tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:47:40 +0000Up to date information about Cuba. Press reports about Cuba from lots of Cuban and international sources.http://cubadata.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)Blogger5000125CubaVerdadhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-6478598803516166852Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:47:00 +00002009-11-20T02:47:40.570-08:00Posted on Thursday, 11.19.09U.S.-CUBA RELATIONSBlogger in Cuba has D.C.'s ears, not Raúl'sA blogger in Cuba who's not afraid to take on the authorities has gained attention at the White House and on Capitol Hill.BY JUAN O. TAMAYO AND LESLEY CLARKlclark@MiamiHerald.comWASHINGTON -- Cuba's celebrated and increasingly brassy blogger Yoani Sánchez emerged Thursday as a player in U.S.-Cuba relations, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/5j28N-3qi_U/blogger-in-cuba-has-dcs-ears-not-rauls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/blogger-in-cuba-has-dcs-ears-not-rauls.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-3980979637191137564Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:41:00 +00002009-11-20T02:41:42.045-08:00Posted: 10:44 PM Nov 19, 2009Concerts Planned to Aid Cuban Hurricane VictimsHundreds of schools were damaged in Cuba during last year's devastating hurricane season, and now a group of international musicians is raising funds to help reconstruction work.Reporter: CBS News Wire ServicesHundreds of schools were damaged in Cuba during last year's devastating hurricane season, and now a group of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/18BKojvZMfk/concerts-planned-to-aid-cuban-hurricane.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/concerts-planned-to-aid-cuban-hurricane.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-619350958963062051Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:40:00 +00002009-11-20T02:40:31.336-08:00Beyond the Embargo: Cuban ArtExhibition of prints exposes difficulties, talents of Cuban artistsPublished: Friday, November 20, 2009This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution and Fidel Castro's rise to power, a period of drastic cultural and political change in the island nation's history. Marking this occasion, The Boston Printmakers, an artists' association at Emmanuel Collegehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/7jT-ZIoQac8/beyond-embargo-cuban-art.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/beyond-embargo-cuban-art.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-1853886902278178626Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:37:00 +00002009-11-20T02:37:52.408-08:00Impassioned debate on Cuba travel banAt House hearing, both sides invoke name of same dissidentBy Mary Beth SheridanWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, November 20, 2009At a tempestuous hearing Thursday, one House member after another criticized a growing campaign to lift the ban on American tourists traveling to Cuba. The move would reward a regime that oppresses its own people, lawmakers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/dd5KRjO18EE/impassioned-debate-on-cuba-travel-ban.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/impassioned-debate-on-cuba-travel-ban.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-5907696907913575871Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:36:00 +00002009-11-20T02:36:15.093-08:00Don't go to CubaNational Post Published: Friday, November 20, 2009As the weather turns against us and holidays approach, many Canadians will eagerly begin to plan their winter escapes to hotter climes. Each year, hundreds of thousands of us travel to the island of Cuba, to enjoy the sun, surf and hospitality for which the island is justly famous.But the island is infamous, too. While tourists http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/TRvyHlTSyBI/dont-go-to-cuba.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/dont-go-to-cuba.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-579389483062892605Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:34:00 +00002009-11-20T02:34:20.814-08:00Posted on Friday, 11.20.09Still in agonyOUR OPINION: Rights report shows Cuba's new boss same as old bossThe title of the latest Human Rights Watch report on Cuba succinctly describes the dismal state of civil liberties on the island since Raúl Castro took over for his ailing brother in July of 2006: ``New Castro, Same Cuba.''Anyone who thought that the world's longest-serving little brother http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/G_0KvKbChPk/still-in-agony.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/still-in-agony.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-2116278619315693860Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:27:00 +00002009-11-20T02:27:42.498-08:00Diario Las AmericasPublicado el 11-19-2009¿Por qué Honduras sí y Cuba no?Sugiere Diego Suárez, presidente del CLC, como posible octava pregunta al presidente Obama, quien en un hecho sin precedentes dio respuesta a Yoani Sánchez. La bloguera cubana recibirá este sábado la máxima condecoración del Consejo.Por Ena CurnowDiario Las Américas"Por qué Honduras sí y Cuba, no? sugiere Diego Suárez, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/ByiotC9zObQ/por-que-honduras-si-y-cuba-no.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/por-que-honduras-si-y-cuba-no.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-2388355706182339141Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:24:00 +00002009-11-20T02:25:08.308-08:00Informe HRW imposibilita otro paso de Obama hacia Cuba: Castañeda. Con Ciro Gómez Leyva19 Nov 2009El internacionalista, Jorge Castañeda consideró que al presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, casi le imposibilita otro paso unilateral hacia Cuba debido al informe emitido por la organización Human Rights Watch (HRW) en materia de derechos humanos en la isla, bajo el gobierno de Raúl Castro.El http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/5awqGmT4MWg/informe-hrw-imposibilita-otro-paso-de.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/informe-hrw-imposibilita-otro-paso-de.