Post office at Chickamauga
Posted June 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Check out this old photo of Post Office at Chickamauga.
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New Havana Yacht Club
Posted June 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
Check out this old photo of the New Havana Yacht Club.
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Nautical Club in Cuba
Posted June 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Check out this old postcard lf the Nautical Club in Cuba.
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Horse Race Cuba
Posted June 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Check out this picture of an old horse race in Cuba.
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Eban Tietro Payret
Posted June 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
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Cubans Cutting Sugar Cane
Posted June 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (1 comments)
See this pictutre of Cubans cutting sugar cane.
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Cuban Landscape
Posted June 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Check out this Cuban Landscape.
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Country Club Golf Links Cuba
Posted June 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Check out Country Club Golf Links in Cuba.
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Old postcard of 5th avenue at miramar habana cuba
Posted June 22, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)Havana Club rum and the International Rum Festival in Cuba
Posted June 21, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (8 comments)
[url=http://www.travelvideo.tv]http://www.travelvideo.tv[/url] Cuba successfully staged the celebration of… Read More
Cuba is a museum of antique American cars
Posted June 21, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (30 comments)
Miami Herald An urban planner from Philadelphia says Cuban owners of antique autos would represent a good market for U.S. spare… Read More
Book Review: ‘Cuba in Mind’ captivates, enlightens
Posted June 17, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
By Kylee Dawson | Arizona Daily Wildcat Though off limits to Americans, Cuba is one of the most prized destinations of travelers… Read More
Cuban boxing team ready for Athens Olympics
Posted June 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (4 comments)
Reuters At Cuba’s National Boxing School, rigorous training, a dose of ideology and the desire to beat the United States… Read More
Che Guevara film Motorcycle Diaries gets screened in Cuba
Posted June 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (2 comments)
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS An undated file photo of Major Ernesto “Che” Guevara. “The Motorcycle Diaries,’’… Read More
Cuba hoping to recover Olympic Baseball title in Athens
Posted June 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
[url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url] CUBA is hoping to win back the baseball gold medal in… Read More
Cuban rap group Cubanitos 20-02 Prepares for International Tour
Posted June 14, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (6 comments)
[url=http://www.dtcuba.com]http://www.dtcuba.com[/url] The Cuban rap group Cubanitos 20-02, one of the most… Read More
Cuban bartenders shake their stuff
Posted June 12, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (1 comments)
By Vanessa Arrington | Associated Press Havana - Like the rum that flows freely through their tropical drinks, the love of making… Read More
Kendry Morales, Young Cuban Baseball Star, Defects to United States
Posted June 09, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (2 comments)
[url=http://www.Reuters.com]http://www.Reuters.com[/url] File photo showing Cuban baseball star Kendry Morales… Read More
Kendry Morales: “I’d like to be a catcher” - granma.cu March 14, 2002
Posted June 09, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
BY ANNE-MARIE GARCIA (Special for Granma International) | [url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url]… Read More
Cuban baseball star Kendry Morales defects to United States
Posted June 09, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
Associated Press First baseman and outfielder Kendry Morales, considered by some to be Cuba’s top young player, has defected… Read More
Chicago Man sentenced for smuggling Cuban cigars
Posted June 09, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (7 comments)
By HERBERT G. MCCANN | ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER A lawyer was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in federal prison for… Read More
Andy Garcia to Shoot ‘The Lost City’ Movie about Havana Cuba
Posted June 09, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (9 comments)
[url=http://www.zap2it.com]http://www.zap2it.com[/url] Cuban-born Andy Garcia will return to his homeland,… Read More
Riquimbilis - Cubans build homemade motorcycles for transportation
Posted June 09, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (10 comments)
By Anthony Boadle | Reuters Take a Chinese bicycle, attach a stolen chain-saw motor, a plastic bottle for fuel tank, a bent pipe… Read More
Cuban Motorcyles: Spare parts + ingenuity = transportation
Posted June 09, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (3 comments)
A young Cuban mounts his riquimbilis as two girl pioneers walk past in a neighborhood in Havana, March 23, 2004. The riquimbilis,… Read More
BankUnited and The Florida Marlins to Display Cuban Baseball Memorabilia
Posted June 08, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (2 comments)
Memorabilia courtesy of the Orestes Chavez Collection WHAT: In celebration of Cuban baseball, BankUnited and The Florida Marlins… Read More
Cuban Special Period Documentary - Sin Embargo: Never The Less
Posted June 08, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (1 comments)
by Judith Grey, Katherine Cheng & Eva Orner | [url=http://www.DER.org]http://www.DER.org[/url] color,… Read More
