Cuba

Cuba Caravan Send-Off Celebration

Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

San Jose Peace & Justice Center, 48 S. 7th Street, San Jose, CA 95112

Cuba Volley’s Russia 3-0

Havana Times, ope (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Cuba surprised Russia with a 3-0 sweep in only one hour and nineteen minutes on Sunday to emerge alone in first place in Group C of the World Volleyball League.

Visiting The Best Of Cuba

The Travel & Leisure Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

By Mr Jose Garces Cuba is the major and to most enigmatic island in the Caribbean. This breathtaking holiday destination offers a blend of culture, history, architecture, music along with geography that captivates those who visit it. If you are a water sports lover Cuba is the perfect destination, with amazing white sandy beaches, crystal transparent waters, coral reefs in addition to limestone formations...

• Visiting The Best Of Cuba - Travel

Cuba Wins Fourth Straight in Holland

Havana Times, ope (Free subscription) | yesterday

Cuba won its fourth straight Port Cities Baseball Tournament game on Sunday defeating the host Holland 10-6. Yaumier Sanchez went five innings allowing two runs to get the win.

Pssh: Cuba Is The 7th Happiest Country

Tai-Chi Policy (Free subscription) | yesterday

At least, when environmental liberals measure things. Also, the U.S. is nowhere near the top of the list. Apparently the measure of happiness they use is how sustainable of a lifestyle the inhabitants live. So let’s see: We’re supposed to give up all manner of freedoms for the happiness and security they want the government to [...]

Cuba enters, Honduras kicked out

Boulder is a Stoopid Place (Free subscription) | yesterday

What exactly does OAS stand for?Some in Honduras, however, criticize Mr. Insulza and the OAS for suspending Honduras from the group while at the same time pushing to allow Cuba back in despite that country's Communist dictatorship.Ya don't say!? To bad we don't here that criticism from the Obama administration.

Lib Media's Latest Garbage: Cuba Is 7th Happiest Country On Earth

Gateway Pundit (Free subscription) | yesterday

Here's the latest garbage being pushed by the liberal media: Cuba is the 7th happiest country on earth. Happy Cubans take a truck to freedom. Unfortunately, this poll doesn't explain why these happy people continue to flee the Island paradise across shark infested waters in trucks, cars and on surf boards.

Direct flights to Cuba now offered from LAX

L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

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Holguin to Host Cuba’s Big Day

Havana Times, ope (Free subscription) | yesterday

Cuba's Day of National Rebellion on July 26 is the island’s biggest holiday each year, even more so than January 1, when the Revolution triumphed. Holguin, a province to the northeast of the island was selected to host this year's celebration.

Power To The People in Cuba. Or Frequently Not.

CARPE DIEM (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009

The Ghost of Power Cuts Past has returned across my country (Cuba). The inconvenient blackouts so common in the nineties have returned because of the international crisis and the dysfunctional Cuban economy. We'd come to believe they were ancient history, overcome by the so called Energy Revolution driven -- five years ago -- by Fidel Castro himself. ~Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez, " The Ghost of...

Russia Wins Volleyball Tiebreaker over Cuba

Havana Times, ope (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009

Russia won a real cliffhanger over Cuba in the Men’s World Volleyball League on Saturday, taking the long, tense fifth tiebreaking set 25-23 before a home crowd of 7,100 fans.

Cuba Roles Past Taiwan 9-1

Havana Times, ope (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009

Cuba battered Taiwan’s pitching on Saturday and is now the only undefeated team (3-0) in the Port Cities Baseball Tournament taking place in Rotterdam, Holland. Freddy Asiel Alvarez, one of the stars of the Cuban Baseball League playoffs this year, pitched six innings of three-hit, one-run ball to post the win.

Happy Planet: Cuba’s the 7th happiest country in the world

Fausta's blog (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009

Via Memeorandum, an article in the Guardian’s “ethical living” category: Costa Rica is world’s greenest, happiest country Latin American nation tops index ranking countries by ecological footprint and happiness of their citizens Costa Rica is indeed a lovely place, even when Mel Zelaya wasn’t all that happy about being sent there, so I was curious about the rest [...]

Cuba wins over Taiwan by 9-1

Cuba Journal (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009

In their third straight vitory of the World Port Baseball Tournament in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, the Cuban team beat Chinese Taipei by 9-1 today. The criollos had sixteen hits and the winning pitcher was Freddy Asiel Alvarez. Yoelvis fiss connected a vuelacercas . Cuba remains undefeated (3-0) and will play against host The Netherlands tomorrow Sunday. GO CUBA!

OAS Kicks Out Honduras, Loves Cuba

Sweetness & Light (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009

From an approving Reuters: June 29: Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, right, raises the arm of Honduras’ President Manuel Zelaya, center, who embraces Cuba’s Raul Castro. OAS set to suspend Honduras as it renounces charter By Patrick Markey Patrick Markey – Sat Jul 4 TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The Organization of American States prepared to suspend Honduras on Saturday after...

WHO confirms flu spreads to Cuba, Finland, Thailand

bsalmons | 13/05/2009

H1N1 flu has now reached Cuba, Finland, and Thailand, with nearly 6,000 people infected in 33 countries, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

Inside the making of Love & Suicide.

tg4m | 22/08/2008

* A critics interview with the making of the history making film Love & Suicide cast and crew, on their accomplishment in filming a feature length film in Havana, Cuba without the expressed consent of either government. LOVE & SUICIDE A Film by Lisa France A Luis Moro Production After their film Anne B. Real, which was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards, had been accepted into the Havana International...

• Inside the making of Love & Suicide. - Festival21.com

US government still fighting cold war against Cuba

baslamak | 17/06/2008

TUESDAY, 17 JUNE 2008 The US government is still fighting the cold war against Cuba Below is an article by Duncan Campbell which highlights the cold war the US government is fighting against Cuba; and the lengths the worlds most powerful nation goes to in its attempt bring the Cuban economy to its knees. Perhaps those leftists who criticize Cuba for not being a paradise on earth, should take such