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Fidel Castro’s Speech to Students

HAVANA TIMES, Sept. 4 — On Friday morning Fidel Castro addressed thousands of Cuban students and professors on the steps

Cuba’s Role in Preventing Iran War

Cuba’s Fidel Castro continued on Friday morning his campaign of alert of an imminent new war in the Middle East. He spoke to students and professors on the steps of the University of Havana and centered his speech on a call for US President Obama to avoid setting off a war against Iran with nuclear consequences.

Transformations will advance in Cuba, says Spanish official

The ruling Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) has the will to “advance in a very clear way in that process of transformations and economic and social reforms,” Leire Pajín, secretary of the Spanish Workers Socialist Party (PSOE), in power in Spain since 2004, affirmed in statements to the press after meeting with Jorge Martí, head of international relations of the PCC.

Brutal Rock Fest Kicks Off

The Brutal Rock Fest will begin today in the island’s capital with the participation of six metal groups from France and Switzerland, and four Cuban bands, which will perform in the Maxim Rock Theatre and in the city of Pinar del Río, sources from the event’s Organizing Committee announced. The musical event is sponsored by the Cuban Rock Agency, the French Brutal Beastdown Records label and the Swiss association Vrockal Metal Fest.

Fidel Castro Returns to U of Havana

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro will address students on the steps of the University of Havana on Friday morning at 7:30 a.m., the local press announced on Thursday. It will be the first open-air public speech by Castro since July 2006 when he came close to death with serious intestinal surgery.

Cuba’s Chapman Wins First for Reds

Aroldis Chapman picked up his first Major League Baseball victory for the Cincinnati Reds against the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night, in his second day up from the minors. To get it he repeated his one inning scoreless relief effort of Tuesday.

Cuba Watch: TS Gaston follows Earl & Fiona

Tropical Storm Gaston is the latest in a series of storms to form in the Atlantic. It follows Danielle, the major Hurricane Earl that currently threatens the United States mid-Atlantic seaboard, and TS Fiona, which is considerably weaker and on a northerly path towards Bermuda.

Cuba Seeks to Revive Citrus Production

Cuba will try to recover one of its traditional citrus areas with the planting of 30 new hectares in the area of Ceiba, in Caimito, southwest of the Cuban capital, the local press reported. This region’s crops were devastated by Huanglongbing (Yellow Dragon), a plague that destroyed 40-year-old plantations. The plan comprises extending the planting to 3,000 hectares by 2015.

High Aedes aegypti infestation in Santiago de Cuba

The infestation rate of the Aedes aegypti mosquito in the city of Santiago de Cuba, the island’s second most important city, still stood at 0.6 in late July, a figure that is much higher than the acceptable 0.05, reported IPS. The presence of the insect, which transmits dengue and other diseases, is concentrated in deteriorated water deposits. The Cuban health authorities have only reported 67 cases of dengue this year.

Spanish President Lauds Dialogue with Cuba

Spanish President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero affirmed in statements to the Japanese national press club that “there should be a demanding dialogue” regarding Cuba since “it has been demonstrated that only a dialogue will work, and we are going to maintain that policy.” Zapatero, who ruled out a trip to the island, called on the European Union to reflect on its ties with the Caribbean island nation, which will be assessed next October.