Wifredo Lam Contemporary Arts Center to Host Cuban Abstractionist Art Exhibit
Posted June 08, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (4 comments)
[url=http://www.dtcuba.com]http://www.dtcuba.com[/url] The Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, in the Cuban… Read More
The Motorcycle Diaries - Che Guevara - movie info and trailer
Posted June 07, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
[url=http://www.ultimatedvd.org]http://www.ultimatedvd.org[/url] In 1952, two young Argentines, Ernesto Guevara… Read More
Che Guevara today - More easy rider than revolutionary? - The Motorcycle Diaries
Posted June 07, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (1 comments)
Larry Rohter | New York Times Che Guevara is widely remembered as a revolutionary figure. To some he is a heroic, Christ-like… Read More
A Journey Through Old Havana with Art Mural at Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City
Posted June 03, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (1 comments)
PR Newswire A realistic three-story mural depicting Old Havana, Cuba was created exclusively for the Tropicana by local artist… Read More
Atmospheric Phenomenon brings American Television to Cuba
Posted June 03, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Associated Press Cubans turning on their television sets in recent days have picked up programming rarely seen on this communist-run… Read More
Cancer Treatment? Blue Scorpion Venom - Escozul
Posted June 01, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (90 comments)
Dr. Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D | [url=http://www.CancerDecisions.com]http://www.CancerDecisions.com[/url] REALITY-BASED… Read More
May 2004
Cuban baseball pitcher Jose Contreras’ wife tells of toll demanded by defection
Posted May 31, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (6 comments)
BY ALBOR RUIZ | New York Daily News PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba - (KRT) - In the whirlwind 20 months since he defected from Cuba, Yankees… Read More
Fire breaks out at Radio Progresso in Havana
Posted May 31, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
Ana Leonor Díaz | Grupo Decoro | [url=http://www.cubanet.org]http://www.cubanet.org[/url] A fire attributed… Read More
CUBADISCO’2004 Awards to Best Records for Cuban Music in 2003
Posted May 31, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (2 comments)
[url=http://www.dtcuba.com]http://www.dtcuba.com[/url] Havana.- The 8th CUBADISCO’2004 Festival granted… Read More
Radionovelas spice up Havana Cuba radio airwaves
Posted May 31, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
Vanessa Bauza | [url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com]http://www.sun-sentinel.com[/url] HAVANA · From his Olivetti… Read More
Wilfredo Lam PLENI LUNA - Cuban Art for sale
Posted May 31, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
Found this interesting Wilfredo Lam painting for sale at ebay.
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Tour Old Havana through Cuban cigar tobacco art
Posted May 30, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (4 comments)
By LAURA STEWART | Fine Arts Writer | [url=http://www.News-Journalonline.com]http://www.News-Journalonline.com[/url]… Read More
Escozul - Cancer Treatment Information
Posted May 28, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (118 comments)
“Escozul was discovered in 1980 by Misael Bordier in the Cuban province of Guantanamo, Cuba. It is made using the… Read More
More than 11,000 boxes of counterfeit Cuban cigars confiscated
Posted May 28, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (2 comments)
[url=http://www.cubanet.org]http://www.cubanet.org[/url] HAVANA. Ana Leonor Díaz, Grupo Decoro - National… Read More
Cuban baseball pitcher Jose Contreras returns to successful outing with NY Yankees
Posted May 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
By GEORGE KING | New York Post New York Yankees pitcher Jose Contreras throws against the Texas Rangers Saturday afternoon, May… Read More
Top Acts Cross ‘Bridge To Havana’
Posted May 21, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (7 comments)
[url=http://www.billboard.com]http://www.billboard.com[/url] Gladys Knight, Jimmy Buffett, Montell Jordan,… Read More
Cuban Fishing Industry Bets on Lobsters
Posted May 18, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (6 comments)
DTC news Havana.- The Cuban fishing industry is planning to increase captures of lobsters – also called as the Queen of… Read More
DirecTV Stops Black-Market Cuban Television
Posted May 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (2 comments)
By JOHN RICE | Associated Press Writer HAVANA—The U.S. government believes Cubans should see more of America on television,… Read More
Ernesto Roque of Cubanet.org and other independent journalists take the risks to tell Cuba’s st
Posted May 15, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
By TRACEY EATON | The Dallas Morning News Journalism a growing field despite Castro’s crackdown on writers HAVANA –… Read More
U.S. Breaks Cultural Link As It Denies Visas to Cuban Musicians
Posted May 12, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
Gary Marx | Chicago Tribune HAVANA - During his lengthy career, Carlos Varela has written and performed songs criticizing his… Read More
Cuba working to reduce use of Cuban tobacco smoking
Posted May 09, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (1 comments)
By TRACEY EATON | The Dallas Morning News HAVANA – Cuban health officials are trying to persuade at least 200,000 people… Read More
Che Guevara Story - Motorcycle Diaries Movie
Posted May 05, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (1 comments)
By Fernanda Ezabella | Reuters In 1952, two students left their native Argentina to ride through Latin America on a rickety Norton… Read More
Santeria Woman in Havana Cuba Smoking a Habanos Cigar
Posted May 04, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Cuban Virtudes Lopez, 56, lights a cigar in the colonial center of Havana, April 19, 2004. Lopez make money from tourists smoking… Read More
