December 2005
Havana fashion ... recycled
Posted December 29, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (1 comments)
TheAge.com.au A model presents a design as she walks the runway during the “Art and Style Fashion” in Havana,Cuba.… Read More
Cuba registers three new Valergen vaccines
Posted December 28, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
Prensa Latina Cuba officially registered three new therapeutic vaccines -Valergen-dp, Valergen-ds and Valergen- in 2005 engineered… Read More
Cuba and China to work together on biotechnology
Posted December 28, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
AIN Cuba and China signed a bilateral collaboration agreement in the field of biotechnology in Beijing on Monday. The accord will… Read More
State of gay rights in Cuba - Strawberry and Chocolate
Posted December 28, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Dalia Acosta | IPSnews.net As hundreds of same-sex couples in Britain - including singer-songwriter Elton John and Canadian-born… Read More
Cuba biotechnology research at the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Posted December 20, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
By Gary Marx | Chicago Tribune On the outskirts of Havana sits a cluster of drab buildings that are part of an effort to propel… Read More
Latin America benefits from Cuban doctors and medical services
Posted December 20, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (2 comments)
By Ruth Morris | Sun Sentinel His medical degree hangs unassumingly between family pictures, above a television set that has seen… Read More
US Olympic Committee wants Cuba to play baseball
Posted December 20, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (3 comments)
RONALD BLUM | Associated Press U.S. Olympic Committee chairman Peter Ueberroth called on the Bush administration to reverse its… Read More
Lawmakers: Let Cuba play ball or MLB to pro-Embargo reps “Shut up”
Posted December 18, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
BY FRANCES ROBLES | Miami Herald At least 100 members of Congress have weighed in on the controversial U.S. decision to deny Cuba… Read More
Mapplethorpe photo exhibit in Havana Cuba? Yes, Havana Cuba
Posted December 15, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
Anita Snow | Associated Press SENSUALITY pervades the streets of Havana. A short stroll finds sultry young men scouting for new… Read More
Barrio Cuba film at Havana Film Festival
Posted December 15, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
Prensa Latina Barrio Cuba, the latest production of the famous Cuban filmmaker Humberto Solas exhibited at Havana Latin American… Read More
A US vs. Cuba political football ... make that baseball
Posted December 12, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (4 comments)
By MEGHAN CLYNE - Staff Reporter of the NY Sun Baseball is in Congress’s crosshairs again - and this time it’s not… Read More
Havana jazz is Havana jazz
Posted December 08, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
By David Cázares | Sun Sentinel Inside the decades-old Teatro Mella in the bustling Vedado neighborhood this past weekend, 19… Read More
Sucu Suco music festival in Isla de la Juventud Cuba
Posted December 03, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
DTCuba.com Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth), located off western Havana province’s southern coast, will host the 5th… Read More
The restoration of Old Havana - Habana Vieja
Posted December 03, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
Dalia Acosta IPSnews.net Colonial era houses converted into hostels, pharmacies that double as museums, concerts in colonial era… Read More
Biotechnology conference in Cuba
Posted December 01, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
AP Cuban scientist Gustavo Kouri shows a model of the facilities of the biotechnology laboratory that he directs, in this Nov.… Read More
Chucho Valdes tribute to New Orleans at Havana Jazz Festival
Posted December 01, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Fosters.com Chucho Valdes will pay tribute to New Orleans and the victims of Hurricane Katrina with an original composition this… Read More
State of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and vaccines in Havana Cuba
Posted December 01, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
Granma.cu CUBA is experiencing an “explosion” in the biotechnology field, affirmed Dr. Carlos Borroto, deputy director… Read More
November 2005
Hip Hop Havana
Posted November 29, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
[url=http://www.SOHH.com]http://www.SOHH.com[/url] A celebration of Hip-Hop took place in Havana, Cuba this… Read More
Vaccines and biotechnology in Cuba
Posted November 29, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
Cubaweb.cu Cuban biotechnology experts will present the island’s achievements in the production of Hepatitis B vaccines… Read More
The Internet in Cuba
Posted November 29, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
BY FRANCES ROBLES | Miami Herald Oscar Visiedo says that when he helped bring the Internet to Cuba in 1992, he faced three daunting… Read More
Eye surgery in Cuba
Posted November 29, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (21 comments)
By Gary Marx | Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent For the first time in nearly a generation, Cuba’s moribund economy… Read More
JosÈ Martí biography
Posted November 25, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Jose Marti was born in Havana in 1853. At seventeen he was exiled to Spain for his opposition to colonial rule. There he published… Read More
Fidel Castro Ruz biography
Posted November 25, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Fidel Castro Ruz was born on August 13, 1926, on his family’s sugar plantation near Biran, Oriente province, Cuba. His father,… Read More
Havana Journal buys Cubanonet.com - The Green Screen
Posted November 25, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (12 comments)
The Havana Journal has purchased Cubanonet.com formerly known as The Green Screen discussion board covering a wide variety of… Read More
Medical care ties Cuba and Venezuela
Posted November 25, 2005 by crp236 in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
National Public Radio | by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro All Things Considered Venezuelan President Chavez and Cuban President Fidel… Read More
Cuba to play baseball vs US professional players
Posted November 25, 2005 by crp236 in Cuban Sports (3 comments)
HAVANA - President Fidel Castro has given the go-ahead for Cuba to play in the World Baseball Classic next March, vowing a clash… Read More
Ophthalmologic treatment in Cuba
Posted November 22, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
DTCuba.com Sight, one of the most important senses in the evolution of humans, receives special care in Cuba’s health system,… Read More
University of Havana ties with University at Buffalo
Posted November 22, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
BY EMILY SCHMALL | Miami Herald The University at Buffalo has a dual-degree program with the University of Havana, the only one… Read More
Aguelmis Rojas wins Havana Marathon Marabana
Posted November 22, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
AIN Running in the 19th Marabana Marathon on Sunday alongside 1,500 other runners -564 of them foreign runners from 61 nations-… Read More
Cuba Finishes 8th at World Chess Team Championship
Posted November 21, 2005 by crp236 in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
It could not have been closer. Going into the final with a 2.5 point lead the Chinese men needed just one point to win the championship.… Read More
Odlanier Solis and Cuban boxing team win world championship
Posted November 21, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Prensa Latina With an outstanding performance of its super heavy weigh Odlanier Solis, who won his third consecutive crown, Cuba… Read More
