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Cuban American Alliance Education Fund
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
NEWS SUMMARY // RESUMEN DE NOTICIAS
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Court Largely Upholds Florida Law That Put Sharp Limits on Academic Travel to Cuba
Chronicle of Higher Education - September 1
By Karin Fischer
A federal appeals court has upheld a Florida law that restricts students, faculty members, and researchers at the state's public colleges and universities from traveling to Cuba and four other countries that the U.S. government considers terrorist states.
Cuban migrants held for ransom in Mexico rescued, government says
CNN International - September 1
By Arthur Brice, CNN
(CNN) -- Mexican authorities have rescued six undocumented Cuban migrants who had been held for ransom for a month in Cancun, a vacation hotspot on the nation's Yucatan Peninsula, the state-run Notimex news agency reported Wednesday.
Depressed Reservoirs Affect Rice Production in Cuba
Cuban News Agency - September 1
CAMAGUEY, Cuba, Sept 1 (acn) The eastern Cuban province of Camaguey’s rice production will not meet the expected output due to the effects of draught, since the two main reservoirs used to provide water for the plantations remain depressed.
Camagüey to Organize 3rd National Meeting on Economic Thought
Radio Cadena Agramonte - September 1
Camagüey, Cuba, Sep 1. – Experts in the fields of economics who are members of the National Association of Economists and Accountants of Cuba (ANEC), confirmed Wednesday that they will attend the 3rd National Event on Economic Thought – which will take place in the eastern province of Camagüey September 9-10.
Cuba: Improved Lab Services for HIV-AIDS Patients
Escambray - September 1
By Arelis Garcia
Over 1 000 HIV-AIDS patients have been treated in the new flow asymmetry laboratory facility opened one year ago in Sancti Spiritus’s Camilo Cienfuegos Regional Hospital.
Cerrará el verano a toque de tambor
Juventud Rebelde - 1 de septiembre
Por Yelanys Hernández Fusté / yelanys@juventudrebelde.cu
Siete agrupaciones rumberas despedirán la presente cita estival con un gran concierto este domingo, en el capitalino Palacio de la Rumba, explicó ayer en conferencia de prensa Santiago Salcedo, director de la institución.
BREVES INTERNACIONALES
Venezuelan tour operator hopes to tap into Cuba's tourist flow
Cuba Standard.com (blog) - September 1
By establishing weekly charter flights from Havana to Barquisimeto, a Venezuelan tour operator hopes to tap into Cuba’s stream of foreign visitors.
Grupo Pegazul C.A., which is offering the Friday flights beginning Sept. 3, is a 15-year old Caracas-based Cuba specialist with offices in Havana.
CASAS DE CRISTAL
España: aumenta número de empleadas eróticas
BBC Mundo - 1ro de septiembre
Por Anelise Infante / BBC, Madrid
El trabajo es una mezcla de servicios de limpieza, cocina, lavar y planchar, con actividades eróticas.
La crisis económica global está impulsando una nueva modalidad de trabajo en España: los servicios domésticos eróticos realizados por mujeres; lo que en ese país se conoce como "pornochachas".
El trabajo es una mezcla de servicios de limpieza, cocina, lavar y planchar con actividades eróticas.
Sólo en el último mes, se detectaron más de 750.000 anuncios de empleadas que ofrecen este servicio en la prensa escrita e internet.
Tony Blair: 'I cried for Iraq war victims'
AP - September 1
By Jill Lawless (AP)
LONDON — Tony Blair regrets banning fox hunting, but not invading Iraq. He was captivated by Princess Diana, intimidated by Queen Elizabeth II. He heaps praise on President George W. Bush but calls his close colleague Gordon Brown a man of "zero" emotional intelligence. He acknowledges that some find him delusional, and says he possibly drank a bit too much.
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Las confesiones de Roger Noriega
Cubadebate - 1ro de septiembre
Por Hedelberto López Blanch
Durante los ocho años que duró la presidencia de George W. Bush, la Casa Blanca hizo lo imposible por tratar de desestabilizar al gobierno revolucionario cubano no solo siguiendo la tradición de las anteriores administraciones sino incluso superándolas.
Recientemente, el ex subsecretario de Estado para América Latina de la administración Bush, Roger Noriega, en una entrevista realizada en Washington por el periodista Roberto Rodríguez, y transmitida en el programa “Lo que otros no dicen” de la emisora WQBA de Unión Radio, radicada en Miami, reconoció que el ex jefe de la Oficina de Intereses de Estados Unidos en La Habana tenía órdenes del Departamento de Estado de provocar al gobierno de la Isla para que lo expulsaran del país.
La respuesta de Estados Unidos sería entonces retirar su representación en La Habana y le pediría al gobierno de Cuba que hiciera lo mismo con su similar en Washington.