Granma? No. Habana Vieja - Cigar
Posted May 04, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (1 comments)
Cuban Graciela Gonzalez, 80, smokes a cigar in the center of Old Havana, April 20, 2004. Gonzalez earns a living posing for tourists,… Read More
Smoking a Big Cuban Cigar in Old Havana - Habana Vieja
Posted May 04, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (2 comments)
Cuban Jose Manuel Soto, 56, smokes a cigar in the center of Old Havana, April 20, 2004. Soto earns a living posing for tourists,… Read More
Former Cuban Baseball Pitcher Jose Contreras gets straight A’s
Posted May 04, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
BY KEN DAVIDOFF | STAFF WRITER | Newsday It was an odd development, yet one that best suited the Yankees in their new life, the… Read More
Havana International Guitar Competition and Festival to Focus on Composer Leo Brouwer
Posted May 01, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (3 comments)
[url=http://www.andante.com]http://www.andante.com[/url] Guitarists from nine countries will compete in the… Read More
Omara Portuondo - Cuban Music
Posted May 01, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (2 comments)
[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk]http://www.telegraph.co.uk[/url] Omara Portuondo, pop queen of Castro’s… Read More
Infomed - Old Computers Find Second Life in Cuba
Posted May 01, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
By Kellie Schmitt | Mercury News When Palo Alto handyman Dudley Lewis sees old computers on the Peninsula, he thinks of all the… Read More
April 2004
Cuba Dance - Danzon in Havana Cuba
Posted April 27, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (5 comments)
BY RAFAEL LAM | Special for Granma International | [url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url] HIGHLY… Read More
Nominations for Cuban Music - CUBADISCO’2004 Awards Announced
Posted April 27, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
[url=http://www.dtcuba.com]http://www.dtcuba.com[/url] Havana.- Cuba’s recording industry published… Read More
Cuban Doctors aid strife-torn Haiti
Posted April 25, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
By WILLIAM STEIF | Special to The State | [url=http://www.thestate.com]http://www.thestate.com[/url] PORT-AU-PRINCE,… Read More
President Fidel Castro inaugurates Cuban Sports Olympiad
Posted April 25, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
[url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url] HAVANA (PL)—Cuban President Fidel Castro officially… Read More
Little Havana Restaurant - Cuban Food in North Miami
Posted April 22, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (1 comments)
By Lyn Farmer | Sun-Sentinel Restaurant info: Little Havana Cuisine: Cuban Where: 12727 Biscayne Blvd., North Miami, 305-899-9069… Read More
Elian Gonzalez - Little Havana raid was four years ago today
Posted April 22, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (2 comments)
April 22, 2004 Four years ago today, federal agents rushed Elian Gonzalez out of his relative’s Little Havana home and returned… Read More
OLYMPIC LEADERS FROM AMERICAS MEET IN TEXAS, MINUS CUBA
Posted April 21, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
[url=http://www.AroundTheRings.com]http://www.AroundTheRings.com[/url] Leaders of National Olympic Committees… Read More
President Fidel Castro inaugurates Cuban Sports Olympiad
Posted April 21, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
HAVANA - Cuban President Fidel Castro officially inaugurated the 2nd Olympiad of Cuban Sports in a ceremony held in Havana’s… Read More
Rare Cuban Baseball Collection
Posted April 21, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (5 comments)
JournalNow.com MIAMI - A 1935 Havana baseball team jersey worn in a game. A payroll detailing how a young Tommy Lasorda made about… Read More
Cuban baseball memorabilia collection
Posted April 21, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (2 comments)
Associated Press A look at some of the highlights of a Cuban baseball memorabilia collection built by Orestes Chavez. _ A 1935… Read More
L’Chaim Cuba! - Jews in Cuba
Posted April 21, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
Steve Lipman | The Jewish Week Passover seders throughout the country, many conversions show the Jewish rebirth in island nation.… Read More
Havana University student enrollment to increase
Posted April 21, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (33 comments)
[url=http://www.vnagency.com]http://www.vnagency.com[/url] Havana - The number of university students in Cuba… Read More
U.S. denies visas to Afro-Cuban music group Cubanismo, tour canceled
Posted April 21, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
by Rob Evans | liveDaily Editor The American Embassy has refused to issue visas to all 15 members of acclaimed Afro-Cuban group… Read More
The H Magazine - Slick lifestyle magazine comes to Havana
Posted April 11, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
BY LARRY LUXNER | [url=http://www.CubaNews.com]http://www.CubaNews.com[/url] Havana now has its own answer… Read More
Salem Oregon Doctor will take medical supplies to Cuba
Posted April 11, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
DAN DE CARBONEL | Statesman Journal Dr. Gary Nishioka (right) stands with his son Ryder (left) and wife, Linda, in Havana. A Salem… Read More
Old Havana restores hidden treasured murals
Posted April 11, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
Vanessa Bauza | Sun Sentinel Vanessa Bauza HAVANA · Painstakingly recovered from under 27 layers of paint, the colonial-era murals… Read More
Newly discovered photos show Ernest Hemmingway and Photographer Walker Evans’ Friendship
Posted April 10, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Associate Press KEY WEST, Fla.—In 1933, Ernest Hemingway and the soon-to-be famed photographer Walker Evans spent three… Read More
Cuba’s Stealthy Special Forces - Doctors
Posted April 08, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
