3/10/2009 – 3/15/2009 — Camagüey (from Portal Cultural Principe)

National Workshop of Cinema Theory.

Dedicated to the 50th anniversary of ICAIC and the imprint of the 60s on Cuban cinema.

Theme: “Cuban Cinema of the Sixties”

History of the event.

This annual workshop began in 1993 out of a need for an exchange of ideas and growth for cinema critics in the country, at the same time serving as a framework for the city of Camagüey to present these to its broad audience.

The workshop has become the most important forum for cinema…

Sequoya Branch – Madison Public Library
Tokay at Midvale Boulevard
7pm

AGENDA

I. Welcome and Introductions
II. Report from the January 2009 Delegation to Camagüey
III. Wisconsin Medical Project Update
IV. Camaguey Artists Visit to Madison
V. Senate Bill 428 “Travel for All”
VI. Update on Fundraising
VII. Website and Listserv Report*
VIII. Other Business
IX. Adjournment

* We need your input. After adjournment we will preview the changes to the MCSCA Website in small groups. About 20 minutes of your time would be greatly…

From El País 2/26/09

Al rebufo de España, y cuando Estados Unidos empieza a replantearse su política hacia Cuba, pasito a pasito Europa se acerca a La Habana. Hace una semana fue el viaje del canciller de Irlanda, Michael Martin. Ahora es el ex ministro socialista francés Jack Lang quien se encuentra de visita en Cuba como “emisario especial” del presidente Nicolas Sarkozy para reactivar el diálogo con las autoridades de la isla.

Según fuentes del Elíseo, Sarkozy ha pedido a Lang que sea su enviado para “explorar” la “modalidad de una

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Summary of the first year from BBC

It has proved a smooth transition, despite many predicting communism would collapse without Fidel at the helm.

Raul Castro’s programme of reforms has been hit by three hurricanes and the global economic crisis.

But there has been success in foreign policy, ending the island’s international isolation.

It was never going to be easy replacing his famous brother, the only leader that Cuba had known for almost half a century.

But within weeks of formally taking over the presidency, on 24 February last year, Raul Castro won widespread support

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