Cuba

Chick out Fiffe’s CUBA

THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Mike Fiffe’s historical webcomic CUBA is heating up at Act-i-vate, we’re told.

Spain's leader to visit Cuba

Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

Spain's prime minister has accepted an invitation to visit Cuba next year and would become the first Western European leader to travel to the communist-run island in nearly a decade. Details of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's trip still needed to be worked out, Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said after meeting Tuesday with his Cuban counterpart in Madrid.

• Spain: PM accepts invitation to visit Cuba - Miami Herald
• Spain: PM accepts invitation to visit Cuba - San Diego Union
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Cuba : Unapologetically Socialist

The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

You have to give it to Cuba. The island nation, despite all of it's problems, is the isla that could and is doing so on it's own terms even with the U.S. embargo. Changes have been slow and some say meaningless, with easier access to certain consumer products, pero one thing Cuba doesn't plan on changing is it's socialism. Cuba's foreign minister warned Tuesday that President Raul Castro will never...

Spanish leader agrees to a rare visit Cuba next year

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday

Spain's prime minister has accepted an invitation to visit Cuba next year and could become the first western European leader to travel to the communist-run island in nearly a decade.

Cuba warns will never renounce socialism

Raw Story (Free subscription) | yesterday

Cuba's foreign minister warned Tuesday that President Raul Castro will never renounce socialism, just days before Havana holds landmark talks with European Union leaders...

USA lays 6-1 smack-down on Cuba

Don't Tread on Me (Free subscription) | yesterday

It was a goal fest and I loved every second of it! -- U.S. Men’s National Team Game Report -- Match-up: USA vs. Cuba Date: October 11, 2008 Competition: FIFA World Cup qualifier Venue: RFK Stadium – Washington, D.C. Kickoff: 7 p.m. ET Attendance: 20,293 Weather: 71 degrees, clear Scoring Summary: 1 2 F USA 2 4 6 CUB 1 0 1 Scoring: USA – DaMarcus Beasley (Sacha Kljestan) 10th minute USA – DaMarcus Beasley...

• USA lays 6-1 smack-down on Cuba - footy247

No Google Chrome in Cuba, Syria, North Korea and Other Countries

Google Blogoscoped (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008

Jessica Dheere reports how Google blocks Syrian users from downloading Chrome. Blogger Yaser Sadeq from Syria gives his view: so upon hearing of the new web browser launched by Google , I decided to give it a try ,I went to the website :www.google.com/chrome and I had this error message : The requested URL /service/prod_unavailable.html was not found on this server. Asking Google on this, they tell...

World Cup Qualifying - USA v. Cuba...

The Grimsby Football Club Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

The not-quite-fully-formed thoughts and rantings of an optically-challenged Goalkeeper

Cuba: part 4

The Electric Goose (Free subscription) | yesterday

Did I mention the cars? I did not.

Cuba gets new Council of Ministers vice president

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

Cuba's Council of State Monday appointed Minister of Government Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz as vice president of the Council of Ministers, said local media. Cabrisas, 71, will oversee the work of foreign trade and foreign investment ministries as well as other entities within the government. The Council of State made the decision during a meeting on Monday. The move was proposed by the politburo of the central...

Cuba: sentence of the holiday

The Electric Goose (Free subscription) | yesterday

"This pantagruelian pongid then paced around the block, kicking up cars like metallic divots, eating double-deckers as if they were Double Deckers, and then finally squatting in the very centre of the Circus itself to strain, push and deliver a turd the size of a newspaper kiosk, which wavered, lengthened from stub to cigar, before plummeting fifty feet from Kong's arsehole on to the shaven heads of...

Fiffe's CUBA preview 3

ACT-I-VATE (Free subscription) | yesterday

This week I am starting to post the history side of things. Starting with 50s Cuba, I will be posting 3 weekly previews on Act-i-vate. I plan on covering a lot of history, so this is just a mere sampling of things to come. I'm curious to know what you think! CUBA 3: http://act-i-vate.com/65-1-12.comic From the beginning: http://act-i-vate.com/65.comic xoFiffe

Baila en Cuba: 23 to 28 of November

MisterBryans' (Free subscription) | yesterday

From the blurb The 3rd World Meeting of Casino & Salsa Dancers and Dance Academies will be held this November in Havana. This Meeting will be a special occasion where you can have the chance to deeply learn about Cuban...

Cuba: Imprisoned

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008

Diaspora blogger Uncommon Sense calls Cuba the “concentration camp of the Caribbean”, while Havana-based Generation Y blogs about the rise of prices on the informal food market, saying: “These days, chanting ‘Eeee-eeeggs' may be more dangerous than chanting anti-government slogans. OK, let’s not exaggerate, opinion has always been punished more.”

Fanz and Cuba part ways

FIFA - Latest News (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008

Reinhold Fanz has left his post as Cuba boss after a 6-1 loss to the USA put the islanders out of the hunt for a place at South Africa 2010.

Hurricane Ike Threatens Cuba And Gulf

shugaray | 09/07/2008

Hurricane Ike Threatens Cuba And Gulf

Cuba roundtrip

itsfreeworld | 08/07/2008

In 2001, My wife Esther and me have been travelling around Cuba for 2 weeks. The best part was to travel around without having made reservations for hotels (except for the first and last night). This made it possible to spend the nights at the homes from local people, who wanted to earn some money. In all bus stations, train stations etc you will meet people offering you to spend the night in their

Gemma Atkinson Gets Sexy In Bikini

rigobacardi | 05/09/2008

Gemma Atkinson was pictured wearing a bikini on a beach in Cuba,few days ago.I guess this is what a hot woman is supposed to look like.At least,that's what I read in a children's book recently.Children never lie.