by James Dunnigan | [url=http://www.strategypage.com]http://www.strategypage.com[/url] Cuba has gone… Read More
Tattoo art becomes craze in normally conformist Cuba
Posted April 05, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (12 comments)
Vanessa Bauza | Orlando Sentinel HAVANA—When Che Alejandro got his first tattoo with a sewing needle 12 years ago, his parents… Read More
Jardines del Rey - Cuba Jazz Festival - Coco Jazz 2004
Posted April 05, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
[url=http://www.dtcuba.com]http://www.dtcuba.com[/url] Havana.- Jardines del Rey, a tourist destination in… Read More
When in Iraq, lovers of Cuban cigars find rare satisfaction
Posted April 02, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
By CAROL ROSENBERG | Knight Ridder Newspapers BAGHDAD, Iraq - Regimes may come and regimes may go, but for nearly a decade now,… Read More
March 2004
Noted Cuban painter - Artist Jose Maria Mijares
Posted March 31, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (1 comments)
BY RENATO PEREZ | Miami Herald Jose María Mijares left Cuba but Cuba never left Mijares. ‘‘In my subconscious there… Read More
Cuba publishes 35% of its scientific articles in U.S. magazines
Posted March 30, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (2 comments)
[url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url] | Granma International staff writer BY RAISA PAGES Cuban… Read More
General Cigar loses Cohiba cigar trademark
Posted March 30, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (2 comments)
Reuters U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet, in a 137-page opinion filed in Manhattan federal court, ruled that New York’s… Read More
Cuba art on canvas
Posted March 30, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
By LI-EN CHONG | thestar.com.my Cuba’s diverse cultural voices can be heard through its contemporary art works, as LI-EN… Read More
Oliver Stone glad Canada will air Castro documentary movie
Posted March 27, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
JOHN MCKAY | Canadian Press TORONTO (CP)—Oliver Stone has always attracted the lightning and it’s happened again.… Read More
La Guarida paladare in Havana
Posted March 27, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (1 comments)
By Keith Collins | [url=http://www.csmonitor.com]http://www.csmonitor.com[/url] TIME FOR SCHOOL: Children… Read More
Media in Cuba
Posted March 27, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
By BENJAMIN DANGL and APRIL HOWARD | [url=http://www.counterpunch.org]http://www.counterpunch.org[/url] A… Read More
Cuban growers hope tobacco production normalizes
Posted March 24, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
By Lisa J. Adams | The Associated Press PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba—Adela Pita Oliva’s hands move so fast they are almost… Read More
Cuban Jazz House Opens in Havana
Posted March 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
[url=http://www.dtcuba.com]http://www.dtcuba.com[/url] Havana.- The Irakere Jazz Club, also known as the Cuban… Read More
A ‘‘pure Havana’’ Renaissance man is stoking up the Miami arts scene
Posted March 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
BY FABIOLA SANTIAGO | Miami Herald Whether he’s talking up avant-garde Cuban films or the Chinese dances of Shen Wei, cultural… Read More
Songs of Cuba, Silenced in America
Posted March 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
By JACKSON BROWNE | [url=http://www.NYtimes.com]http://www.NYtimes.com[/url] OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR | Jackson… Read More
Methodist bishop says Cuba easing church restrictions
Posted March 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
GREG GARRISON | News staff writer [url=http://www.al.com]http://www.al.com[/url] North Alabama United Methodist… Read More
Artists from Four Countries at Trova Festival
Posted March 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
[url=http://www.dtcuba.com]http://www.dtcuba.com[/url] Havana.- Eastern Santiago de Cuba province will host… Read More
Despite Difficulties, Foreign Agencies Hire Cuban Models
Posted March 11, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (5 comments)
By Vito Echevarria | [url=http://www.CubaNews.com]http://www.CubaNews.com[/url] During Cuba’s economic… Read More
Go be a medical student in Cuba
Posted March 11, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (239 comments)
San Francisco Bay View by JR On Saturday, March 27, in Washington, D.C., from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., “The Dream of a Lifetime… Read More
Tracing Cuba’s tarnished golden age
Posted March 10, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
By COLIN BARRACLOUGH | Special to The Globe and Mail COLIN BARRACLOUGH trawls the coast road from the Havana Yacht Club to Varadero… Read More
Wifredo Lam Art Center - Cuban Artist Exhibits Works
Posted March 10, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
[url=http://www.dtcuba.com]http://www.dtcuba.com[/url] Havana.- The Wifredo Lam Center, in the Cuban capital,… Read More
Baseball News - Adrian Hernandez defected from Cuba
Posted March 10, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
By Adam McCalvy | MLB..com PHOENIX—Once the hot new face in New York Yankees camp, “El Duquecito” is fighting… Read More
A Taste of Cuba . . . in Florida
Posted March 10, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (3 comments)
By Nicole Cotroneo | Special to The Washington Post Cuban Americans love their food so much they let it run through the streets.… Read More
Professor to study Ernest Hemingway home in Cuba
Posted March 10, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
By Brad Groznik | Collegian Staff Writer The Cuban Government is allowing a Penn State professor to look at famed writer Ernest… Read More
Havana Cigars Gain Ground in the World
Posted March 01, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
DTC news Havana.- Cuba’s Havana cigars have gained ground in the international market, after the opening of new tobacconist’s… Read More
February 2004
Gay rights in Cuba: how much has changed?
