viernes, octubre 19, 2012
11th Latin American Film Festival 2012
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Latin Film Festival 2012
sábado, agosto 25, 2012
Malaysian students to study medicine in Havana
Four more M’sian students to study medicine in Havana under Cuban govt scholarship
Posted on August 25, 2012, Saturday
PETALING JAYA: Four Malaysian students will leave for Havana Cuba, on Sunday to study medicine under scholarships sponsored by the Cuban government.
Cuban Embasador to Malaysia, Ruben Valdes said they would join another 28 Malaysian students still studying at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Havana under the scholarship programme which was introduced six years ago.
“The course takes seven years to complete and the first batch of the Malaysian students are expected to graduate in 2014,” he told reporters after officiating the scholarship awards ceremony here yesterday.
Valdes said during the first year the students were required to master Spanish, the medium of instruction at the university.
On the value of scholarships, Valdes said it varied, but each students only paid for their flight to and from Cuba, while others costs including accomodation, books, equipment, tuition fees and allowances were included in the scholarships.
One of the recipients from the 2010 batch, Thanussha Francis Xavier, 21, from Taiping Perak, said she was thankful for the scholarship and hoped more deserving students would get their chance to pursue their dreams in education.
Thanusha, who is in her second year and scored 10 A’s in her SPM in 2008, described life in Cuba as different and the opportunity to study abroad had opened her eyes and appreciate Malaysia even more.
A new recipient, Vinodh Sethumadavan, 17 from Klang, who scored 9 A’s and 1 B in his SPM last year, said that he understood that he had to sacrifice seven years without being with his family but they were the reason why he had vowed to make a difference in his future. — Bernama
From the New Straits Times:
http://www.nst.com.my/nation/
From The Star: http://thestar.com.my/news/
Headline: Heading for a Cuban adventure (This article is with a video clip)
jueves, agosto 23, 2012
Defense Attorney Discloses US Manipulation of Cuban Five case
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug
20 (ACN)
The defense attorney of Gerardo Hernandez, one of the five
anti-terrorist fighters held in the US since 1998, disclosed illegalities
committed by the US administration during the 2001 Miami trial that gave the
five Cubans unfair and extremely long sentences.
In a press
conference via telephone, Attorney Martin Garbus revealed a long list of
US-based journalists who were paid to launch a hostile campaign against the five
defendants during the trial, PL news agency reported.
The denunciation is
part of actions aimed at putting an end to the unfair incarceration of the five
Cuban antiterrorists, based on Washington’s anti-constitutional behavior to have
the men jailed.
The most severe
sentence was given to Gerardo Hernandez who is meeting two life terms plus
fifteen years.
Known as the Cuban
Five, Hernandez and his compatriots, Rene Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando
Gonzalez and Ramon Labanino, were in US territory monitoring the activities of
Florida-based terrorist groups. They were arrested in 1998 and submitted to a
biased Miami trial in 2001.
According to
attorney Garbus, the US government paid journalists to flood the Miami community
with propaganda through the local media against the Five, between 1998 and 2001.
The paid journalists published their articles in outlets like El Nuevo Herald,
The Miami Herald, Diario de Las Americas, Radio and TV Marti and WAQI Radio
Mambi, among others, who played the role of paid and secret agents.
The El Nuevo Herald
published 806 negative articles in just 194 days, while the Miami Herald posted
another 305 similar works in the same period of time, said the
attorney.
Garbus revealed a
list of the paid journalists, which includes names such as Pablo Alfonso,
Humberto Cortina, Julio Estorino, Carlos Alberto Montaner, Olance Nogueras,
Enrique Encinosa, Ariel Remos, Luis Aguilar, Wilfredo Cancio, Helen Ferre,
Caridad Roque, Enrique Patterson and Alberto Muller.
Some of the
aforementioned have participated in violent actions and subversive activities
against Cuba and have been linked to the CIA, like Humberto Cortina, who
participated in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion; Alberto Muller, who was in charge
of organizing armed gangs; Julio Estorino, Carlos Alberto Montaner and Enrique
Encinosa, who were part of violent groups that acted against the
island.
The payment offered
by the US Government ranked between 3 000 to dozens of thousands of dollars,
said the lawyer. But despite these elements, the Washington insists in hiding
the proofs in an effort to prevent the disclosure of the names of all the paid
reporters and the amount of money dedicated to the propaganda activity.
