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Casa de Las Américas NY is recipient of the prestigious BORIMIX Award

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Festival Celebration & Awards Ceremony

Casa de Las Américas NY is a recipient of the prestigious BORIMIX Award for the work in the Arts and the Puerto Rican and Cuban communities.

Casa de Las Américas is represented by:

Jaime Mendieta President

Nancy Cabrera Vice President

Franklin Flores Secretary of organization

Manuel A. Moran, PhD
CEO & Artistic Director Fest Producer
BORIMIX: Puerto Rico
107 Suffolk Street, Suite 202
New York, NY 10002

Estimado Sr. Moran,

En nombre de Casa de las Américas le queremos expresar nuestro agradecimiento por el reconocimiento otorgado por el Teatro SEA a nuestra organización. Trabajos, como los que ustedes llevan a cabo, son los que fortalecen nuestro ser latinoamericano aquí en la diáspora. Sabemos por propia experiencia lo difícil que es hacer patria y cultura fuera de nuestros respectivos países, ustedes lo están haciendo de una forma fenomenal.

Fue para nosotros en Casa un gran honor ser parte de tan hermosa labor, y estamos muy agradecidos, muchísimas gracias.

“El arte es la nobleza del espíritu” José Martí

Un abrazo solidario,

Ejecutivo de Casa de las Americas, NY
Jaime Mendieta, Presidente
Nancy Cabrero, Vice Presidenta
Franklin Flores, Secretario de Organización
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Photographs by Marta Garcia

Teatro SEA/The Clemente 107 Suffolk Street, NYC.
Sponsored by: SEA, The Clemente & Rums of Puerto Rico
Celebrate BORIMIX: Puerto Rico Fest 2015 with our festival kick-off event at SEA and The Clemente! The evening begins with the BORIMIX Awards Ceremony and follows with the opening of our visual arts exhibitions, dancing and live Puerto Rican and Cuban music from multi Grammy nominated Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band!
¡Te invitamos a celebrar con nosotros la inauguración de BORIMIX: Puerto Rico Fest 2015, que tomará lugar en SEA y El Clemente! La velada empieza con la Ceremonia de entrega de los Premios BORIMIX, y continúa con la apertura de nuestras exhibiciones de Arte, y culmina con Música en vivo de Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band, nominado al grammy multiples veces.

OPERATION CARLOTA

OPERATION CARLOTA The most just, lengthy, large scale and successful internationalist military campaign undertaken by Cuba

OPERATION CARLOTA
The most just, lengthy, large scale and successful internationalist military campaign undertaken by Cuba
40 years ago, on November 5, Operation Carlota commenced in the name of the independence of the people of Angola and all of Africa

Author: Oscar Sánchez Serra | oscar@granma.cu
november 6, 2015 13:11:55

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Cubans and Angolans provided an unparalleled example of bravery which led to a historic victory. Photo: Archivo
They are present across more than 3,785,000 Cuban households. It is almost impossible to find a Cuban family that does not count them among its members or friends. They wear no badge to identify them; they blend in with the rest of the people, be it at the grocery store, the ballpark or at a noisy domino table. Their children share the classroom with ours, with no other privilege than having been born in a land that provides them the right to education, to health, to their intellectual development, with equal opportunity.
However, they, the internationalist combatants, are not only heroes but the most faithful heirs of José Martí’s maxim: “Our homeland is humanity”. Forty years ago, on November 5, Cuba would provide the world with one of the most brilliant examples of heroism and, at the same time, humanism. Operation Carlota began, in the name of the independence of the people of Angola and, as such, of all Africa.
The operation was named after a Lukumí slave at the Triunvirato sugar plantation in Matanzas, who in 1843 led one of the many slave rebellions, in which she lost her life. She became a symbol of the heroic deeds of a people in defense of the noblest causes of the planet.