Posted February 29, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (2 comments)
[url=http://www.greenleft.org.au]http://www.greenleft.org.au[/url] In this interview by Eduardo Jimanez Garcia,… Read More
U.S. Women Basketball Team Completes Sweep in Cuba
Posted February 28, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Associated Press USA’s Leslie L. (number 9), left, battles for the ball with Cuba’s Boulet Y.(number 10) during a… Read More
Cuba’s tobacco rolls
Posted February 26, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (1 comments)
By LISA J. ADAMS | Associated Press Crop expected to bounce back from ‘03 hurricane damage PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba — Adela… Read More
Cigar festival draws rich smokers to Cuba
Posted February 24, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (1 comments)
By Anthony Boadle HAVANA (Reuters) - Wealthy aficionados and retailers descended on the Mecca of cigar lovers this week for five… Read More
Ballet Nacional de Cuba - Alicia Alonso interview
Posted February 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (5 comments)
BY OCTAVIO ROCA | Miami Herald ‘‘I don’t think it is worth commenting on them,’’ says Alicia Alonso… Read More
Habanos - Havana Cigars - Key to Cuba Tobacco Harvest Is Patience
Posted February 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (1 comments)
By LISA J. ADAMS | Associated Press Writer PINAR DEL RIO Cuba—Adela Pita Oliva’s hands move so fast they are almost… Read More
International Havana Cigar Festival later in February
Posted February 23, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
DTC news Havana.- The Cuban capital is hosting the 6th International Havana Cigar Festival this month, dedicated to the promotion… Read More
‘Dirty Dancing’ boy meets girl in 1950s Cuba
Posted February 22, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
BY CINDY PEARLMAN | [url=http://www.suntimes.com]http://www.suntimes.com[/url] Talk about a bump and grind.… Read More
Cosmetic surgery flourishing in Cuba
Posted February 22, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (235 comments)
By VANESSA BAUZA | South Florida Sun-Sentinel HAVANA, Cuba—Idania Bello Acosta’s bruised face was wrapped with gauze… Read More
New York Yankees Pitcher Jose Contreras’ millions can’t buy him happiness
Posted February 22, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Vanessa Bauza PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba · Every time Miriam Murillo goes out of town for more than a few days her neighbors start talking… Read More
Dirty Dancing in Havana
Posted February 22, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (20 comments)
By VALERIE GLADSTONE | New York Times Barry Wetcher/Lions Gate Films Romola Garai and Diego Luna in “Dirty Dancing:… Read More
Heady atmosphere of cars and cigars in Cuba
Posted February 21, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
By FIONA WEBSTER | [url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz]http://www.nzherald.co.nz[/url] The throb of big-finned… Read More
NY Yankees Pitcher Jose Contreras feels betrayed by Castro
Posted February 20, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Associated Press For the second straight season, Jose Contreras began spring training separated from his family. His wife and… Read More
Cuba’s infant mortality rate lower than U.S.