CubanFive/lcg/lcg/
08-21-12
Revelan detalles de
manipulación en EE.UU. de caso contra los Cinco
Cuban News Agency
miércoles, agosto 22, 2012
Fidel Castro: Time to reflect on his legacy
Fidel Castro: Time to remember his legacy
Sunday, August 12, 2012
By Marce Cameron
This
isn’t an obituary. Every now and again those who hope and pray for his
death spread yet another rumour, only to be disappointed by a photo or
a commentary in that unmistakable style, confirming that Cuban
revolutionary leader Fidel Castro is very much alive and making the most
of his twilight years.
When the inevitable does happen, the world, admirers and detractors alike, will pause for reflection. The corporate media will saturate our inner recesses with words and images that convey, for the most part, how the 1% appraise his life and legacy. Just imagine the gloating on Fox News.
I suspect it will be harder, and take longer, for those who admire Fidel and feel a sense of loss at his passing to be heard amid this din.
The hundreds of millions of the 99% for who Fidel has been an inspiration, and for those globally for who he has been something of a political compass, and a spiritual compass in the secular sense, will want to reflect and recommit to our shared vision of a better world.
Thus will begin a new battle of ideas, a concept promoted by Fidel. Between the extremes of hatred for the man and sycophantic adulation lies a broad field for critical, nuanced reflection in the framework of the struggle for socialism.
But why wait for the inevitable before doing this? Better to begin now, while Fidel is still here and before the corporate vultures descend on his tomb.
In Sydney, Cuba solidarity activists are organising a conference to discuss the role of Fidel Castro's ideas and example in the 21st century.
In this necessary, timely endeavour we are joined, first and foremost, by millions of Cubans committed to the continuity of Cuba’s socialist project, the stage from which Fidel has set out to change the world and, to a degree, succeeded.
Would a pregnant woman in a remote East Timorese village be seen by a doctor today if it were not for Cuban medical personnel and medical training?
How much longer might apartheid have dragged on in South Africa if Cuban blood had not been shed in the sands and jungles of Angola and Namibia? Would Venezuela’s Bolivarian socialist revolution even exist? According to Hugo Chavez, probably not.
In this sense, “Fidel” is something more than an individual. As the leader of the Cuban Revolution, he has become associated with certain ethical values, ideas and ideals; a cause and a devotion to that cause. These include adherence to principles but rejection of sectarianism and dogmatism in the struggle for a better, socialist world.
Fidel Castro's essential message is one of hope, that we can reverse the gradual descent of global capitalism into a 21st-century barbarism, besieged by ecological collapse, if we can only unleash the power of masses of ordinary people acting together with a shared vision and strategic compass. His example is that of solidarity in a selfish world.
It is asking what we can contribute and share rather than what we can plunder and hoard. It is worrying about the infant mortality rate in Western Sahara and the waves lapping at the doorsteps of Pacific islanders, and doing something about it.
It is internationalism: the rejection of subservient seclusion behind our white-picket fences and national borders decked out in razor wire.
Australia doesn’t have a revolutionary tradition like that of Cuba. After the European invasion and dispossession of its Indigenous people the continent developed as an outgrowth of British imperialism.
Relative prosperity for most, thanks to a combination of circumstance and struggle, has blunted radical urges and channelled them into the English gentleman’s game known as parliamentary reformism.
Waves of progressive radicalisation have ebbed and flowed, but none has yet succeeded in placing the country under new management, as did the Cuban Revolution under Fidel’s leadership.
The next one may just do that, opening the way to a very different kind of Australia. Call it socialism or call it whatever, it will have to bury capitalism.
Fidel's example is one of daring to dream of such a revolutionary transformation of our own society. And working patiently towards it in ways that are meaningful to each of us, respecting each other’s contribution and seeking the path of principled unity.
[Marce Cameron edits Cuba's Socialist Renewal blog. The Sydney conference discussing the ideas of Fidel Castro will take place over August 18-19 at the NSW Teachers Federation building, 23-33 Mary St, Surry Hills.]
When the inevitable does happen, the world, admirers and detractors alike, will pause for reflection. The corporate media will saturate our inner recesses with words and images that convey, for the most part, how the 1% appraise his life and legacy. Just imagine the gloating on Fox News.
I suspect it will be harder, and take longer, for those who admire Fidel and feel a sense of loss at his passing to be heard amid this din.
The hundreds of millions of the 99% for who Fidel has been an inspiration, and for those globally for who he has been something of a political compass, and a spiritual compass in the secular sense, will want to reflect and recommit to our shared vision of a better world.
Thus will begin a new battle of ideas, a concept promoted by Fidel. Between the extremes of hatred for the man and sycophantic adulation lies a broad field for critical, nuanced reflection in the framework of the struggle for socialism.