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Ceremony to mark 40th anniversary of Operation Carlota Cuba’s internationalist mission in Angola

Ceremony to mark 40th anniversary of Operation Carlota
The ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of Cuba’s internationalist mission in Angola was presided over by the First Vice President ofthe Councils of Stateand Ministers,Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, EstebanLazo,president of the Cubanparliament,andother members of the Party’s Politburo
Author: Redacción Digital | internet@granma.cu
november 5, 2015 09:11:26

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Photo: Ramón Pacheco Salazar
As a symbol of Cuba’s internationalism, a cultural-political act and military parade to commemorate the solidarity and military support of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba to the People’s Republic of Angola was held today, marking the 40th anniversary of the start of Operation Carlota.
At the former Triunvirato sugar plantation in Matanzas, now the RebelSlaveMuseum, the ceremony was presided over by theFirst Vice President ofthe Councils of Stateand Ministers, Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, EstebanLazo,president of the Cubanparliament,andother members of the Party’s Politburo.
At the start of the cultural-political act and military parade, a floral wreath was laid at the monument to the fallen, sent by Fidel and Raúl.
The Cuban military mission in Angola was named Operation Carlota in honor of the legendary rebel slave of the Triunvirato sugar plantation, Carlota, who led one of the largest slave rebellions in Cuba, which took place on November 5, 1843.
Guests at the ceremony included members of the diplomatic corps and the military diplomatic corps accredited in Cuba, internationalist combatants of the FAR and Minint, a representation of the families of the martyrs killed in internationalist missions, a delegation from the Republic of Angola and the Five Cuban anti-terrorist heroes.
Meanwhile, the diplomatic corps of the African nation recalled the feats of the Cuban and Angolan forces and reaffirmed the eternal gratitude of the Angolan people to the Cuban heroes who gave their lives during the mission. In the words of Raúl Castro, “The supreme glory and merit belong to the Cuban people, the real protagonists of this epic feat.”

Ceremonia de la bandera en el acto político-cultural y parada militar por aniversario 40 del inicio de la misión militar internacionalista de Cuba en la República de Angola, Operación Carlota, efectuado en los predios del antiguo ingenio Triunvirato, en el municipio Limonar, en Matanzas, Cuba. Foto: AIN

Parada militar en el acto por el aniversario 40 del inicio de la misión militar internacionalista de Cuba en la República de Angola, Operación Carlota, efectuado en los predios del antiguo ingenio Triunvirato, en el municipio Limonar, en Matanzas, Cuba. Foto: AIN

Jóvenes integrantes de la Policía Nacional Revolucionaria en la Parada militar por el aniversario 40 del inicio de la misión militar internacionalista de Cuba en la República de Angola, Operación Carlota, efectuado en los predios del antiguo ingenio Triunvirato, en el municipio Limonar, en Matanzas, Cuba. Foto: AIN

Carmen Lidia Madem y Danza Espiral, en el momento del acto político-cultural y Parada militar por el aniversario 40 del inicio de la misión militar internacionalista de Cuba en la República de Angola, Operación Carlota, efectuado en los predios del antiguo ingenio Triunvirato, en el municipio Limonar, en Matanzas, Cuba. Foto:

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Ceremonia de la bandera en el acto político-cultural y parada militar por aniversario 40 del inicio de la misión militar internacionalista de Cuba en la República de Angola, Operación Carlota, efectuado en los predios del antiguo ingenio Triunvirato, en el municipio Limonar, en Matanzas, Cuba. Foto: AIN
Tourism Economic Engine

Is Cuba ready to receive 10 million tourists?

Now that that we are seeing an unprecedented rise in the rate of tourist arrivals to Cuba…will the Cuban tourist industry be able to cope with the anticipated “wave” of visitors?

Author: AIN / Cubadebate | informacion@granma.cu
october 29, 2015 18:10:28

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Cuba currently has three cruise ship terminals, seven international ports and 39 scuba diving centers, the majority of which are currently undergoing an intense program of investment works to revive the archipelago’s nautical offers. Photo: http://blogs.infobae.com

Now that that we are seeing an unprecedented rise in the rate of tourist arrivals to Cuba, motivated by the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the island and the U.S., one question is dominating the media agenda. 
Will the Cuban tourist industry be able to cope with the anticipated “wave” of visitors?
After reaching a record three million visitors, the initial reports for 2015 are promising.
According to official figures, more than two million vacationers arrived in Cuba between January and July, representing a 15.9% increase, as compared to last year.
Preliminary estimates suggest that this trend will continue to grow, with four million international visitors predicted to arrive to the island by the end of the year, bearing in mind the current situation, which has seen the number of U.S. tourists double in comparison to figures registered in previous periods.

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