Cuba considering making bird flu vaccine
Posted November 18, 2005 by crp236 in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
Thu Nov 17, 4:27 PM ET HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba said on Thursday it was considering researching a vaccine against bird flu, warning… Read More
Cuban Vinmag mango-based disease treatment
Posted November 17, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
Prensa Latina Delegates participating in the 5th Continental Congress on Natural Medicine sessioning in Havana will discuss the… Read More
Cuba census - 11.2 million people in Cuba today
Posted November 13, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (10 comments)
By VANESSA ARRINGTON | ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Cuba is home to some 11.2 million residents, three-quarters of whom live in urban… Read More
Cubans vs. Cubans in world baseball game in the works
Posted November 11, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
BY KEVIN BAXTER | Miami Herald Imagine an All-Star team with Jorge Posada behind the plate, Gold Glove winners Mike Lowell and… Read More
LABIOFAM and pharmaceutical hygiene products from Cuba
Posted November 09, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (37 comments)
DTCuba.com The entrepreneurial group LABIOFAM, which produces and commercializes a wide range of pharmaceutical hygiene products… Read More
Humberto Solas film Barrio Cuba to be shown in Hollywood
Posted November 09, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
DTCuba.com The feature-length film “Barrio Cuba” (Neighborhood Cuba), the latest motion picture by Cuban moviemaker… Read More
Medical technology, cancer treatment and pharmaceutical industry in Cuba
Posted November 09, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (4 comments)
DTCuba.com Cuba’s health system, which implements several programs to improve the quality of life of the people, is based… Read More
A week after Hurricane Wilma and Havana returns to normal
Posted November 02, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Granma.cu | BY RAISA PAGES —Granma International staff writer— 30,000 families living in areas that were inundated… Read More
ANARCHIST IDEOLOGY AND CUBAN CIGAR MAKERS IN HAVANA
Posted November 02, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
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October 2005
Musica Cubana to feature Buena Vista Social Club singer Pio Leiva
Posted October 29, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Bangkok Post New documentary brings another forgotten Cuban master musician back into the spotlight The Oscar-winning feature… Read More
Havana pumping out tunnels in Vedado
Posted October 29, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
BY GABRIEL DAVALOS | [url=http://www.Granma.cu]http://www.Granma.cu[/url] daily staff writer SINCE dawn on… Read More
Hurricane Wilma floods Havana but no deaths
Posted October 28, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Granma.cu BY ANNE-MARIE GARCIA& | Special for Granma International SURMAILIS Victores doesn’t halt in her task of clearing… Read More
Are the Santeria Saints with Fidel Castro?
Posted October 25, 2005 by bobbi in Cuban Culture (9 comments)
It is no big secret that for Fidel Castro to make it to 79 as leader of Communist country in the Americas he has to be pretty… Read More
Havana flooding due to Hurricane
Posted October 25, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
By ANITA SNOW, Associated Press Writer Fueled by Hurricane Wilma, the ocean surged over a wide stretch of Havana’s seawall… Read More
Barrio Cuba film to debut in Hollywood
Posted October 23, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
DominicanToday.com The premiere of “Barrio Cuba”, the latest by outstanding Cuban filmmaker Humberto Solas, will take… Read More
Are Cuban Marranos really Bene-Israel?
Posted October 18, 2005 by bobbi in Cuban Culture (7 comments)
Are Cuban Marranos really Bene-Israel or Indian Jews originaly?;How did the descendant of Bene-Israel get from india or rather… Read More
Bronze Titan Jose Contreras Cuban pitcher for Chicago White Sox
Posted October 13, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
By Les Carpenter | Washington Post It was Fidel Castro who invoked the name of Cuba’s greatest warrior. ” El Titan… Read More
Jose Contreras - From Havana to New York to Chicago
Posted October 13, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
MLB.com White Sox pitcher Jose Contreras is a man with a story made for television. The man escaped communist Cuba without his… Read More
Travel to Havana for salsa, rumba, son and mambo dance lessons
Posted October 11, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
PlazaCuba.com 2006 schedule of music and dance programs in Cuba. Popular Music and Dance Program http://www.plazacuba.com/generic25.html… Read More
Cuba to host 5th international symposium on wetlands
Posted October 08, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
Ahora.cu The 5th International Symposium on Wetlands, kicked off this Thursday in Playa Larga, province of Matanzas, and will… Read More
Cubans denied US visa to play baseball in Pueto Rico
Posted October 08, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (2 comments)
AFP A CUBAN baseball team has been denied visas for an event in Puerto Rico. The team was to participate in a qualifying tournament… Read More
Audioslave LIVE IN CUBA to be released October 18
Posted October 06, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Heavymetalmusic.biz EPIC/INTERSCOPE TO RELEASE AUDIOSLAVE’s LIVE IN CUBA HISTORIC CONCERT PERFORMANCE CAPTURED ON SPECIAL… Read More
Auction of Cuban Art to be held in October
Posted October 04, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
DTCuba.com The Cuban capital will host the 4th Havana Artworks Auction, which will be held on the Internet in early October. Officials… Read More
Where to eat in Havana in 1947
Posted October 04, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
Scanned from 1947 tourist guide to Havana Cuba - Havana Weekly WHERE TO EAT CHEZ SANTA CLARA, on the terrace of the Presidente… Read More
Elian Gonzalez now 11 years old
Posted October 04, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (18 comments)
CBSnews.com In the annals of conflict between Cubans and Americans, there was the Bay of Pigs, there was the Cuban Missile Crisis… Read More
Commercial Art for Cuba by MASSAGUER STUDIOS
Posted October 03, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
Text scanned from 1938 Space Buyers’ Guide of Cuba listing print media in circulation at the time. “When in Rome,… Read More
Vanidades monthly magazine for women in Cuba
Posted October 02, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (2 comments)
Text scanned from 1938 Space Buyers’ Guide of Cuba listing print media in circulation at the time. VANIDADES - A MONTHLY… Read More
Medicinal thermal and sulphur springs in Cuba
Posted October 02, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
Scanned from Havana Weekly 1947 PRINCIPAL MEDICINAL SPRINGS SAN JOSE DEL LAGO. 90 minutes by air or overnight by train bring one… Read More
Night life in Havana in 1947 - Things to do and places to visit
Posted October 02, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Scanned from Havana Weekly 1947 THE NIGHTS Of HAVANA Other capitals of the world had succeeded before the war in imitating the… Read More
Ellas Cuban Woman magazine
Posted October 02, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Text scanned from 1938 Space Buyers’ Guide of Cuba listing print media in circulation at the time. Ellas - Cuba’s… Read More
El Mundo newspaper from Cuba 1938
Posted October 02, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Text scanned from 1938 Space Buyers’ Guide of Cuba listing print media in circulation at the time. El Mundo on the breakfast… Read More
September 2005
I need my Cuban birth certificate from 1949
Posted September 30, 2005 by Porfirio in Cuban Culture (22 comments)