But why wait for the inevitable before doing this? Better to begin now, while Fidel is still here and before the corporate vultures descend on his tomb.
In Sydney, Cuba solidarity activists are organising a conference to discuss the role of Fidel Castro's ideas and example in the 21st century.
In this necessary, timely endeavour we are joined, first and foremost, by millions of Cubans committed to the continuity of Cuba’s socialist project, the stage from which Fidel has set out to change the world and, to a degree, succeeded.
Would a pregnant woman in a remote East Timorese village be seen by a doctor today if it were not for Cuban medical personnel and medical training?
How much longer might apartheid have dragged on in South Africa if Cuban blood had not been shed in the sands and jungles of Angola and Namibia? Would Venezuela’s Bolivarian socialist revolution even exist? According to Hugo Chavez, probably not.
In this sense, “Fidel” is something more than an individual. As the leader of the Cuban Revolution, he has become associated with certain ethical values, ideas and ideals; a cause and a devotion to that cause. These include adherence to principles but rejection of sectarianism and dogmatism in the struggle for a better, socialist world.
Fidel Castro's essential message is one of hope, that we can reverse the gradual descent of global capitalism into a 21st-century barbarism, besieged by ecological collapse, if we can only unleash the power of masses of ordinary people acting together with a shared vision and strategic compass. His example is that of solidarity in a selfish world.
It is asking what we can contribute and share rather than what we can plunder and hoard. It is worrying about the infant mortality rate in Western Sahara and the waves lapping at the doorsteps of Pacific islanders, and doing something about it.
It is internationalism: the rejection of subservient seclusion behind our white-picket fences and national borders decked out in razor wire.
Australia doesn’t have a revolutionary tradition like that of Cuba. After the European invasion and dispossession of its Indigenous people the continent developed as an outgrowth of British imperialism.
Relative prosperity for most, thanks to a combination of circumstance and struggle, has blunted radical urges and channelled them into the English gentleman’s game known as parliamentary reformism.
Waves of progressive radicalisation have ebbed and flowed, but none has yet succeeded in placing the country under new management, as did the Cuban Revolution under Fidel’s leadership.
The next one may just do that, opening the way to a very different kind of Australia. Call it socialism or call it whatever, it will have to bury capitalism.
Fidel's example is one of daring to dream of such a revolutionary transformation of our own society. And working patiently towards it in ways that are meaningful to each of us, respecting each other’s contribution and seeking the path of principled unity.
[Marce Cameron edits Cuba's Socialist Renewal blog. The Sydney conference discussing the ideas of Fidel Castro will take place over August 18-19 at the NSW Teachers Federation building, 23-33 Mary St, Surry Hills.]
Acknowledgement: This article is by the kind permission of Marce Cameron which can be found here:
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/51869
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domingo, agosto 05, 2012
CUBA - Olympic Profile
source: http://www.london2012.com/country/cuba/profile/index.html
Cuba's first Olympic champion was fencer Ramon FONST, who won gold as a 16-year-old in the men's epee at the Paris 1900 Olympic Games. He won three further gold medals at the St Louis 1904 Olympic Games and also competed in the Paris 1924 Olympic Games.
The last time the Olympic Games were held in London in 1948, Cuba's Carlos de CARDENAS CULMELL and his son (also Carlos) took a silver in sailing. The competition was held at Torbay in south-west England.
More recently, Cubans have enjoyed success in athletics. At the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games, Alberto JUANTORENA won the men's 400m and 800m double. Alejandro CASANAS claimed successive silver medals in 1976 and 1980 and his example was followed by Anier GARCIA, who took gold at Sydney 2000, and Dayron ROBLES, who won gold at the Beijing 2008 Games.
Javier SOTOMAYOR was the outstanding high jumper of his generation. He won gold in Barcelona in 1992 and silver in Atlanta in 1996. Maria COLON won the women's javelin at Moscow in 1980 and Osleidys MENENDEZ followed up a bronze at Sydney 2000 with gold at Athens 2004.
Cuba have excelled in combat sports. In boxing, Teofilio STEVENSON won three consecutive gold medals in the heavyweight division (1972–80), a feat emulated by countryman Felix SAVON (1992–2000).
In judo, Driulys GONZALEZ collected a full set of Olympic medals. Her gold medal-winning performance came in the lightweight competition at the Atlanta 1996 Games.
Wrestler Filiberto AZCUY won the men's Greco-Roman welterweight gold in 1996 and 2000, and Mijain
LOPEZ took the men's super heavyweight crown at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Cuba have also success in team sports. When baseball was introduced to the Olympic programme at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games, Cuba won the gold medal. They won two further gold medals (1996 and 2004) and finished no lower than second in the other tournaments before the sport was removed from the programme after the Beijing Games.