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-769676350499298870Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:18:00 +00002009-11-20T02:18:31.276-08:00CubaLos gobiernos extranjeros interceden para que los bancos cubanos paguen sus deudas con las empresas privadasLA HABANA, 19 Nov. (Reuters/EP) - Los gobiernos extranjeros se mantienen bajo una creciente presión en medio de una fuerte crisis motivo por el cual han comenzado a interceder para que sus empresas nacionales recuperen cientos de millones de dólares congelados en los bancos estataleshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/GcsfdQ2WDbw/los-gobiernos-extranjeros-interceden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/los-gobiernos-extranjeros-interceden.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-3362903460948155731Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:15:00 +00002009-11-20T02:15:41.520-08:00Desde que existe la salsa agridulce: Conversación con Yoani SánchezGustavo Pardo ValdésLA HABANA, Cuba, noviembre (www.cubanet.org) - Una persona famosa lo es,sin dudas, la bloguera Yoani Sánchez. Vive en el último piso de unedificio de 14 plantas en la calle Factor del municipio Plaza de laRevolución.Es esta la segunda entrevista que Yoani concede a Cubanet; la primerafue en junio de 2008 y en http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/MUfzktSt69Q/desde-que-existe-la-salsa-agridulce.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/desde-que-existe-la-salsa-agridulce.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-2682070743901592776Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:15:00 +00002009-11-20T02:15:37.751-08:00FinanzasLos gobiernos extranjeros, bajo presión por los cientos de millones dedólares congelados en la Isla'Deben estar al borde del colapso o no tienen idea lo que estánhaciendo', dijo un agregado comercial europeo sobre la actitud del régimen.Agencias | 19/11/2009Los gobiernos extranjeros están bajo creciente presión para intercederpor empresas con cientos de millones de dólares congelados en http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/m7VxjwmHWU0/los-gobiernos-extranjeros-bajo-presion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/los-gobiernos-extranjeros-bajo-presion.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-4580611379557334714Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:15:00 +00002009-11-20T02:15:32.778-08:00"LE PIDO A DIOS TERMINE DE ENVIARME LA MUERTE, PORQUE NO AGUANTO MÁS"2009-11-20.Raúl Luis Risco Pérez, Red Cubana de Comunicadores Comunitarios(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- Ciudad de La Habana, 19 de noviembre de2009.- Roberto Sotolongo Vélez, residente en calle Fidelina, No. 32interior, entre Basilisia y Santa Rosa, Reparto Cuba Libre, Pinar delRío, es un anciano de 84 años de edad que vive solohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/j8XOA61uec4/le-pido-dios-termine-de-enviarme-la.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/le-pido-dios-termine-de-enviarme-la.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-6321768229831671349Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:15:00 +00002009-11-20T02:15:30.407-08:00EL MODELO DE DESARROLLO AGRÍCOLA CUBANO EN EL PERIODO 1959-19902009-11-20.Dr. Armando Nova González, Profesor e Investigador(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).-Periodo previo a 1959En el histórico alegato La Historia me Absolverá, durante el juicio delMoncada, el Dr. Fidel Castro Rúz, manifestó: "..cinco leyesrevolucionarias que serían proclamadas inmediatamente después de tomarel cuartel Moncada y http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/6zF4r6z_CMI/el-modelo-de-desarrollo-agricola-cubano.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/el-modelo-de-desarrollo-agricola-cubano.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-2729983569354723616Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:15:00 +00002009-11-20T02:15:26.626-08:00MÁS REPRESIÓN Y CORRUPCIÓN, EL BINOMIO DE RAÚL CASTRO2009-11-19.Elías Amor, Economista ULC.(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- Dos informes recientes de TransparencyInternational y de la organización Human Rights Watch han venido aconfirmar que los cambios propuestos por Raúl Castro al inicio de sumandato se han quedado en simples promesas que, en ningún caso, hanservido para mejorar la situación del http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/L1HGyAL9wGI/mas-represion-y-corrupcion-el-binomio.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/mas-represion-y-corrupcion-el-binomio.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-3874364210651823863Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:15:00 +00002009-11-20T02:15:14.283-08:00CERRADO EL SALÓN DE CIRUGÍA CARDIOVASCULAR DEL HOSPITAL HERMANOS AMEIJEIRAS2009-11-19.Richard Morera Ramos, Periodista Independiente(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- Ha sido cerrado el salón de cirugíacardiovascular en el hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras desde el día 6 denoviembre, por inundaciones y filtraciones dentro de la instalación,sito en San Lázaro # 701, municipio Centro Habana.Según el padre dehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/XRlTsomXZ2o/cerrado-el-salon-de-cirugia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/cerrado-el-salon-de-cirugia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-6772475970467726143Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:14:00 +00002009-11-20T02:15:03.742-08:00Cuba needs change, not U.S. touristsWed, 11/18/2009 - 12:53pmBy José R. CárdenasThe debate over U.S. policy towards Cuba heats up this week as the HouseForeign Affairs Committee (HFAC) holds a hearing Thursday on whether tolift the U.S. travel ban against Fidel Castro's island-prison. SenatorRichard Lugar (R-IN) and Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA), Ranking Member ofthe Senate Foreign Relations http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/Z7f7FKpjFa4/cuba-needs-change-not-us-tourists.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/cuba-needs-change-not-us-tourists.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-3660335849772401382Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:28:00 +00002009-11-19T08:28:52.862-08:00Report Says Castro Brother Retains Tactics of RepressionBy REUTERSPublished: November 18, 2009WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Raúl Castro has kept the system his brother Fidel used to repress critics in Cuba, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Wednesday, with tactics that include imprisoning people on the charge of being "dangerous" and refusing to free scores of people who were imprisoned yearshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/fDaTrp-QNtg/report-says-castro-brother-retains_19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/report-says-castro-brother-retains_19.