La página web en Internet, “Qué pasa Miami” ofreció recientemente parte de esta información y ahora Cubadebate obtuvo la grabación, la cual ponemos a disposición de nuestros lectores para que se comprenda el grado de agresividad mostrado por la administración Bush contra Cuba y las intenciones manifiestas de crear problemas dentro de la Isla para tratar de llegar hasta el cierre de las misiones en ambos países.
Periodista- Qué faltó por hacer durante la administración Bush con respecto a Cuba?
RN- En mi opinión, el único reglamento que no utilizamos contra Cuba fue la invasión militar. Ese fue lo único que no estuvo sobre la mesa, pero queríamos un cambio importante y apoyamos en un grado histórico a los disidentes en Cuba y sí hubo una intención durante la administración Bush de lograr un cambio de gobierno en Cuba y definitivamente eso fue una prioridad durante esa administración.
Periodista- ¿Por qué no se logró?
RN- Por la falta de cambio por parte del régimen que pudo recibir dinero de Venezuela, lo que resultó un salvavidas para Cuba. En mi opinión fue una gran lástima que eso ocurrió.
Periodista- Algunas personas dicen que Estados Unidos nunca ha trabajado realmente por un cambio de gobierno en Cuba porque tiene miedo a un éxodo masivo.
Puedo hablar de una manera muy franca sobre el tema porque soy uno de sus arquitectos y porque miembros de mi equipo hablamos muchas veces sobre esto. Preferíamos un cambio a que hubiera un caos. Los cubanos han tenido demasiada estabilidad durante décadas y es una realidad que la burocracia y los militares estadounidenses prefieren una estabilidad. Pero los miembros de mi equipo decíamos que la estabilidad es el enemigo y que el caos es el amigo si se esta tratando de cambiar a un régimen de manera profunda, un régimen tan integrado. Evidentemente el caos era una necesidad para cambiar la realidad. No es una broma, es un tema muy serio pero la realidad es que hablábamos de esa manera y reconozco que nuestro equipo dentro del Consejo de Seguridad lo deseaba. Por ejemplo, le decíamos a nuestro amigo James Cason cuando estaba a cargo de la Oficina de Intereses en La Habana que ojalá el provocara que el régimen lo expulsara del país. El objetivo nuestro era que lo expulsaran del país para nosotros responder cerrando la oficina de Intereses de Cuba en Washington.
Creo que la inteligencia cubana sabía eso porque hablamos por teléfono abiertamente y no escondíamos nuestras intenciones y eso es lo que tienen que reconocer aquí en la administración estadounidense.
Hasta aquí la entrevista de este ex sub secretario de Estado. Pese a querer derrocar al gobierno cubano, al crear y aupar a grupos desafectos y de arreciar el bloqueo económico contra la Isla, la administración Bush salió frustrada al igual que sus antecesoras.
Do as I say, not as I do
La Alborada - September 2
Cuba is told all the time by some other nations that it should stop being what it is, and thereby join the community of civilized nations, i.e., them. It should welcome neoliberalism and globalization, institute term limits for the presidency, let big corporations run its affairs, cease the madness of free eye operations for the poor, and so on.
Sometimes, however, one has to wonder what the full list of instructions includes.
In recent news, we see that, in Mexico, criminal gangs hold hostage for ramson Cuban migrants who are on the way to the U.S. (they have no plans to stay in Mexico). Some of the gangs are the same ones that decapitate people, dissolve bodies in barrels of acid, kill entire families, and pursue a hugely profitable drug trade. They also hold for ramson Central American emigrants heading for the U.S., and, if the latter don't pay, kill them by the dozens.
In Spain, we find a recent trend to the temporary hiring of erotic houseworkers. They are expected to clean house or cook in few or no clothes and otherwise entertain their employers. The director of the Spanish Association of Houses of Prostitution notes that "in the last 15 years" not even 5% of the workers were Spanish (the rest would have been from the underdeveloped countries, we surmise), but now Spanish women make up 30%. "There are people who cannot pay the monthly bills and are worn out," said the director, who is a man. "In 30 years in the business I have seen nothing like this."
In the U.K., the big news is the publication of Tony Blair's memoirs of his years in government. He's not sorry about joining the war against Iraq. He still believes that "leaving Saddam in power was a bigger risk to our security than removing him." That is, he thought that Hussein's government could become a problem, so it was better to remove him at once, just in case, even if he had to invent evidence to justify the war. He confesses, in other words, that he meant to start a preemptive war, which according to the principles of the U.N. makes him a war criminal. He cried for the people killed in the war, he writes in the book, but that appears to mean the people of the UK, not of Iraq. He left the government that succeeded his party an unmanegeable debt. Still, he is making gobs of money these days (an advance of 7 million € just for the book, and he's donating that for wounded UK troops) and has been named as a special envoy for peace in the Middle East.
