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Events
Reception party for the 20th Annual Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba
Thursday July 9, 7:30 PM at Just Coffee Coop - 1129 E Wilson St call 608-251-3241 or e-mail info@calamadison.org for more details This year has seen positive changes in U.S. - Cuba relations. The Cuban-American community has seen the easing of travel ...
Camagüey Happenings: VI Literary Crusade
Camagüey 8/6/09 - 8/14/09 Location: Asociación Hermanos Saiz and Provincial center of books and literature The Sixth Literary Crusade of Camagüey will take place from 8/6 to 8/14. There will be a number of events in support of literature and music providing ...
Camagüey happenings: Workshop on the Woman, Family and Society
6/10/2009 - 6/11/2009: Centro Provincial de Patrimonio Cultural. Conferences, workshops and round-tables will bring together specialists and students from various fields to explore themes related to the woman in the social context and address points of view informed by generational differences. __________________________________ Mujer, ...
Camagüey Happenings: Musicora performing at Cubadisco
The group "Musicora" will be at Cubadisco XIII in Havana with a program of traditional Cuban music this coming Wednesday at 6:00 P.M. at the Music Garden. From Radio Cadena Agramonte (translation mine) They were invited by the National Institute of Music ...
MCSCA
June 3 Meeting agendaMay 31st, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 — 7 PM*
Sequoya Branch Public Library
Tokay at Midvale Boulevards
*Please note: There will not be a meeting in July — Happy Fourth!
A G E N D A
I. Welcome and introductions.
II. Wisconsin Medical Project Update.
III. Update on Larios/Escobar Project:
Cuban Artists in Madison/Celebrating Friendship
November 2-24, 2009
IV. Report on Congressional Action on Freedom to Travel.
Need all-out effort to reach Cong. Paul Ryan (WI-1st District).
V. Fundraising.
VI. Other business.
VII. Adjournment.
Please remember to…
News
Report cites continued weaknesses in U.S. broadcasting to Cuba Jun 18th, 2009
U.S. lawmakers have heard testimony about continuing weaknesses in U.S.-government funded television broadcasting to Cuba. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) updated members of Congress on steps taken by the Broadcasting Board of Governors and its Office of Cuba Broadcasting on recommendations to deal with management, morale and other problems.
Since its inception in 1990, TV Marti has been the subject of controversy over cost, contracting, internal management and…
Opinion
Obama administration must move forward with normalization Jun 17th, 2009
From My Perspective June 17, 2009
The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to review the case of the Cuban Five will be seen in Havana as coming from the Obama Administration, thus casting further doubts on the potential for a real thaw in relations between Cuba and the United States.
Beyond the sheer injustice that has been done to these five men—whose only crime was not to have registered as agents…
Camagüey Journal
Orchid from Camagüey registered as a new species Jun 9th, 2009
Reported in Radio Cadena Agramonte , Camagüey Television, and The International Plant Names Index.
Botanists from Camagüey have developed and reproduced a new variety of orchid. Fittingly, it is called Orchidaceae Encyclia × camagueyensis, common name, Amalia
Wisconsin Medical Project