My name is Porfirio Rosales Garcia. I was born in Havana, Cuba in 1949 in the Hospital Militar de La Habana. I left Cuba… Read More
Cuban magazines in circulation in Havana 1938
Posted September 30, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Scanned from Space Buyers’ Guide 1938 List of magazines for sale in Havana at the time: Accion Socialists Adelante Ajiaco… Read More
El Pais newspaper from Havana in 1938
Posted September 30, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Text scanned from 1938 Space Buyers’ Guide of Cuba listing print media in circulation at the time. El Pais Alfredo Hornedo… Read More
El Camagueyano newspaper in Camaguey Cuba 1938
Posted September 29, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Text scanned from 1938 Space Buyers’ Guide of Cuba listing print media in circulation at the time. Country gentlemen read… Read More
List of newspapers in circulation and population in Cuba 1938
Posted September 29, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Text scanned from 1938 Space Buyers’ Guide of Cuba listing print media in circulation at the time. Circulation Owing to… Read More
Diario de la Marina - Cuba’s oldest newspaper in 1938
Posted September 29, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (3 comments)
Text scanned from 1938 Space Buyers’ Guide of Cuba listing print media in circulation at the time. “Diario de la Marina”… Read More
Carteles - Cuban magazine from 1938
Posted September 29, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Text scanned from 1938 Space Buyers’ Guide of Cuba listing print media in circulation at the time. CARTELES CUBA’s… Read More
Avance - Un diario fiel a su nombre - 1938 Havana newspaper
Posted September 29, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Avance A newspaper true to its name Dr. Oscar Zayas, Director AVANCE - a great afternoon daily, circulating widely throughout… Read More
Cuban modern art at Barcardi museum in Havana
Posted September 27, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (1 comments)
DTCuba.com The Emilio Barcardi Museum, located in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba and one of the oldest in the Caribbean… Read More
Update on restoration of Hemingway villa Finca Vigia in Cojimar Cuba
Posted September 27, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
By Ruth Morris | Sun Sentinel The bullfighting posters have been packed away, the famous Royal typewriter stored in a dry place.… Read More
New trends in Cuban music at Aaron Davis Hall in Harlem - event
Posted September 27, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Oct 28 & 29 - Aaron Davis Hall [url=http://www.aarondavishall.org]http://www.aarondavishall.org[/url]… Read More
Buena Vista Social Club music rights case underway in Vedado
Posted September 26, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
By Stephen Gibbs | BBC News, Havana The neo-classical Villa Lita is housing the High Court hearing A High Court judge hearing… Read More
Guyana citizens receive inexpensive quality eye care in Cuba
Posted September 25, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
Associated Press More than 2,000 Guyanese citizens have received free eye care in Cuba in the past two months, the health minister… Read More
Modern architecture history and preservation in Havana
Posted September 25, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Architecture (0 comments)
BY GARY MARX | Chicago Tribune Jose Santiago remembers the day in early 1960 when a young Che Guevara, dressed in fatigues and… Read More
Fidel Castro speech to graduating medical students
Posted September 20, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/ Speech: Fidel Castro Speech delivered by Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of… Read More
Cuba creates Henry Reeve brigade of doctors for world aid
Posted September 20, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
By Fernando Ravsberg | BBC Mundo, Havana Fidel Castro expects hundreds of new doctors to join Cuba’s president has announced… Read More
El Cobre copper mine to become a museum gallery
Posted September 20, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (2 comments)
DTCuba.com A museum-gallery will be inaugurated in the town of El Cobre, in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, in order… Read More
Dany Betancourt helps Cuba to win 8th straight Baseball World Cup
Posted September 20, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Associated Press Dany Betancourt gave up four hits in 8 1/3 innings and Cuba won its eighth straight Baseball World Cup with… Read More
Michel Abreu, the Boston Red Sox and Cuban baseball
Posted September 10, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Jack Curry The New York Times Michel Abreu defected from Cuba 18 months ago with endless expectations. He figured he would gain… Read More
Habanos exports 100 million Cuban cigars a year
Posted September 07, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
Associated Press Cuba remains the leader in the international market for hand-rolled cigars, continuing to export more than 100… Read More
Cuba video clips submitted to Lucas Awards
Posted September 06, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
DTCuba.com The Cuban capital hosted the presentation of the latest video clips from the Caribbean Island, an audiovisual genre… Read More
Cuba offers 1100 doctors to Hurricane Katrina victims
Posted September 05, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (3 comments)
RHC Cuban President Fidel Castro has announced that 100 doctors are ready to leave early Saturday morning to Houston, Texas to… Read More
August 2005
Cuba National Baseball Team roster for 2005
Posted August 30, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
DTCuba.com The Cuban team that will compete in the world baseball championship is training hard to win the title in that major… Read More
Vanessa Bauz� Sun Sentinel journalist to leave Cuba for University fellowship
Posted August 29, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
By Vanessa Bauz� | Sun Sentinel I arrived in Havana in January 2001 with my cat under one arm and a boxed bike under the other.… Read More
Cuban Pharmaceutical company Herber Biotec receives 2000 ISO 9001 certificate
Posted August 23, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (4 comments)
DTCuba.com The Cuban company Herber Biotec S.A., which commercializes biotechnological and pharmaceutical products, received the… Read More
Simply Red “Simplified” to feature Danae
Posted August 23, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Marketwire.com On Tuesday, October 18, 2005, Simply Red will release “Simplified,” a collection that features both… Read More
ELAM Latin American School of Medicine graduates first class in Havana
Posted August 21, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (58 comments)
By VANESSA ARRINGTON | Associated Press Writer A Latin American medical school created as a regional initiative in 1998 after… Read More
A tour of Old Havana churches courtesy of Eusebio Leal
Posted August 17, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
[url=http://www.Granma.cu]http://www.Granma.cu[/url] | BY MIREYA CASTAÑEDA Tour with architect Orestes del… Read More
Husbands for sale in Cuba
Posted August 15, 2005 by Cubana in Cuban Culture (2 comments)
By Stephen Gibbs
BBC News, Havana
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Cuban songwriter Noel Nicola dies
Posted August 08, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
AIN New Song Movement (Nueva Trova) composer Noel Nicola passed away Sunday at 58 and will be buried at Havana’s Colon Cemetery… Read More
Buena Vista Social Club Singer Ibrahim Ferrer Dies
Posted August 07, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
By ANITA SNOW | Associated Press Writer Ibrahim Ferrer, a leading voice with the hugely popular Buena Vista Social Club of vintage… Read More
“Prostitution” in Cuba - Jineteros, Jineteras and Extranjeros