Posted February 20, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
By Emile Schepers | People’s Weekly World Newspaper Under the best of circumstances, it is hard for a poor, Third World… Read More
The difficulties of Cuba
Posted February 19, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Humanitarian trip overcomes many hurdles By Larry Benvenuti | Keynoter Contributor Editor’s note: Middle Keys photographer… Read More
FROM PROPAGANDA TO PR: A GUIDE TO CUBA’s MASS MEDIA
Posted February 17, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
By Douglass G. Norvell | [url=http://www.CubaNews.com]http://www.CubaNews.com[/url] Take a look at Cuba’s… Read More
CORREDORES HELP CUBANS NAVIGATE COMPLEX HOUSING LAWS
Posted February 17, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (2 comments)
By Douglass G. Norvell | [url=http://www.CubaNews.com]http://www.CubaNews.com[/url] It’s been described… Read More
Cuban Musician Ibrahim Ferrer Wins 2004 Grammy Award
Posted February 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
DTC news Havana.- Cuban musician Ibrahim Ferrer won the 2004 Grammy Award in the category of best traditional music. Ferrer won… Read More
Cuba - US Women’s Basketball Series in Havana
Posted February 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
DTC news Havana.- Women’s basketball teams from Cuba and the United States will hold a series of games in this capital in… Read More
From “Y Tu Mama Tambien” to “Dirty Dancing - Havana Nights” Diego Luna
Posted February 15, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (62 comments)
By LOUIS B. HOBSON | Calgary Sun Katey (Romola Garai) and Javier (Diego Luna) practice their moves… Read More
Jews in Cuba - A Tourist Trap?
Posted February 13, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
Agustin Blazquez with the collaboration of Jaums Sutton On Dec. 2, 2003, NewsMax.com published a dispatch from the Presbyterian… Read More
November 8 1960 Look magazine “Our Woman in Havana”
Posted February 12, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Her report on the Cuban people and how they feel about Castro today. Her 19 hours in Havana jail… and her exclusive interview… Read More
July 14 1938 Who’s Who Among Visitors to Havana and What’s What in Cuba
Posted February 12, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
1938 magazine cover. Published daily for and in the interest of visitors to Cuba.
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Brochure for “Cuba- Land of Fiesta and Siesta”
Posted February 12, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (2 comments)JAVIER SOTOMAYOR now jumping to a fast, new beat
Posted February 11, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (7 comments)
Reuters Cuban high jumper runs salsa band to while away retirement HAVANA - The gold chain and bracelets, red Mercedes Benz and… Read More
What is lost by denying visas to Cuban artists? Hearts and minds
Posted February 10, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
BY ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ | Miami Herald Opinion | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){… Read More
Cuban Rap Project Kicks Off Nationwide Tour
Posted February 10, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
DTC news Havana.- The Cuban rap project La FabriK will kick off a nationwide tour this month that will include several provinces… Read More
More Cuban Athletes Qualify for Athens 2004 Olympics
Posted February 10, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
DTC news Havana.- Cuba won four other qualifications for the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, this year, thus increasing the number… Read More
Cuban Divers Are Trained to Use Nitrox at Cayo Levisa
Posted February 10, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
DTC news Havana.- The International Diving Center in Cayo Levisa, in western Pinar del Río province, hosted a qualification course… Read More
Cuba’s art schools may finally be completed
Posted February 10, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
By Gary Marx | CHICAGO TRIBUNE HAVANA - Roberto Gottardi stands on the edge of a crater-size ditch, imagining the fulfillment… Read More
Cuban youths turn tattoos into show of defiance
Posted February 10, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
By TRACEY EATON | The Dallas Morning News Body art, applied with makeshift needles, seen as symbol of change HAVANA – Anisley… Read More
Crackdown Ends Art Collecting Trips to Cuba
Posted February 10, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (4 comments)
[url=http://www.artandantiques.net]http://www.artandantiques.net[/url] HAVANA—An American traveler in… Read More
J Records to Release Soundtrack to Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Posted February 08, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (5 comments)
Soundtrack In-stores February 17 | Feature Film Released Nationwide February 27 NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 3, 2004—J… Read More
Revlon Launches Marketing Program to Support Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Posted February 08, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (5 comments)
NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 2, 2004—Revlon (NYSE: REV) will launch a 360-degree, integrated marketing program… Read More
Black Eyed Peas go Dirty Dancing - Havana Nights
Posted February 08, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
By Paul Cashmere | [url=http://www.undercover.com.au]http://www.undercover.com.au[/url] Black Eyed Peas have… Read More
Wifredo Lam’s Works Exhibited in Segovia
Posted February 04, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (1 comments)
DTC news Havana.- The Spanish city of Segovia is exhibiting 69 works by the renowned Cuban artist Wifredo Lam. The exhibit, being… Read More
January 2004
Cuba aims to reclaim Olympic gold - Part 4 of 5
Posted January 30, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
