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An exploratory oil well off the northern coast of Cuba has proved a failure and will be capped and abandoned, Spanish company Repsol said Friday, a disappointment for a cash-strapped nation hoping for an economic lifeline.
HAVANA (Reuters) - Spanish oil giant Repsol said Friday that the first of three planned wells in Cuban waters was unsuccessful, a blow to Cuba's hopes for energy independence. "I can confirm that the Repsol well in Cuba has been reported to be unsuccessful and that we are proceeding to plug and abandon the well," a Repsol spokesman told Reuters. Repsol operated the well in a consortium with ...
Cuba's hope of cutting its energy dependence on Venezuela by developing new domestic sources of crude oil has suffered a blow -- the first in a series of exploratory offshore wells is a dry hole.
An exploratory oil well off the northern coast of Cuba has proved a failure and will be capped and abandoned, Spanish company Repsol said Friday, a disappointment for a cash-strapped nation hopi...
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's reform plans to attract more overseas investment are off to a slow start as the government focuses more on regulating existing foreign joint ventures than encouraging new ones, businessmen and diplomats say. In fact, Cuba has closed more joint ventures than it has opened since the ruling Communist Party adopted wide-ranging economic reforms a year ago, and remains far ...
Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a US visa, sparking anger from Cuban-American leaders.
Blue Jays clinch tie in Div. II
Cuba's Dayron Robles, the reigning Olympic champion and world record-holder in the 110-meter hurdles, finished fourth in a track meet at Puerto Rico.
For many Americans, Cuba is the forbidden fruit that has remained off-limits thanks to a decades-old trade embargo. The veil was lifted last year when the U.S. government granted licenses to a few companies to offer "people-to-people" programs allowing American tourists to visit.
Cuba bids to shore up its crumbling houses in Havana
There, set back in an open field off a bustling highway, is the new regional defense school of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas, or ALBA—the eight-member economic and geopolitical bloc founded by Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Cuba’s ...
She also volunteers in her hometown of Newton, plays tennis twice a week, and travels extensively - Israel and Cuba are next on her list. Her schedule may sound loaded, but Anger is a model of what many aging specialists say older adults need to ...
More soy for Cuba? Matt Hughes, the McLean County farmer who chairs the Illinois Soybean Association, reported in FarmWeek earlier this month that the United States is losing ground as a supplier of soybean products to Cuba. "In 2006, the U.S. had more ...
And in the other set of appeals, lawyers for six detainees at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are asking the justices to make good on their promise of four years ago and give the inmates a "meaningful opportunity" to be released.
Polakoff is a former photojournalist who produced and directed the TV documentaries Cuba: In the Shadow Of Doubt and The Closing Door: An Investigation Of US Immigration Policy. She is represented by Frank Wuliger/Gersh.
There are conflicting details about his parents' immigration from Cuba and his recently disclosed ties to the Mormon faith. The effect of those issues on his political fortunes is the subject of debate in Republican circles in Washington ...
The hot and steamy atmosphere often associated with tropical Cuba will be on display June 2, when Upward Transitions hosts its “Havana Nights” fundraiser. Organizers are expecting about 400 people dressed in “Caribbean chic” attire, as the ...
Cienfuegos, Cuba, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Mexico will be the most represented country with the plays, "Ojo de gato", "Pero ¿qué quiere usted de mí?" and "U Mo", at the 1st Latin American Monologue Festival, to be held in Cienfuegos from May 24-27.
The 2012 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team will assemble on June 23 and the team will embark on a 30-day tour including stops in North Carolina, Cuba and The Netherlands. "We waited to tell him until (Saturday) but I'm so really, really proud of him ...
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio spent years describing himself as the "son of exiles" from Castro's Cuba, but the Post reported that "documents show that Rubio's parents came to the United States and were admitted for permanent residence more than two-and-a-half ...
MIAMI -- The U.S. Treasury Department has tightened a few of its restrictions on trips to Cuba by non-Cuban Americans on so-called "people-to-people" visits, saying the revisions will "help to deter abuses." Complaints of abuses of such trips -- they must ...
An exploratory oil rig starts drills beneath the waters off Cuba's northern coast as fishermen work in Havana Bay, Cuba. (File photo) HAVANA (AP) - An exploratory oil well off the northern coast of Cuba has proved a failure and will be capped ...
HAVANA, May 19 (UPI) -- A first drilling attempt for oil in promising areas offshore of Cuba has come up empty, Spanish oil firm Repsol said. "It is not uncommon to strike out with offshore wells, and four out of five are dry," Repsol spokesman ...
U.S. economic sanctions against Cuba are a case in point. The sanctions were first authorized in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy issued an executive order in response to the Cuban government’s expropriation without compensation of American ...
And in the other set of appeals, lawyers for six detainees at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are asking the justices to make good on their promise of four years ago and give the inmates a "meaningful opportunity" to be released.
The hot and steamy atmosphere often associated with tropical Cuba will be on display June 2, when Upward Transitions hosts its “Havana Nights” fundraiser. Organizers are expecting about 400 people dressed in “Caribbean chic” attire, as the ...
HAVANA (AP) -- Cuban exports of goods and services generated about $9 billion in income in 2011, a senior government official said, as the island is diversifying and relying less on established sectors such as nickel and sugar. Antonio Luis ...
HAVANA — From her small, tidy apartment, Niurka dreams of visiting Miami one day to see her son's home and the school where he is studying medicine. She also yearns to bid farewell to her late father at his graveside and to meet her brother's children ...
There's always been a fascination with baseball players from Cuba that could do given the same shot that players from the free world have get to make it to the major leagues. While their paths to Major League Baseball involve high risk ...
I visited Cuba a few weeks ago, and was surprised to find not only a wonderful island, but warm-hearted, happy, resilient, and, most important, just-plain folks working hard to maintain a sense of dignity. One of our lecturers told us "changes ...
Published: Sun, 20 May 2012 05:43:58 GMT
Published: Sun, 20 May 2012 05:43:58 GMT
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Cuban embargo and defending US property rightsMiamiHerald.comUS economic sanctions against Cuba are a case in point. The sanctions were first authorized in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy issued an executive order in response to the Cuban government's expropriation without compensation of American assets, ... |
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