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-477370753296088839Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:25:00 +00002009-11-19T08:25:33.378-08:00Fidel Castro 'dies from nephelococcygia'Rumours that Cuban leader is dead are disprovedThursday, November 19, 2009Rumours that Fidel Castro is dead after seeing shapes in clouds - nephelococcygia - have been disproved.It had been claimed the former communist leader died due to oxygen starvation because he failed to breathe while trying to make out fellow revolutionary Che Guevara in cloud http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/RyzigaE8BsA/rumours-that-cuban-leader-is-dead-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/rumours-that-cuban-leader-is-dead-are.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-3846204356908181643Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:19:00 +00002009-11-19T08:19:32.269-08:00Cuba to buy less US foodPublished: Wednesday | November 18, 2009Cuban purchases of food from the United States will fall by at least a third this year as the island slashes imports to stabilise an ever-weak economy further hammered by the global economic crisis, a top trade official said Monday.Igor Montero, head of the state import company, Alimport, calculated that the communist government http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/dzWGQqNFJcc/cuba-to-buy-less-us-food.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/cuba-to-buy-less-us-food.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-23826547859355941Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:18:00 +00002009-11-19T08:18:19.888-08:00Charting the Cuban blogosphereThey number just a few dozen and hardly anyone can read them - but Cuba's government has already decided it does not like blogsThey are new, number just a few dozen and hardly anyone can read them – but Cuba's government has already decided it does not like independent blogs.The island's blogosphere is tiny but represents a threat to authorities who have spent half ahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/28JhgQMvNwk/charting-cuban-blogosphere.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/charting-cuban-blogosphere.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-2717886647960080800Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:12:00 +00002009-11-19T08:12:46.175-08:00Sides gear up for fight over U.S. ban on travel to CubaWide support for repeal is countered by demand for political reformsBy Mary Beth SheridanWashington Post Staff WriterThursday, November 19, 2009A battle over Cuba policy is escalating in Congress, with proponents saying they have their best chance in years of repealing the ban on U.S. tourist travel to the island.The House Foreign Affairs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/8yIU-RwKzJY/sides-gear-up-for-fight-over-us-ban-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/sides-gear-up-for-fight-over-us-ban-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-6097212383577621814Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:11:00 +00002009-11-19T08:11:32.731-08:00Critics of Cuba travel seek return of fugitivesThursday, November 19, 2009BY HERB JACKSONThe RecordWASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTCritics of relaxing travel restrictions to Cuba said Wednesday that the Castro regime first has to agree to return criminal fugitives, including a woman who murdered a New Jersey state trooper in 1973."Cuba has insulted not only the state of New Jersey but also the entire http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/FuAJDHT9q50/critics-of-cuba-travel-seek-return-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/critics-of-cuba-travel-seek-return-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-6174355095345991854Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:10:00 +00002009-11-19T08:10:38.589-08:0070 percent of Cuba's farmland under threatMalaysia News.NetThursday 19th November, 2009 (IANS)Seventy percent of Cuba's land under cultivation is being affected by erosion, salinity and acidity, agriculture ministry officials said.The director of the Soil Institute, Dagoberto Rodriguez, said Wednesday at a press conference in Havana that only half of Cuba's 6.6 million hectares (16.3 million http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/opnYUiBF1Mc/70-percent-of-cubas-farmland-under.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/70-percent-of-cubas-farmland-under.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-8483738274381373661Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:07:00 +00002009-11-19T08:07:45.461-08:00Donated dental items find new home in CubaCaring Partners to ship equipment this weekBy Rick McCrabb, Staff Writer 12:49 AM Wednesday, November 18, 2009FRANKLIN — Jim Walsh, president of Ross Institute of Medical and Dental Technology, is a believer in Caring Partners International."In a world full of negativity," Walsh said, "I see nothing but positives here. There may be something negative, buthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/iZwWS-eF6EI/donated-dental-items-find-new-home-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/donated-dental-items-find-new-home-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913593.post-3434230296160367629Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:05:00 +00002009-11-19T08:05:50.524-08:00Brazilian doctors trained in Cuba demand diploma validation10:10, November 19, 2009A group of 30 Brazilian doctors trained in Cuba on Wednesday urged President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to validate their diplomas, a process that had been delayed in Brazil and prevented them from practicing.When talking with the doctors, who carried a flag of the Caribbean country outside his office at the Bank ofhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CubaVerdad/~3/Y_DYrgENG4A/brazilian-doctors-trained-in-cuba.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cuba Verdad)0http://cubadata.blogspot.com/2009/11/brazilian-doctors-trained-in-cuba.html