Posted August 06, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (7 comments)
By Lylah M. Alphonse | Globe Staff ‘‘Dirty Blonde and Half-Cuban” is an expanded version of the ‘‘Havana… Read More
Havana Jazz
Posted August 06, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
By Marilyn Bobes | periodico26.cu Jazz! The mystery of a captivating music in a captivating city. Marilyn Bobes, who recently… Read More
California students get license to play baseball in Cuba
Posted August 06, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Los Angeles Daily News Esther Walker has not been home since she was 16. She hasn’t seen some 30 aunts and uncles in 25… Read More
We owe it all to Castro
Posted August 05, 2005 by Cubana in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
The Guardian (UK)
Wednesday August 3, 2005
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July 2005
Eight children die from unknown cause in Havana
Posted July 25, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
BBC | As reported on Cuban television July 25 [Announcer] In response to the concerns of the population, the Public Health Ministry… Read More
Havana Night Club performers granted asylum by US
Posted July 22, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Music (2 comments)
BY DAVID OVALLE Havana Night Club show members defected to Las Vegas from Cuba in November. Now the United States has officially… Read More
Bus ride in Cuba
Posted July 20, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Cuban youngsters enjoy a free ride at 50 kmh (31 miles/h) while hanging from a bus window outside of Havana, Cuba July 18,… Read More
Cool man of Cuba
Posted July 18, 2005 by Cubana in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Hendon & Finchley Times
Monday 18 July
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Ignoring embargo, Americans film in Cuba
Posted July 16, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
American filmmakers who shot a movie in Cuba and will screen it today at the American Black Film Festival may have violated the… Read More
Cuban folk singer Pedro Luis Ferrer and being a musician in Havana
Posted July 15, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (2 comments)
By Lygia Navarro | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor It’s a balmy Saturday evening in Havana’s seaside… Read More
Ernest Hemingway Finca Vigia restoration update
Posted July 15, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
BY AMY DRISCOLL | Miami Herald The yellow-tiled room where Ernest Hemingway stood to write For Whom the Bell Tolls is empty now,… Read More
Damage reports from Hurricane Dennis in Cuba
Posted July 12, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
By Marc Frank | Reuters Hurricane Dennis spared the Cuban nickel, oil and tobacco industries as it roared across the island on… Read More
Casa del Habano to open 5th store in China
Posted July 12, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
DTcuba.com Shanghai, one of the major Chinese cities, will benefit from the services of a Casa del Habano, the fifth such establishment… Read More
Update after Hurricane Dennis hit Cuba
Posted July 11, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
BY RENATO PEREZ AND NANCY SAN MARTIN | Miami Herald Under a drizzle that seemed to cover all of Cuba, more than 1.5 million evacuees… Read More
Live Hurricane Dennis Updates
Posted July 08, 2005 by YoungCuban in Cuban Culture (5 comments)
I am in contact with friends & family all over Cuba who have internet access in many different areas in Cuba. Early today… Read More
Hurricane Dennis kills ten people in Cuba
Posted July 08, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
By ANITA SNOW | Associated Press Writer Hurricane Dennis lashed Cuba on its way to the Gulf of Mexico and the United States Friday,… Read More
Cricket gains popularity in Cuba
Posted July 01, 2005 by Cubana in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
NDTV Correspondent
Wednesday, June 29, 2005 (Havana)
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June 2005
Travel Ban Stays In Place
Posted June 30, 2005 by YoungCuban in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Lifting the travel ban not supported Contacts: Mavis Anderson, Philip Schmidt; Latin America Working Group (202) 546-7010 Out… Read More
Phacoemulsion, eye surgery and other ophthalmologic proceedures in Cuba
Posted June 28, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (4 comments)
DTcuba.com Physicians at the Cuban Ophthalmologic Institute, in the Cuban capital, performed some 7,000 surgeries during the first… Read More
Chinatown in Havana
Posted June 28, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
DTcuba.com Havana’s Chinatown, a symbol of the presence of Chinese culture in Cuba, is one of the hot spots for leisure… Read More
Restaurant-Pizzeria Fabio opens in Vedado Habana Cuba
Posted June 28, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
DTcuba.com The neighborhood of El Vedado, one of the busiest sectors in the Cuban capital, has a new gastronomic option for Italian… Read More
Nuclear oncology conference in Havana Cuba
Posted June 28, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
Periodico26.cu The latest advances in nuclear oncology will be shown as of Saturday in Havana during the 1st International Congress… Read More
Castro’s helpers: American librarians
Posted June 21, 2005 by Cubana in Cuban Music (7 comments)
By Duncan Currie Published: Monday, June 20, 2005 in the Washington Examiner A more accurate report on Cuban Independent Librarians… Read More
Cuban Rock music festival in Havana
Posted June 19, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
Prensa Latina Thirty Cuban rock bands will meet at a national rock festival in Havana from June 23 to 26. In a press conference… Read More
Kendry Morales to play for Anaheim Angels
Posted June 18, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
KEN PETERS | Associated Press Kendry Morales, lounging in the Rancho Cucamonga dugout before a Quakes’ game earlier this… Read More
Finca Vigia to be restored by Eusebio Leal office
Posted June 14, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
DTcuba.com Ernest Hemingway’s House-Museum, at Finca Vigía, is benefiting from capital restoration works by Cuban experts.… Read More
Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame set for Matanzas
Posted June 14, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
DTcuba.com The western Cuban province of Matanzas will be the venue of the Baseball Hall of Fame in the Caribbean Island. The… Read More
La Casa del Habano restaurants opens in Miramar
Posted June 14, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
DTcuba.com La Casa del Habano, located in 5th Avenue and 16th Street, in the Havana residential neighborhood of Miramar, has incorporated… Read More
Cuba Music Update - Egrem and independent music labels
Posted June 14, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Phil Sweeney | Belfast Telegraph Springtime in Havana, and the mood is up-beat. The US embargo may be squeezing hard, but the… Read More
Southern Leaders Discuss Trading With Cuba
Posted June 11, 2005 by YoungCuban in Cuban Cigars (1 comments)
Southern Leaders Discuss the Importance of Cuba to South’s Economy as Another Congressional Showdown on Cuba Looms This… Read More
Cuban may be world’s oldest man
Posted June 10, 2005 by Cubana in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
BY GARY MARX
Chicago Tribune
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Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to oppose restoration of Hemingway’s Finca Vigia
Posted June 03, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (6 comments)
Miami Herald Preservationists announced Thursday that the Bush administration has eased the trade embargo against Cuba enough… Read More
Afro-Cuban jazz artist Osmany Paredes plays Boston
Posted June 03, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
By Bob Young | Boston Herald Boston’s an unlikely stopping-off point for some of the world’s best young Latin jazz… Read More
