Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Cuba Gets Perfect Game in Taiwan

Dalier Hinojosa pitched a perfect game for Team Cuba over Hong Kong in Intercontinental Cup Baseball on Wednesday won by a score of 20-0 in a five-inning mercy rule shortened contest.

Cuba Ranks 69th in Corruption Index

Cuba ranked 69th among 178 countries studied in the 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index, carried out by the Transparency International global network. The island, with a result of 3.7 on 10, ranked in 9th place in the Americas, where the list of less corrupt nations is headed by Canada, with 8.9.

Cuba Rejects EU Policy

The Cuban government rejected the possibility of improving relations with the European Union (EU) while the Common Position is maintained, a policy in force since 1996 that conditions bilateral relations on certain reforms on the island, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez affirmed. “We do not recognize the moral authority or any policy (of the EU) to criticize in terms of human rights,” the Cuban foreign minister said when speaking before the UN General Assembly.

Baracoa to Hold 500th Anniversary with other Cities

The first seven townships founded by the Spanish colonizers in Cuba will work jointly to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Baracoa, the island’s first township, which will be commemorated in August 2011, announced Alejandro Hartmann, historian of that eastern city.

China: As Tourists Come, Culture Goes

In 2005, the ‘National Geographic China’ magazine named this ethnic Tibetan village in western Sichuan province, sprawled over a valley wall amid snow-capped mountains, China’s most beautiful. Depending on how you look at it, that distinction was either a blessing or a curse.

Cuba Lines for Self-Employment Rules

The greatest interest is centered on the taxes to be paid by people who choose among 178 private employment activities that will now be permitted.

Cuba Gets Symbolic Victory at UN

The United States half-century economic blockade on Cuba got another resounding rebuff on Tuesday at the United Nations by a record 187-2 vote. Only Israel supported Washington’s position with all other US allies telling the Obama administration that enough’s enough on its attempted stranglehold on Cuba.

Cuba Shuts Out Taipei and Korea

Cuba has just shut out host Chinese Taipei 2-0 in the Intercontinental Baseball Cup Play after a similar feat on Tuesday 3-0 over South Korea. After the win over Taipei, Cuba’s pitchers have not allowed a run in the team’s first three games while the batters have produced 23.

Cuba to Sell New Cancer Treatment

Cuba will begin before this year closes the marketing of Vidatox, a medicine produced based on the blue scorpion (Rophalorous Junceus) venom, which has analgesic, anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties, sources from the Biological Pharmaceutical Laboratories (LABIOFAM) announced. This therapy against cancer has been already used with positive results on around 14,000 persons.

UN Praises Cuba’s Disaster Mitigation

Cuba’s work in natural disaster mitigation and its experiences in the conservation of human lives and material goods is a regional referent, María de Jesús Izquierdo, specialist in disaster reduction for Latin America and the Caribbean of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), said in statements during the Workshop of the Project for the Strengthening of Local Capacity in the Management for Risk Reduction, held in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba.