THE © YEAR V Nº 7 APR 10, 2015 HAVANA, CUBA avana eporter ISSN 2224-5707 YOUR SOURCE OF NEWS & MORE H R Price: A Weekly Newspaper of the Prensa Latina News Agency 1.00 CUC, 1.00 USD, 1.20 CAN Tourism Morro-Cabaña: A Place Worth Visiting/ P.2 Health & Science Cuba Updates Environmental Strategies / P.5 Entertainment & Listings/P.8-9 A Dialogue Photo Feature African Dreams in the is Possible Cuban Grassland/ P.11 / P.6 International Panama Summit: The Possible Scenarios /P.12 UN Target: Gender Equality by 2030/P.13 Economy Cuba-Kuwait: Cooperation City in Keeps Pumping Water/P.14 Motion Sports P.7 Cuba Goes Football Crazy /P.15 BEATLEMANIA IN UBA AS Cuba C , Mariel Zone Lures Over 300 LIVELY AS Foreign Companies EVER/P.10 /P.16 THIS NEWSPAPER IS DISTRIBUTED ON BOARD CUBANA DE AVIACION´S FLIGHTS 2 TOURISM Morro-Cabaña: A Place Worth Visiting Text and Photos By RobertoCAMPOS Meanwhile, the Castillo de la Real Fuerza (Royal Force Castle) began to be built in 1558 and was finished in 1578. The construction of La Punta and El Morro Castle allowed for crossfire against the attackers. The construction of La Punta Castle, which lasted 10 years, was finished in 1600, 30 years earlier than “El Morro,” as The Morro Castle, which has the shape HAVANA._ Close to celebrating 500 A good example is the Morro Castle. it is popularly known. of an irregular polygon, rises 40 meters years of its founding, on November 16, Located at the entrance of the Bay of As ordered by King Carlos III, the above sea level. 1519, the Cuban capital offers thousands Havana, this fortress welcomes all visitors construction of the San Carlos de La One of the most significant events of tourists from around the world the who enter the city by sea. Both, the Morro Cabaña Castle was started in 1763. It in its history was the1762 attack by the possibility to enjoy its many majestic Castle and the San Carlos de la Cabaña covers an area of 700 meters with 450 English squadron that conquered the colonial fortresses. Fortress, feature on tourist postcards, meters of thick walls. Morro and besieged Havana for eleven Built to protect the city from the representing not only Havana but all of The Morro Castle is a tourist attraction months until July 6, 1763. attacks of corsairs and pirates, these Cuba as well. that includes snack bars and restaurants Visitors can easily spot its ten-meter fortresses are very well preserved and The Morro Castle perches on top like La Divina Pastora and Los 12 tower and the lighthouse that served as abound with history. For this reason of a cliff at the entrance of the bay. Its Apóstoles (The 12 Apostles); names given watchtower. The latter was initially fuelled they feature as one of Havana’s main construction began in 1589 and was in honor of its most emblematic artillery by wood, then by oil in 1819, by acetylene attractions. completed in 1630. pieces. in 1928, and finally by electricity in 1945. CUBA-TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Iberia Considers Havana the Tourism Cooperation on the Rise Star of its Long Distance Flights Emilio Herrera Apimages PHOTO: PHOTO: HAVANA._ Cuba and of investments, exchange professional training PHOTO: Trinidad and Tobago of scientific and technical system for this industry. MADRID._ Spain’s Iberia airline has has increased the number of flights from signed a cooperation knowledge, environmental The delegation from ratified the reopening of its Madrid- five weekly to one daily. agreement intended impact assessments, Trinidad and Tobago also Havana route for June 1, distinguishing In Europe, Iberia and Iberia Express to promote the flow of and the study and met with Foreign Trade it as the star of its long distance flights. will open flights to five destinations in tourists and boost the development of new and Investment Minister, The company announced that 39 Italy: Florence and Naples (permanently), Caribbean region as a tourism products. Rodrigo Malmierca, and new routes will open this summer, and Palermo, Catania and Verona (in the destination. Hadeed and his the Vice President of incorporating 19 additional destinations summer seasons only). On the occasion of a delegation visited heritage the Council of Ministers while the frequency of flights in the Moreover, the number of flights to visit to Cuba in late March, sites and other places of Ricardo Cabrisas. current 22 routes will increase. Venice will increase during the summer. the Minister of Tourism interest. They also met This inter- Iberia’s long operational range In Germany, the airline will launch Gerard Hadeed signed the with national directors of governmental agreement includes three new destinations: direct flights to Hamburg and increase agrement with his Cuban the Professional Training aims to boost cooperation Havana, after more than two years of those to Berlin, Frankfurt and Düsseldorf. counterpart Manuel for Tourism System in the sector based on the discontinuation, Cali, and Medellín, Flights operated by Iberia Express Marrero. (FORMATUR) as well good relations between beginning on July 3. will open from Madrid to the Charles The agreement also as Havana’s Hotel