US surgeons visit Cuba to perform pediatric surgery
Posted June 01, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
DTcuba.com Cuban and US physicians met in central Cienfuegos province to exchange experiences on pediatric surgery. The initiative… Read More
Santiago de Cuba celebrates 490 year anniversary
Posted June 01, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
DTcuba.com The city of Santiago de Cuba, the capital of the eastern province of the same name, has become a special attraction… Read More
May 2005
International Coalition of Art Deco Societies ICADS may hold Art Deco architecture meeing in Havana
Posted May 31, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Architecture (1 comments)
BY CASEY WOODS | Miami Herald An international network of Art Deco design enthusiasts that has roots in Miami is grappling with… Read More
Buena Vista Social Club court case moves to Havana
Posted May 31, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
By Sean O’Neill | TimesOnline.co.uk The Buena Vista Social Club has sold millions of records and now the songwriters want… Read More
Experts to preserve Ernest Hemingway documents in Havana
Posted May 31, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Prensa Latina Specialists from the United States and Cuba expressed the desire to preserve Nobel Prize of Literature (1954) laureate… Read More
Cuba develops new cholera vaccine
Posted May 31, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
Cuban scientists have developed a new cholera vaccine and are ready to do “field testing” in Africa before it is marketed… Read More
YUCA’s Need Your Help
Posted May 27, 2005 by YoungCuban in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
Help Little Bailee,off topic Dear Havanajournal visitors,friends and foes alike, I am asking for a huge favor,to please help in… Read More
Buena Vista judge to visit Cuba
Posted May 27, 2005 by Cubana in Cuban Music (1 comments)
The Guardian, UK
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YUCA Blog!
Posted May 23, 2005 by YoungCuban in Cuban Music (3 comments)
YUCA now has it’s own blog While following the growing trend of blogging,we are proud to announce YUCA now has it’s… Read More
Smithsonian Museum of American History opens Celia Cruz exhibit
Posted May 23, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
By Teresa Wiltz | Washington Post Staff Writer To describe Celia Cruz is to invoke hyperbole: She was La Reina de Salsa , the… Read More
OFAC Grants CANF Cuba Visit
Posted May 17, 2005 by YoungCuban in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
By United Press International. World Peace Herald, DC, May 13, 2005. MIAMI—The United States has given members of the anti-Castro… Read More
How Castro’s doctrine denied Mario millions
Posted May 16, 2005 by Cubana in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
By David Smith, Evening Standard
13 May 2005
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Cuban Art
Posted May 16, 2005 by YoungCuban in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
Historical Cuban Art On Ebay As a collector of Cuban art, I carefully watch eBay at all times looking for the next great find.… Read More
Needed Escozul & Surgeon In Cuba Information!
Posted May 13, 2005 by YoungCuban in Cuban Healthcare (7 comments)
Need information on Cuban surgeons Dear friends of Havana Journal and abroad. I desperately need information on who is considered… Read More
Audioslave rocks Havana
Posted May 11, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (3 comments)
John Norris | MTV.com I admit I have been lucky enough to visit many of the places in the world I’d always wanted to, but… Read More
Pope appoints new bishop in Cuba
Posted May 11, 2005 by Cubana in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
Posted on Tue, May. 10, 2005 in the Miami Herald
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Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine to play gig in Havana
Posted May 06, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (1 comments)
Prensa Latina Smiling and happy on their Cuban adventure, members of US rock band Audioslave promised to play the loudest, best… Read More
Sony recording artist and US based rock band Audioslave plays in Havana
Posted May 06, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (2 comments)
Associated Press A top U.S. rock band, Audioslave, announced Wednesday it will give a free, open-air concert on the Havana waterfront… Read More
Cuban vaccine against the Haemophilus influenzae B receives WIPO award
Posted May 03, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
DTcuba.com The Cuban vaccine against the Haemophilus influenzae B, the first of its kind obtained from synthetic antigens in the… Read More
April 2005
Cuba’s achievments & America’s Wars
Posted April 30, 2005 by YoungCuban in Cuban Culture (5 comments)
“May-2003 Castro Speech”
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April Showers Finally Bring Hope to Drought-Stricken Holguin Cuba
Posted April 28, 2005 by Cubana in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Dalia Acosta Some ran outside to take showers under the rain, other scrambled to collect every last drop in plastic tanks, pails,… Read More
YES rocker Rick Wakeman ROCKS Havana
Posted April 26, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (3 comments)
VANESSA ARRINGTON | Associated Press Cuban rockers and families alike went wild for Rick Wakeman in a seaside concert, rushing… Read More
Bobby Carcasses and Havana Jazz in Almendares Park
Posted April 23, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Mike Fuller | Prensa Latina Jazzman Bobby Carcasses and friends fill a tropical forest with sound, breathing life back into a… Read More
Rock music keyboard player from YES to give concerts in Cuba
Posted April 19, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Associated Press — Some 15 years after trying to get to Cuba, Rick Wakeman has made it to Havana, launching a weeklong trip… Read More
Las Tunas Cuba now growing tobacco and rolling Havana Cigars
Posted April 19, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
DTCuba.com Eastern Las Tunas province began producing Havana cigars for the international market this year. The factory, located… Read More
Cuban Fashion House La Maison expands
Posted April 19, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
DTCuba.com The fashion house La Maison, owned by the Cuban corporation Cimex S.A., has implemented new projects to attract both… Read More
Five years later, Elián, now 11, is living a ‘normal’ life
Posted April 17, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
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Santiago de Cuba beats Havana for Championship of Cuban Baseball 2005
Posted April 14, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Prensa Latina Santiago de Cuba defeated Havana province 2-1 in the sixth game of the best of seven series to become the champion… Read More
Health-Cuba: Anti-Smoking Measures and Safer Cigarettes
Posted April 13, 2005 by Cubana in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
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Medical Genetics Center in Holguin Cuba gets chromosome classifier
Posted April 12, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
DTCuba.com The health system in eastern Holguín province has benefited from state-of-the-art technology to improve the quality… Read More
Partagas introduces Serie P No. 2 and robusto Serie D No. 4 Reserva
Posted April 11, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (1 comments)
By James Suckling | [url=http://www.CigarAficionado.com]http://www.CigarAficionado.com[/url] Partagas is making… Read More
James Suckling review the Habanos Festival
Posted April 11, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
By James Suckling | [url=http://www.CigarAficionado.com]http://www.CigarAficionado.com[/url] British actor… Read More
The Cuban Revolution In The U.S.