Cuba's women won the volleyball gold medal at four consecutive Olympic Games (1992–2004).
Anthem: Title
La Bayamesa (The Bayamo Song)
Anthem: Year of Induction
1902
Anthem: Composer
Words and music by Pedro FIGUEREDO.
Official NOC/NPC name
Cuba
IOC recognition date
1954
NOC/NPC President's name
Mr Jose R. FERNANDEZ ALVAREZ
NOC/NPC General Secretary's name
Mr Ruperto HERRERA TABIO
IOC Member's Name
Mr Reynaldo GONZALEZ LOPEZ, Mrs Yumilka RUIZ LUACES
Year of first appearance in an Olympic and Paralympic Games
1900
Number of appearances in Olympic and Paralympic Games
19, including London 2012
Summary of Olympic and Paralympic Games Appearances
Cuba's first Olympic champion was fencer Ramon FONST, who won gold as a 16-year-old in the men's epee at the Paris 1900 Olympic Games. He won three further gold medals at the St Louis 1904 Olympic Games and also competed in the Paris 1924 Olympic Games.
The last time the Olympic Games were held in London in 1948, Cuba's Carlos de CARDENAS CULMELL and his son (also Carlos) took a silver in sailing. The competition was held at Torbay in south-west England.
More recently, Cubans have enjoyed success in athletics. At the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games, Alberto JUANTORENA won the men's 400m and 800m double. Alejandro CASANAS claimed successive silver medals in 1976 and 1980 and his example was followed by Anier GARCIA, who took gold at Sydney 2000, and Dayron ROBLES, who won gold at the Beijing 2008 Games.
Javier SOTOMAYOR was the outstanding high jumper of his generation. He won gold in Barcelona in 1992 and silver in Atlanta in 1996. Maria COLON won the women's javelin at Moscow in 1980 and Osleidys MENENDEZ followed up a bronze at Sydney 2000 with gold at Athens 2004.
Cuba have excelled in combat sports. In boxing, Teofilio STEVENSON won three consecutive gold medals in the heavyweight division (1972–80), a feat emulated by countryman Felix SAVON (1992–2000).
In judo, Driulys GONZALEZ collected a full set of Olympic medals. Her gold medal-winning performance came in the lightweight competition at the Atlanta 1996 Games.
Wrestler Filiberto AZCUY won the men's Greco-Roman welterweight gold in 1996 and 2000, and Mijain
LOPEZ took the men's super heavyweight crown at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Cuba have also success in team sports. When baseball was introduced to the Olympic programme at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games, Cuba won the gold medal. They won two further gold medals (1996 and 2004) and finished no lower than second in the other tournaments before the sport was removed from the programme after the Beijing Games.
Cuba's women won the volleyball gold medal at four consecutive Olympic Games (1992–2004).
Anthem: Title
La Bayamesa (The Bayamo Song)
Anthem: Year of Induction
1902
Anthem: Composer
Words and music by Pedro FIGUEREDO.
Official NOC/NPC name
Cuba
IOC recognition date
1954
NOC/NPC President's name
Mr Jose R. FERNANDEZ ALVAREZ
NOC/NPC General Secretary's name
Mr Ruperto HERRERA TABIO
IOC Member's Name
Mr Reynaldo GONZALEZ LOPEZ, Mrs Yumilka RUIZ LUACES
Year of first appearance in an Olympic and Paralympic Games
1900
Number of appearances in Olympic and Paralympic Games
19, including London 2012
Summary of Olympic and Paralympic Games Appearances
| Medals per sport | ||||||||||
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||||||
| Athletics | 10 | 13 | 14 | 37 | ||||||
| Baseball | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Basketball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Boxing | 32 | 19 | 12 | 63 | ||||||
| Canoe - Sprint | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Cycling - Track | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Fencing | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||||||
| Judo | 5 | 11 | 16 | 32 | ||||||
| Sailing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Shooting | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Taekwondo | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Volleyball | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Weightlifting | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Wrestling - Freestyle | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
| Wrestling - Greco-Roman | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| Total | 66 | 62 | 60 | 188 | ||||||
| Medals per year | ||||||||||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||||||
| 1900 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 1904 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| 1948 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1964 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1968 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| 1972 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| 1976 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | ||||||
| 1980 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||||
| 1992 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 31 | ||||||
| 1996 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | ||||||
| 2000 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 29 | ||||||
| 2004 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 27 | ||||||
| 2008 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 24 | ||||||
| Total | 66 | 62 | 60 | 188 | ||||||
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