and the two countries, Montevideo and Santo Domingo also de Gaulle Airport in Paris, and from addresses topics such as Tourism School, where according to an official feature among the new destinations. In Santander to the same destination, training and promotion they learned about the release. the case of Santo Domingo, the company operated by Iberia Regional Air Nostrum. CUBA 3 CUBA-EUROPEAN UNION Talks Yield Progress By NuriemDEARMAS HAVANA._ At a recent third round of talks political dialogue, economic relations and with the European Union. as very positive, adding that the mission between Cuba and the European Union trade, all of which will be addressed in the While a bilateral agreement is being of strengthening ties with Cuba had been (EU), aimed at establishing a Political upcoming rounds. negotiated, the EU will maintain its accomplished. Dialogue and Bilateral Cooperation This new stage will include the “common position” policy on Cuba which In a press briefing, Mogherini said Accord, progress was made on several following issues in its agenda: national and can only be revoked by a unanimous that very good grounds for further levels in culture, education, health and international policy, governance, human agreement of all 28 member-states. cooperation had been identified at agriculture. rights, the rule of law, peace, security, the Back in October 2008, both sides meetings with Cuban authorities, noting The talks, as was also the case in fight against terrorism, and joint efforts to decided to restart unconditional and that there had been points on which both the previous ones, were undertaken confront global challenges. non-discriminatory political dialogue and parties had agreed. constructively, positively and with absolute According to Leffler, such a presentation cooperation on a reciprocal basis, while During her official visit she was honesty that “has facilitated the advances will permit exchanges of ideas between fully respecting sovereignty of nation- received by Cuban president Raúl Castro already made,” deputy Cuban Foreign both parties during the coming months, states. and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Minister Abelardo Moreno, has said. meaning that many issues will have been In April 2014 Havana hosted the first with whom she exchanged ideas on This latest round, held in Havana last addressed before the next round of talks meeting while the second was held in climate change, the post-2015 agenda for month, specifically focused on issues starts. Brussels, Belgium, four months later. global development, and cooperation in relating to cooperation and dialogue Previous rounds had proceeded along The first round was to map out the renewable energy production. about sectoral policies. similar lines; a system deemed to be very talks process and devise a broad outline The senior official said that “there is a Cuban Foreign Ministry officials said effective because it identifies interpretation for the future accord. high level of reciprocated trust between that the agreement with the EU was problems and acknowledges sensitive The second round focused on Cuba and the EU.” being considered in great detail as it subjects in topics of mutual interest. issues relating to political dialogue and She commented that Cuba and the would establish the framework for future Leffler pointed out that there was cooperation based on mutual respect EU were currently negotiating a Political negotiations. no fixed timeline or deadline by which for differences in order to reach a better Dialogue and Cooperation Accord, The delegation representing the agreements must be reached as long as a understanding and pave the way to of which the third round of talks had European block was led by Christian Leffler, legal basis, which backs up this agreement convergence. concluded. She added that both sides executive director for the Americas of the for at least fifteen years, is in place. are interested in concluding this process European Foreign Action Service, who felt Because of the so called “common EU REPRESENTATIVES IN CUBA TO as soon as possible in order to be able to that substantial progress had been made position,” a restrictive policy on interaction FORGE CLOSER TIES begin cooperation within this framework. during this most recent round of talks. with Cuba adopted by the EU in 1996, the The EU high representative for Foreign Mogherini stressed that, “the signing At the talks, the European side Caribbean island is one of the few nations Affairs and Security Policy, Federica of this accord is key to working together expressed its views on issues dealing with that do not have an agreement of this kind Mogherini, considered last March’s visit on a more solid basis.” 4 SOCIETY process is of utmost importance and Validation of Syphilis-HIV Elimination has been a mission marked by great participation on all levels of the health system .“ Phase Concludes in Cuba Ghidinelli said that “by being such an FotosPL integrated process, it becomes a virtual By VivianCOLLAZO examination or evaluation of a whole health PHOTO: PHOTO: care system seeking a specific result.