Posted April 04, 2005 by YoungCuban in Cuban Culture (3 comments)
Cuban revolution support in the U.S. [url=http://www.TheCubanRevolution.com]http://www.TheCubanRevolution.com[/url]… Read More
Havana historian Eusebio Leal to visit Guatemala
Posted April 04, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
Prensa Latina Havana historian Eusebio Leal Spengler will arrive in Guatemala on Thursday, responding an invitation by the Guatemalan… Read More
March 2005
Ukrainian Health Minister thanks Cuba for treatment of Chernobyl children
Posted March 30, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
Reuters Cuba has treated 18,153 child victims of radiation fallout from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster, Ukrainian Health… Read More
Havana Film Festival in New York begins April 15
Posted March 30, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
Press Release The 6th Havana Film Festival in New York (HFFNY) will open at the Quad Cinema, NYC April 15 with award winning films… Read More
Studying law in Cuba
Posted March 30, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (2 comments)
By elaine wong | dailypennsylvanian.com Forget about Cancun and the sunny beaches of California. For Aaron Miller and a group… Read More
Cuba maintains lowest rate of tuberculosis in Americas
Posted March 24, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (2 comments)
DTcuba.com Cuba may be one the first countries in the American continent to eradicate the scourge of tuberculosis as a public… Read More
Havana Regatta ... from France
Posted March 24, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (2 comments)
DTcuba.com The city of Cienfuegos, the capital of the province of the same name, will be the destination of sailboats that will… Read More
Record participation in Terry Fox road race in Cuba
Posted March 24, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
The 8th International Terry Fox Race in Havana registered a record participation of 10,000 people, local press said on Monday.… Read More
Preston Gomez and Cuban baseball history
Posted March 23, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
By Ross Newhan, Special to The LA Times The gentleman from Cuba sits on a padded bridge chair in the shade of a dugout on a distant… Read More
Havana Film Festival in New York April 15 - 21
Posted March 22, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (1 comments)
Albor Ruiz | NY Daily Times It is that time of the year again, and film buffs are looking forward to the rare opportunity to see… Read More
Exiles cleared to visit Cuba dissidents
Posted March 22, 2005 by YoungCuban in Cuban Culture (3 comments)
Move breaks policy of U.S. foundation
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Hotel Melia Cohiba art gallery features Cuban fine art
Posted March 17, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
Roberto Campos | Prensa Latina The Havana Melia Cohiba Art Gallery attracts more tourists and experts each and every day, interested… Read More
Travel Laws To Cuba
Posted March 16, 2005 by YoungCuban in Cuban Culture (13 comments)
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Cuban erotic art displayed at gallery in Havana
Posted March 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
NewKerala.com Communist Cuba might be known for its prudery but a gallery here has opened for the 11th year running an erotic… Read More
Food, water and electricity in short supply in Cuba
Posted March 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (5 comments)
Cubanet.org Enrique Carrillo, Cubanacán Press Jorge Ramon Castillo, ICDPRESS Ibrahim Dionisio Rodríguez, Cubanacán Press 1. Areas… Read More
Cuba still suffering from worst drought in 100 years
Posted March 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
Reuters Cuba’s worst drought in a century has left one in six Cubans without running water and will get worse, a Cuban official… Read More
Cuban food at Cafe Havana in New Jersey
Posted March 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
BY S.J. GINTZLER | FOR THE STAR-LEDGER It’s all in the family at Cafe Havana, an engaging Cuban eatery in Middlesex. Chef-owners… Read More
The future of professional boxing in Cuba
Posted March 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
Matthew Goldstein | BoxingTalk.net Within this piece, I will do my best to refrain from ideological philosophy, yet explain why… Read More
Demand exceeds capacity at Havana computer center
Posted March 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
Felix Reyes Gutierrez | Cubanacán Press | cubanet.org As many as 40 would-be students could not register for computer instruction… Read More
Cuban cigarettes in short supply in Santiago de Cuba
Posted March 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
Jorge Ramon Castillo | ICDPRESS | cubanet.org A shortage of Aromas-brand cigarettes in Santiago de Cuba outlets has led to speculation,… Read More
Cuban Artist Jorge PÈrez DuportÈ featured in Pinar del Rio
Posted March 15, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
DTcuba.com La Oficina Gallery, in western Pinar del Río province, is hosting an exhibition by Cuban artist Jorge Perez Duporte.… Read More
Cuban biotechnology science develops new vaccine for children
Posted March 15, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
DTcuba.com Cuba’s health system has incorporated a new vaccine into the nationwide immunization program to protect children… Read More
Che Guevara & Jesse James
Posted March 15, 2005 by YoungCuban in Cuban Culture (2 comments)
“Che” Freedom Fighter or Murderer?
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President in secret talks with Cuba - West Wing NBC March 16
Posted March 14, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (2 comments)
NBC.com NINETY MILES AWAY 9pm 2005-03-16 MEMORIES THAT LINGER - When speculations fly surrounding the nexus between communist… Read More
Calle Ocho
Posted March 11, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
A million revelers are expected for Little Havana’s big block party
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Latin Jews finding a home in South Florida
Posted March 11, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
Mariano Moshe Otero grew up struggling to understand both his faiths.
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Castro opts for steam power
Posted March 10, 2005 by Cubana in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
Associated Press
Thursday March 10, 2005
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Cuban show plans dream gig in Miami
Posted March 07, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Music (0 comments)
The largest troupe of Cuban performers to defect from the island arrived for a sold-out performance at the University of Miami… Read More
Havana Night Club show in Las Vegas
Posted March 06, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
By Jack Zink | Theater Writer | Sun Sentinel What most people know about Havana Night Club—The Show is that 50 Cuban singers,… Read More
Moviemaker Humberto Solas Receives Cuba Cinema Award
Posted March 04, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
[url=http://www.DTcuba.com]http://www.DTcuba.com[/url] Humberto Solás, one of Cuba’s best moviemakers,… Read More
Uma Thurman in Havana?