By Joe Connor / Special to MLB.com Third baseman Michel Enriquez is captain of Cuba’s Olympic team. (Mark J. Terrill/AP)… Read More
Cuba baseball legends live on
Posted January 30, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
By Joe Connor | MLB.com With Cuba having recently marked the 45th anniversary of its revolution, MLB.com contributor Joe Connor… Read More
Cuban baseball league is nation’s passion - Part 3 of 5
Posted January 30, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
By Joe Connor / Special to MLB.com An Island of Youth player lays down a bunt in a recent Cuban National League game. (Joe… Read More
Teaching baseball the Cuban way - Part 2 of 5
Posted January 28, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
By Joe Connor | Special to MLB.com Coach Iday Abreus teaches youngsters at Martin Dihigo Stadium in Cruces, Cuba. With Cuba having… Read More
Cuban baseball rocked by firing of stars said seeking greenbacks
Posted January 27, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Havana, Jan 5 (EFE) - Cuba’s baseball world was shaken up Monday with the announcement that four top players, including… Read More
USC baseball team competes in Cuba for three exhibition games
Posted January 27, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
By KIM SIM | Assistant Sports Editor | [url=http://www.DailyTrojan.com]http://www.DailyTrojan.com[/url] Three… Read More
Cuba baseball players look for a way out - Part 1 of 5
Posted January 27, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (5 comments)
By Joe Connor | Special to MLB.com Kendry Morales’ homer gave Cuba victory in the 2003 world championships in Havana. (Jose… Read More
University of Georgia Students set for study in Cuba
Posted January 26, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
Contributed by Jeanette Mattsson | [url=http://www.redandblack.com]http://www.redandblack.com[/url] Despite… Read More
Foreign Athletes at Havana Marathon Dedicated to Jose Marti
Posted January 26, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
[url=http://www.DTcuba.com]http://www.DTcuba.com[/url] Havana.- Athletes from Puerto Rico, Spain and Mexico… Read More
Cuban Biotech Firm CIMAB S.A. Increases Exports
Posted January 26, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
[url=http://www.DTcuba.com]http://www.DTcuba.com[/url] Havana.- The Cuban company CIMAB S.A., which commercializes… Read More
Havana Police arrests teenagers who attacked gays
Posted January 26, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
[url=http://www.cubanet.org]http://www.cubanet.org[/url] HAVANA - Fourteen youths between the ages of 13 and… Read More
Cuba ailing? Not its biotech industry
Posted January 26, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
By TOM FAWTHROP | FOR THE STRAITS TIMES A Cuban laboratory assistant, part of the booming and highly regarded Cuban biotech industry.… Read More
Robert Redford Shows Che Guevara Film in Cuba
Posted January 25, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (13 comments)
HAVANA (Reuters) - Robert Redford showed his new film about Che Guevara, “The Motorcycle Diaries,” to the widow and… Read More
Cuba’s pitch for 2012 Olympic Games
Posted January 25, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (5 comments)
Stephen Gibbs | BBC Correspondent, Havana How many of us know that Cuba is bidding to host the 2012 Olympic games? Apparently,… Read More
For USC Baseball Team, Cuba Trip Is Invaluable
Posted January 24, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
By Eric Stephens, LA Times Staff Writer Trojans expect a rich experience as they play three times in five days against a national… Read More
Texas Rangers Pitcher R A Dickey - Cuba Baseball
Posted January 22, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
By Tim Ellsworth | [url=http://www.bpsports.net]http://www.bpsports.net[/url] MULKEYTOWN, Ill. (BP)—R.A.… Read More
New York Yankees’ Jose Contreras says his family can’t leave Cuba
Posted January 20, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Associated Press New York Yankee pitcher Jose Contreras says his family was barred from leaving Cuba, the newspaper La Prensa… Read More
Cuban Athletes Train for Olympic Games
Posted January 19, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
DTcuba Havana.- Cuba’s best athletes are training for the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, in 2004. The list of athletes… Read More
Good Results of El Aljibe Restaurant Highlighted
Posted January 19, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
DTcuba Havana.- El Aljibe Restaurant, run by the company Palmares, has reported over 30 million dollars in sales over the past… Read More
Cuba is attractive to outsiders because embargo froze it in time
Posted January 18, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
BY RON MENCHACHA | Charleston Post and Courier Staff To see a row of 1950s American automobiles parked along the street—chromed,… Read More
Tourist trade gives some Cubans chance to earn American greenbacks
Posted January 18, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
BY RON MENCHACHA | Charleston Post and Courier Staff A statue of Christ overlooks Havana harbor from the small hilltop town of… Read More
South Carolina delegates are impressed with Cuba
Posted January 18, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
BY RON MENCHACHA | Charleton Post and Courier Staff The South Carolina delegation is hamming it up in Old Havana. Although they… Read More
On Havana’s waterfront, 25 years of hard work is worth $10 a month
Posted January 18, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
BY RON MENCHACHA | Charleston Post and Courier Staff At the port of Havana, a harbor pilot boat steams out toward the mouth of… Read More
Life in Cuba
Posted January 18, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (2 comments)
BY RON MENCHACHA | Charleston Post and Courier Staff American cars from the ‘40s and ‘50s ply Havana’s streets,… Read More
Family Eatery Still Ruling the Roost in Cuba
Posted January 17, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
