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NEW YORK, June 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cuba's government continues to stifle dissent through arbitrary arrests, surveillance, intimidation and harassment of journalists, dissidents and activists, despite recent assertions that freedom of expression is respected inside Cuba, Amnesty International said in a new report released today. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081014/AILOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081014/AILOGO) "Restrictions on freedom of...
WASHINGTON, June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In reaction to the announcement by the House Agriculture Committee that it will meet to mark-up legislation to end the ban on travel by Americans to Cuba and to remove key impediments to U.S. agriculture exports to the island, key experts on Cuba policy issued the following statements: "This is the moment for making a decisive change in Cuba policy; a change that will put money in the pockets of American farmers and workers, put better food on...
WASHINGTON, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, nearly 500 pro-democracy leaders from within Cuba have sent a letter to the House Agriculture Committee in OPPOSITION to Chairman Collin Peterson's legislation, H.R. 4645, which seeks to ease tourism-travel and trade sanctions towards the Castro regime. In the letter, these courageous leaders state, "Congressmen/Congresswomen, the cause of liberty, and firm opposition to the oppressive totalitarian dictatorship in Havana, is so sacred that it is...
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunridge International (OTC Bulletin Board: SNDZ), announced today that its CEO, G. Richard Smith will be traveling to Boston this weekend to attend the first planned fund raiser for the "Eyes for Cuba" medical relief program. The event will take place at Boston's House of Blues on the 19th. The "Eyes for Cuba" relief program is partnered by star baseball player Luis Tiant, Scientific Social Solutions Charity (S3) of Boston, and Sunridge...
BURBANK, Calif., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- In a tell-all book released for the first time in English, former Cuban military leader-turned-spy Julio Antonio Del Marmol exposes the Cuban government's corruption and totalitarian rule. His book, Cuba: Russian Roulette of America, was first published in 1976 and won a 2008 award from the National Latin American Institute of Journalism for exposing the barbarities of Fidel Castro's regime. The book has been printed in three editions; a fourth...
TAMPA, Fla., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- A new law allowing foreigners to buy and sell properties in Cuba could be published by the government before the end of June, opening the floodgates for residential construction of up to 19 golf course and marina projects. Observers believe the new regulations could spawn an unprecedented construction boom of as many as 7,000 condominium units in 13 golf course communities, and another 4,000 units around up to six marina developments. Contact:...
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz., May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sunridge International (OTC Bulletin Board: SNDZ) announced today its involvement with the first fund raiser for "Eyes for Cuba" that will take place June 19th at the Foundation Room of the House of Blues in Boston. Eyes for Cuba is a medical relief program to help stop blindness from glaucoma in Cuba. Star baseball player Luis Tiant, the Scientific Social Solutions charity (S3) of Boston and Sunridge International are partners in this...
WASHINGTON, May 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a written statement submitted to the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA) today encouraged stricter enforcement of the U.S. regulations on trade with Cuba, particularly with respect to China. Over the past six years, China has invested heavily in Cuba's nickel development and, according to official trade data, China is now absorbing the overwhelming majority of...
'South-South' biotech collaborations boost health, economies: StudyThe availability of more affordable drugs, vaccines and diagnostics that would help countless people worldwide is the foremost benefit expected from a growing number of collaborations between biotech firms in developing countries, according to a study to be published Mon. May 12 in the UK journal Nature Biotechnology.Researchers from five developing countries, together with colleagues at Canada's McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for...
BASILDON, England, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the announcement made by the Cuban Government that all travellers arriving in Cuba from 1st May will be required to purchase travel health insurance to gain entry, Go Travel Insurance are today reinforcing the importance of taking out comprehensive travel insurance to cover travellers on a trip abroad. According to an order issued by the Cuban Government in March, the insurance policy should be purchased in the traveller's home country...
Latest Cuba Reference Libraries
The Gulf of Mexico is an ocean basin that is largely surrounded by the continent North America and the island of Cuba. It’s bordered on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States, towards the southwest and south by Mexico, and towards the southeast by Cuba. It’s often referred to as the “Third Coast” in Texas and Louisiana, in comparison with the U.S. Pacific and Atlantic Coasts. The shape of its basin is more or less, an oval and is about 1,500...
The Zapata Rail is the only member of the monotypic genus Cyanolimnus. It is overall a dark-colored rail bird. It has grayish-blue underparts, a red-based yellow bill, brown upperparts, white under tail coverts, and red eyes and legs. Their short wings make it almost unable to fly. It is endemic to the wetlands of the Zapata Peninsula in southern Cuba, where its only known nest was discovered in saw grass tussocks. There is not much known about its diet or its reproductive behavior, and its...
The Cuban Black Hawk, (Buteogallus gundlachii), is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. This family includes eagles, hawks and Old World vultures. It is endemic to the island of Cuba, where it is only found along the coastal areas. The IUCN listed the Cuban Black Hawk as near threatened in 2008. The Cuban Black Hawk has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the Common Black Hawk, (B. anthracinus). Recent evidence, however, suggested it should be treated as a...
The Coontie (Zamia pumila) is a species of woody plant native to the West Indies and Cuba. It was the first species described for the genus. It is found in a variety of habitats that has well-drained sands or loamy soils. It prefers filtered light to partial shade. It is now isolated to central Cuba and the Dominican Republic. It was once abundant in southern Puerto Rico and Haiti, but are now extinct due to extensive land use. This plant has reddish seed cones with a unique sharp tip. The...
The Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) is a species of hummingbird, and the smallest of all birds, being only 2 inches long and weighing 1.8 grams (0.06 oz). It is found in Cuba where it is called the Zunzuncito. It is also found on the Isle of Youth. The male has a fiery green throat, iridescent gorget with elongated lateral plumes, bluish upper-parts, and the rest of the underparts mostly grayish white. The female is green above, whitish below with white tips to the outer tail...