Posted March 04, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (13 comments)
By Anthony Boadle | Reuters Publisher note: The real title of this story is “Castro snubs cigar aficionados at Habanos Festiva”… Read More
Havana Carnival
Posted March 04, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
[url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url] | BY RAFAEL LAM The Havana carnival is now held in February… Read More
Havana Cigar Festival offers connoisseurs Partagas factory tour
Posted March 04, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
By Vanessa Arrington | ASSOCIATED PRESS With Spanish-language love songs blaring overhead, workers methodically fashioned the… Read More
The worst drought in Cuba in over 100 years
Posted March 04, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
[url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url] More than $20 million allocated in recent months to alleviate… Read More
Cuban brothers make their pitch in Orioles camp
Posted March 02, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Exiles, 25 and 20, seek home in O’s organization
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Cuban Music Taps London Cigar and Cocktail Scene
Posted March 02, 2005 by Cubana in Cuban Music (1 comments)
By Anthony Boadle
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Santeria Flights To Cuba
Posted March 01, 2005 by YoungCuban in Cuban Culture (3 comments)
Is Santeria used as ploy to skirt travel rules to Cuba? A Santeria group with a religious license to travel unimpeded to Cuba… Read More
February 2005
Elián González’s grandmother dies
Posted February 28, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Elián González’s maternal grandmother—who visited Miami, New York and Washington, D.C., five years ago in an attempt… Read More
International cigar festival ends in Cuba
Posted February 27, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
VANESSA ARRINGTON | Associated Press Hundreds of cigar lovers, including British actor Jeremy Irons, wrapped up an international… Read More
Former Cuban Presidents Found On Ebay!
Posted February 25, 2005 by YoungCuban in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
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Underground video satirizes Cuban secret police
Posted February 24, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (2 comments)
BY NANCY SAN MARTIN | Miami Herald A 15-minute clandestine video has Cubans on the island chuckling over jabs at state security… Read More
GUILLERMO CABRERA INFANTE | 1929-2005
Posted February 22, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Music (1 comments)
Spanish literature loses Cuban writer, icon Guillermo Cabrera Infante, a Cuban writer who earned praise for his books and won… Read More
To Live in Cuba
Posted February 22, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (2 comments)
By TRACEY EATON | The Dallas Morning News After the 1959 revolution, Cuba’s rebel government snatched thousands of properties… Read More
Healthcare in Havana Cuba
Posted February 19, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (3 comments)
By Susan Kepecs | Special to The Capital Times Cuba is not paradise. But Fidel Castro’s health care system racks up some… Read More
Festival del Habano
Posted February 11, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
Habanos SA cigar Executives Eduardo Gonzalez, Cuban international marketing manager of Habanos S.A., enjoys a Cohiba Robusto cigar… Read More
Cuban Cigar Habanos Festival exempt from new non-smoking law
Posted February 11, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
AP Latin America Aficionados of Cuba’s famous hand-rolled cigars will be able to puff away without fear of running afoul… Read More
Living to 120 years old in Cuba
Posted February 10, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
Reuters Cuba’s “120 Years Club,” inspired by President Fidel Castro to help Cubans live to a ripe old age, has… Read More
US and Cuban students share love of softball
Posted February 10, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (1 comments)
The Associated Press Through gestures and bits of each other’s language, teenagers Mara Blesoff of the United States and… Read More
The H Magazine - Havana Cuba essential lifestyle magazine
Posted February 10, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (1 comments)
I just got my first issue of The H magazine and it is fantastic. I met with the publisher and he gave me a few promo copies. The… Read More
HOWARD ZINN, SPECIAL GUEST AT HAVANA BOOK FAIR
Posted February 10, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Cuban Music (0 comments)
By Luis Miranda Sanchez | Cubanow.net Howard Zinn, one of the best-known left-wing intellectuals in the United States, is among… Read More
A Delicious Look at Cuban Food
Posted February 09, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (1 comments)
by: Merrie Schonbach The Internet is a great resource for food lovers. You can find everything from recipes to home delivery of… Read More
Havana Bay becoming less polluted
Posted February 09, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
Patricia Grogg | IPSnews.net ‘‘I want a clean and healthy bay, with many pelicans feeding in its waters,’’… Read More
Havana Biotech and Healthcare Update
Posted February 08, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
AIN The forceful advancement of Cuban Science finds in the Cuban Capital a stronghold, with over 100 research centers. The program… Read More
Louise Bourgeois displays US art in Havana
Posted February 08, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
Reuters Sculptures and prints by Louise Bourgeois, including her monumental “Maman” spider, went on show in Havana… Read More
Alicia Alonso and the Ballet Nacional de Cuba
Posted February 06, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Cuban Movies (4 comments)
By ERIKA KINETZ | New York Times AS the curtain closed on the final gala of the International Festival of Ballet in Havana in… Read More
Antonio Gattorno - Master Cuban Painter
Posted February 06, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Movies (2 comments)
BY FABIOLA SANTIAGO | Miami Herald He studied alongside Dalí, rubbed elbows with Picasso in Paris, bantered about art in East… Read More
HAVANA NIGHT CLUB
Posted February 03, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Defectors will bring show to S. Florida Performers of the Havana Night Club show caught the world’s attention by defecting… Read More
Unburying the Forgotten Presence of Gypsies in Cuba
Posted February 01, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Cuban Culture (2 comments)
[url=http://www.Peridico26.cu]http://www.Peridico26.cu[/url] Gypsy characters have become something of a fashion… Read More
January 2005
Havana skyline by air and Havana by satellite
Posted January 31, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
Not sure who to credit on these photos since we’ve had them for a while. Anyway, and interesting way to view… Read More
Fidel Castro on October 1963 MAD magazine cover
Posted January 31, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
Fidel Castro and the exploding cigar. Leave it to MAD magazine to lighten up current events. … Read More
Havana Cigars - Roll your own
Posted January 31, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
Couldn’t resist posting this photo someone sent us. Cigar rollers are entitled to smoke while they work. This lady is certainly… Read More
Cuban literature portal launches- CubaLiteraria.cu
Posted January 31, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
DTcuba.com Cubaliteraria, the portal of Cuban literature, will present its new digital format on the occasion of the 14th International… Read More
Havana International Book Fair declines to invite Plaza Mayor
Posted January 29, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (2 comments)
