Thursday, November 5, 2015

Estancia Storms Cuba, Earns Ninth Consecutive Victory

It can be about dramatic interceptions, like the kinds Isaiah Chavez pulled off when Estancia faced Cuba on Friday night, his turnovers leading directly to sweeping and dramatic touchdowns from the likes of Adam Lujan.

http://www.mvtelegraph.com/sports/estancia-storms-cuba-earns-ninth-consecutive-victory/article_0df947e0-7f88-11e5-88a6-9fe7f55b878d.html

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Kendall man works with Cuban government to build public skatepark in Havana

More than a month before Secretary of State John Kerry presided over a flag-raising ceremony in Havana, two men carrying U.S. and Cuban flags rapidly skated down the Malecon, followed by more than 100 other skateboarders. Rene Lecour, 47, of Kendall, ...

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article42646428.html

International companies eye Cuba

The Havana International Fair has long been among the stranger events in the world of international business: a trade fair in a cash-starved country that's embargoed by the world's most powerful nation and views markets with suspicion.
http://www.journalgazette.net/business/International-companies-eye-Cuba-9706631

Tom Hanks perfectly cast in Cold War spy drama

Soviet Union stare down during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October of 1962. Tom Hanks is perfectly cast as real-life attorney James Donovan, an affable family man who defends our legal system and a client's right to a fair shake in court - even when ...
http://www.tucsonlocalmedia.com/livenup/article_fa48b670-778c-11e5-b38e-7fa5e3b4d356.html

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

New Chef at Cuba Libre, Ivy City is Cool, More Intel

Brad Smith is the new executive chef at Cuba Libre. His resume includes time at Raku, Addie's and the now-shuttered Cafe Atlantico, as well as Red Square in Miami.
http://dc.eater.com/2015/11/3/9662874/new-chef-cuba-libre-ivy-city-growth

Valuable object collection reveals a piece of Cuba's history before 1959

Everything started 30 years ago when Orestes Chavez, at the time a young Miami Dade College Police Academy student, bought the baseball card of a Cuban player. “The salesman asked me: 'Are you Cuban?'” recalls Chavez as a sparkle shines in his light ...

http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/visual-arts/article41444841.html

Monday, November 2, 2015

Westphal launches Cuba study abroad documentary course

Beginning in winter term of 2015, from Dec. 5 to Dec. 20, Drexel University students will have the opportunity to participate in a two-week intensive course in Old Havana, Cuba. The course, titled “Drexel Winter Break in Cuba: Documentary Film ...

http://thetriangle.org/news/westphal-launches-cuba-study-abroad-documentary-course/