Another Food Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
I’m sure there are other beers in Cuba, but everywhere I went in Havana seemed to serve two in particular. One was Bucanero, the other Cristal. I tried both on my first day, and made Bucanero my regular choice. Its strength is 5.4 percent. Since Havana was quite hot, a beer at lunch or in [...]
Havana Times, ope (Free subscription) | yesterday
In a consultation with the Facultad de Lenguas Extranjeras (FLEX or the Foreign Language Faculty) of the Universidad de La Habana, we were informed that they offer courses in both English and Spanish (as well as other languages), and that it is not necessary that one speaks Spanish before beginning studies of either language.
Caracas Chronicles (Free subscription) | yesterday
Juan Cristóbal says: - Courageous Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez was briefly kidnapped from the streets of Havana by unidentified thugs and beaten. Her harrowing account is here, in Spanish .
Havana Times, ope (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tropical Storm Ida should cross the Yucatan Channel on Sunday morning, noted the Cuban Meteorological Institute (INSMET) in an advisory released Saturday at noon EST. The Institute warned that rains in western Cuba, which include the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Havana City, Havana Province and Matanzas, could receive between 3 and 9 inches of rain in the next 24 hours with some points up to 15 inches,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Havana - The Vatican on Saturday called on the government of Cuba to allow the Catholic Church greater access to mass media in the communist country. Our wish is for the Cuban church to have a more normal access to mass communication media, Archbis...
IPE at UNC (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yoani Sanchez , a well-known Cuban blogger who runs Generation Y , a blog that has become a thorn in the side of the Cuban government, was detained and harassed by Cuban authorities yesterday in Havana. She relayed the experience on her blog this morning: Near 23rd Street, just at the Avenida de los Presidentes roundabout, we saw a black car, made in China, pull up with three heavily built strangers....
Flares into Darkness (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yoani Sánchez, runs the blog Generation Y which is on our blog roll. If you haven't followed our link to her site and read her you should. She lives in Havana and gives a fascinating look at the everyday internals of the Worker's Paradise. Yesterday she and other dissident Cuban bloggers were detained by Cuban authorities and roughed up. From babalú (the comments in the thread are woth...
26th Parallel (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wonder what Juanes and Olga Tañon have to say about this: Famed Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez said Friday she and another blogger were punched and thrown violently into a car by presumed state security agents as they walked to participate in a peaceful march in downtown Havana. ``No blood, but black and blues, punches, pulled hairs, blows to the head, kidneys, knee and chest,'' Sánchez...
Eye On Miami (Free subscription) | yesterday
There is nothing to say but words of empathy and anger in response to news that Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez was apparently detained and beaten by state security officials in Havana, on her way to a protest march against violence. But for The Miami Herald, this story would not have emerged in the mainstream press.The internet has proven to powerfully break down barriers and obstacles to reaching
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
HAVANA — A Cuban blogger who has gained international attention for her searing commentary about life on the communist island said she was briefly detained Friday and warned by state security agents about her opposition activity.
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | yesterday
I MET HIM IN PARIS reunites Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas, stars of the 1935 comedy SHE MARRIED HER BOSS (1935). Colbert plays Kay Denham, who is happy to leave her devoted but boring beau (Lee Bowman) at home in the U.S. while she takes a three-week vacation in Paris. Kay promptly meets Americans George (Melvyn Douglas), a dour playwright, and Gene (Robert Young), an energetic playboy who quickly...
Wizbang (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sánchez as well as three others were kidnapped off the street today on the way to a anti-violence protest in Havana and threatened and beaten...
GayandRight (Free subscription) | yesterday
Obviously a very dangerous woman... A Cuban blogger who has gained international attention for her searing commentary about life on the communist island said she was briefly detained Friday and warned by state security agents about her opposition activity. Yoani Sanchez, who runs a blog called "Generation Y" and whose writings have appeared in several international publications and Web sites,...
Fausta's blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Via Babalu, La Seguridad de Estado detiene a Yoani Sánchez y otros blogueros cuando iban a participar en una manifestación-performance en la calle 23 Babalu translates, Penultimos Dias has word that Yoani Sanchez and other Cuban bloggers have been arrested in Havana. Yoani Sánchez, Orlando Luis Pardo, Ciro Díaz and Claudia Cadelo among those arrested. Later in the evening,...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
HAVANA -- A Cuban blogger who has gained international attention for her searing commentary about life on the communist island said she was briefly detained Friday and warned by state security agents about her opposition activity.
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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...
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