Reading these and other news items, especially as the world economic crisis generated by Wall Street speculators shows few signs of abating, we wonder about the full list of instructions for Cuba. Are these examples of the civilized societies to be emulated? What exactly are the Cubans expected to do?
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Nature Travels Back in Time to a Forgotten Paradise in Cuba: the Accidental Eden
Business Wire (press release) - September 1
NEW YORK-- To launch its 29th Season, Nature travels to the forbidden island of Cuba, a tropical paradise off limits to Americans but just offshore of the United States. Cuba’s wild splendor has been preserved by half a century of political isolation and economic stagnation. Now it faces the pressing challenge of protecting its precious natural assets while transitioning into the 21st Century. New economic policies on are on the horizon, and large scale tourism is bound to follow. The U.S. government has been in recent negotiations to end its long trade embargo with Cuba. While that has yet to happen, Nature offers viewers unrestricted access to the crown jewel of the Caribbean in Cuba: The Accidental Eden, premiering Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). The series’ Season 29 premiere provides a rare glimpse into the hidden world of “jumping” Cuban crocodiles and majestic coral reefs and follows scientists in their valiant endeavor to maintain and foster Cuba’s delicate ecosystems.
“There are few accidents in nature,” said Fred Kaufman, Series Executive Producer. “But if there is one, Cuba’s beguiling wildlife is one to behold. And with the ongoing discussion to lift the Cuban embargo, it’s a timely film to usher in a new season of Nature.”
Decades of relative isolation have allowed Cuba’s diverse landscapes and intriguing indigenous creatures to flourish. Just 90 miles from Florida, the island nation contains miles of untouched tropical forests, intact wetlands, and unspoiled desert coasts. As the largest of the Caribbean islands, Cuba boasts an extensive collection of the smallest animals of their kind – including the world’s smallest bat, the smallest owl, and the tiny bee hummingbird, the smallest bird of all. It’s also home to one of the most extensive coral reefs in the Western Hemisphere.
Along with Cuba’s rich natural beauty, Nature explores the critical conservation work of dedicated Cuban scientists, some of whom make merely $25 a month. Among the passionate conservationists working in the field is biologist Emma Palacios Lemagne, who’s researching how polymita, Cuba’s beautiful painted snails, evolve. Herpetologist Roberto “Tony” Ramos has the dangerous duty of tracking the rarest of crocs, the “jumping” Cuban crocodile. Another specialist, Leonardo Valido, monitors nesting sea turtles whose hatchlings’ chances of survival are one in a thousand. One of the few American scientists working in Cuba is marine biologist David Guggenheim. He studies Cuba’s vast network of coral reefs, the sign of a healthy ocean. According to scientific data, 25 percent of world’s coral reefs have disappeared due to pollution and other ecological factors. An estimated half of the coral population will be extinct or diseased in the next 25 years. But Cuba’s coral reefs are thriving. To Guggenheim’s surprise, he stumbles upon a spectacular elkhorn coral, now one of the rarest corals in the world. He and his fellow scientists hope that through their research and wise government policies, Cuba will serve as a conservation model throughout the Caribbean. More:
Cuban Artist to Exhibit Paintings and Sculptures in US University
Cuban News Agency - September 1
CAMAGUEY, Cuba, Sept 1 (acn) Works by Cuban artist Martha Jimenez, from the province of Camaguey, will be exhibited at the Emerson College in Boston, US, at the invitation of the institution.
This is the first exhibition of Jimenez’s work in the US, where she recently concluded a tour of six states.
The Cuban artist was also invited to give lectures at the university devoted to the study of communication and performing arts.
The exhibition consists of nine paintings and the same number of ceramics and it will be unveiled in October. The pieces selected for the display show a few changes in the artist’s creation like a greater use of allegories to mark the intentionality of her messages, more colorful patinas on the ceramics and sober shades in the pictorial work.
However, the artists maintains one of the hallmarks of her career, that is scenes alluding to costumbrismo, with mostly pompous and sensual female characters and elements that make reference to the daily life in the island.
Jimenez told ACN she is currently devoting more time to painting than to pottery, contrary to what she has done throughout her career so far.
Member of the Cuban contemporary vanguard, Jimenez has been awarded several prizes including the Distinction for the National Culture in 1997 by UNESCO. She was more recently acknowledged by the Contemporary Art Biennial of China, this year.
+ Martha Jimenez: paintings by a Cuban ceramist?
+ Cuban Ceramist's Artworks Awarded in China
+ Plaza del Carmen, an architectural jewel of Camagüey
DEPORTES (TITULARES)
Cuba asciende en ranking mundial de ajedrez
Bruzón exhibe récord personal en el ranking universal de ajedrez
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IMAGENES
“Dándole agua al Dominó” en Arte en la Rampa
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