Dallas Morning News HAVANA - Sergio Garcia Macias runs one of Cuba’s most popular eateries, featuring a 56-year-old secret… Read More
Forgotten photos recall Ernest Hemingway’s Havana friendship
Posted January 17, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (2 comments)
By Cara Buckley | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) ==… Read More
Cuba: Island of Music - movie review
Posted January 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
By STEPHEN HOLDEN | New York Times Underneath the ebullient surface of Gary Keys’s uplifting documentary “Cuba: Island… Read More
Maels Rodriguez and Yobal Duenas Officially Declared Free Agents
Posted January 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (9 comments)
[url=http://www.MLBscoop.com]http://www.MLBscoop.com[/url] Cubans Maels Rodriguez and Yobal Dueńas were… Read More
Mariners among Cuban defector Maels Rodriguez primary choices
Posted January 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
By Larry Stone | Seattle Times staff reporter Maels Rodriguez The agent for Cuban defector Maels Rodriguez, a 24-year-old right-hander… Read More
Red Sox Eye Cuban Baseball Pitcher Maels Rodriguez
Posted January 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
[url=http://www.MLBscoop.com]http://www.MLBscoop.com[/url] They lost out on the bidding for Jose Contreras… Read More
Limitations on Internet access for Cubans to become more stringent
Posted January 16, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (2 comments)
HAVANA, January 14 (http://www.cubanet.org) - Cubans not authorized by the government to use the Internet who log on through… Read More
Leader of Orthodox Christians Goes to Cuba
Posted January 15, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
ANDREA RODRIGUEZ | Associated Press HAVANA - The spiritual leader of the world’s 300 million Orthodox Christians will travel… Read More
New Vaccine for Cuban Children
Posted January 15, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
[url=http://www.dtcuba.com]http://www.dtcuba.com[/url] Havana.- Cuba’s health system this year began… Read More
In Cuba town hungry for color, artist pleases the palette
Posted January 15, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (1 comments)
BY TRACEY EATON | The Dallas Morning News JAIMANITAS, Cuba - (KRT) - Jose Fuster is one of Cuba’s top painters, the Picasso… Read More
Cuban surfboard crisis: Surfing is no easy bag in socialist Cuba. But then few good things are. Stor
Posted January 15, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (2 comments)
By DAN COYRO | Sentinel photographer HAVANA, Cuba - And Santa Cruz surfers thought they had it rough. Cuban surfers have bigger… Read More
Cuba to show results of its environmental policy
Posted January 15, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
By Francis Norniella | [url=http://www.radioangulo.cu]http://www.radioangulo.cu[/url] Cuba will show the results… Read More
Eight Cubans repatriated to Cuba after being rescued by a cruise ship
Posted January 15, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
BY ELAINE DE VALLE | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1)… Read More
Banned in Cuba
Posted January 15, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
By Jim Hightower | AlterNet.org As a patriotic, taxpaying American, I for one, am proud to see that George W. Bush is defending… Read More
Heady atmosphere of cars and cigars in Cuba
Posted January 15, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
By FIONA WEBSTER | The New Zealand Herald Reuters The throb of big-finned American cars hangs in the air and mingles with the… Read More
Scorpion concoctions - Escozul cancer treatment
Posted January 06, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (71 comments)
By Vanessa Bauzá | Havana Bureau | Associated Press Jaguey Grande, Cuba · For most of his patients, Jose Felipe Monzon’s… Read More
Statue Unveiled in Cuba of Late Musician
Posted January 06, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Associated Press HAVANA - With his trademark hat on his head, his guitar case at his side and a cigar in his slender fingers,… Read More
Cuba: Tale of survival and struggle in 2003
Posted January 06, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Castro sees advances in economy, medicine, but grumbling rises By TRACEY EATON | The Dallas Morning News HAVANA – Fidel… Read More
DTC News.- 103 Cuban Athletes Qualify for Olympic Games
Posted January 06, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Havana.- A total of 103 Cuban athletes have qualified for the Olympic Games, scheduled for August 2004 in Athens, Greece. Officials… Read More
Villa Clara Produces Cigars for Export
Posted January 06, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
[url=http://www.dtcuba.com]http://www.dtcuba.com[/url] Havana.- Cigarmakers in central Villa Clara province… Read More
Sioux City native studies evolution, ecology of lizards in Cuba
Posted January 06, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
By Joanne Fox, Sioux City Journal staff writer Sioux City native Jason Kolbe recently returned from Cuba where he did research… Read More
DTC News.- New Cuban Feature-Length Film in Havana Theaters
Posted January 06, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Havana.- The Cuban feature-length film “Roble de Olor”, by moviemaker Rigoberto Lopez, is the main end-of-the-year… Read More
Academic ruins - Cuba’s National Art Schools
Posted January 06, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (9 comments)
By Gary Marx | Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent Cuba’s unfinished National Art Schools received a revival four years… Read More
The Art of Isolation: Cuba’s Very Late Modernists
Posted January 06, 2004 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
By Jessica Dawson | Special to The Washington Post The artworks Clyde Hensley adores can’t be bought in the famous art galleries… Read More
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