Associated Press Cuban authorities organizing Havana’s annual international book fair declined to invite, for the first… Read More
Cuba Film Festival in New Zealand
Posted January 28, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
Thread.co.nz Si! Cuba! a season of ten films celebrating forty years of film production in Cuba will be presented in Auckland… Read More
Cafe Havana and Cafe Cuban domain names for sale
Posted January 27, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
Domains for sale by Havana Journal: CafeCubana.com Cafe Cubana CafeHabana.net Cafe Habana Cafe-Havana.com Cafe-Havana CafeHavana.com… Read More
Cafe Con Leche - NYC Restaurants - CafeConLeche.com
Posted January 27, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (3 comments)
The CafeConLeche.com domain name is owned by Havana Journal Inc and may be for sale. Cafe con leche is a descriptive phrase for… Read More
Elegant and obese, dancers break stereotypes in Cuba
Posted January 27, 2005 by Cubana in Cuban Culture (3 comments)
Article in th Naples Daily News
By ANNE-MARIE GARCIA, Associated Press
January 27, 2005
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Cuban Music: AfroCuban All Stars - Distinto Diferente
Posted January 27, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Amazon.com With a debut as smashing as their 1997 A Toda Cuba Le Gusta, the Afro Cuban All Stars would have to hit on all cylinders… Read More
Los Van Van to release Chapeando
Posted January 25, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
DTcuba.com Los Van Van, one of Cuba’s most popular orchestras, will present their latest record, entitled “Chapeando”,… Read More
Thalassotherapy in Jardines del Rey Cuba
Posted January 25, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
DTcuba.com Jardines del Rey, tourist destination in the northern keys off eastern Ciego de Avila province, offers facilities where… Read More
Conde de Villanueva Inn for Havana Cigar Aficionados
Posted January 25, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
DTcuba.com The Conde de Villanueva Inn, run by the Cuban company Habaguanex S.A., is considered one of the most attractive places… Read More
How to quit smoking Habanos cigars: Don’t smoke in public in Cuba
Posted January 22, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
Newkerala.com Cuba, the country long associated with fine cigars, has abruptly decided to take steps to ban smoking in public.… Read More
Cuban Migrants Missing in Waters off South Florida
Posted January 20, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Culture (0 comments)
SEARCH SUSPENDED FOR MIGRANTS MISSING IN WATERS OFF SOUTH FLORIDA
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Osleidys Menendez named Cuba’s woman Athlete of the Year
Posted January 19, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
Jan. 18, 2005 [url=http://www.xinhuanet.com]http://www.xinhuanet.com[/url] [url=http://www.xinhuanet.com]http://www.xinhuanet.com[/url]… Read More
Dying to Get Here - A Story of Coming to America from Cuba
Posted January 19, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (6 comments)
By Author Matt Lawrence Dying to Get Here is based upon my own experiences as director of special projects for Freedom Flight… Read More
Cuba launches no smoking rules for cigars and cigarettes
Posted January 18, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ | Associated Press Writer Cuba, known for its world-famous cigars, will soon ask smokers of those fine stogies,… Read More
Cuba and Rwanda sign health cooperation agreement
Posted January 18, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
A Package of News Briefs From the Caribbean The Associated Press Published: Jan 17, 2005 http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBE165B34E.html… Read More
Havana Biotech and Healthcare Update
Posted January 18, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (0 comments)
AIN The forceful advancement of Cuban Science finds in the Cuban Capital a stronghold, with over 100 research centers. The program… Read More
Real Wilfredo Lam Painting On eBay!
Posted January 16, 2005 by YoungCuban in Cuban Movies (0 comments)
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TRACKING DOWN THE CELTS IN CUBA AND THE IRISH IN HAVANA
Posted January 14, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Cuban Culture (10 comments)
By John Moran | Cubanow.net Irish visitors to Cuba often remark on the identification they feel with the warmth and sense of fun… Read More
ALEJO CARPENTIER: ONE OF THE GREAT 20th CENTURY FIGURES
Posted January 14, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Cuban Music (1 comments)
By Roberto Fernandez Retamar | Cubanow.net Very few authors established such close relationships in their work as writer Alejo… Read More
Western researchers at work in Cuba
Posted January 14, 2005 by Cubana in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
By Alan Johnston
Article in Western News, journal of the University of Western Ontario
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Cuban biotech advances with lung cancer vaccine production
Posted January 13, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Healthcare (1 comments)
Periodico26.com Three new plants will begin producing the Cuban therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer to be used for clinical… Read More
Cuba news publication Espacios to cease operations
Posted January 13, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Associated Press | The alternative Christian magazine Espacios, one of a few independent publications in Cuba’s mostly state-run… Read More
MAP OF THE CUBAN ART
Posted January 13, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Cuban Movies (4 comments)
By SHANNON PHILLIPS | Vue Weekly Under Castro, visual artists are allowed a level of freedom of expression that the rest of the… Read More
1940s Vintage Bacardi Hatuey beer brochure
Posted January 12, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Cigars (0 comments)
Found listed on ebay original vintage Bacardi Hatuey brochure Brochure has 12 pages and a color plate. Size of the brochure is… Read More
Antonio Benitez-Rojo, author and professor, passes away
Posted January 10, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Cuban Music (0 comments)
Associated Press Antonio Benitez-Rojo, an award-winning author and Spanish professor at Amherst College, died Wednesday after… Read More
Santeria priests babalao in Cuba release 2005 Letra del Año predictions
Posted January 05, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Culture (7 comments)
By Vanessa Arrington | Associated Press Writer Note the 2006 Letra del Año can be read here Revered priests of Cuba’s Santeria… Read More
Museum of Modern Art Acquires Books by Cuban Vigía Publishing House
Posted January 04, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
DTcuba.com The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) of New York has acquired a collection of the latest books published by the Cuban publishing… Read More
Canadians enjoy Hockey Night in Cuba
Posted January 02, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Sports (0 comments)
GREG COATES | TORONTO STAR Tropical breezes, Pina Coladas and hockey? That’s right. For those of you missing the National… Read More
Cuba and Its Music
Posted January 02, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Music (0 comments)
The Guardian Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo by Ned Sublette Remember “Babalú”, Desi Arnaz’s… Read More
Cuba in Las Vegas - Havana Night Club and Tropical Passions are a top draws in Vegas
Posted January 02, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Movies (1 comments)
BY TIMOTHY PRATT | Miami Herald For the first time in at least 45 years, two high-profile Cuban acts are playing the Las Vegas… Read More
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