Article: Cruise ship visits projected to increase in 2003 as Cuba struggles to regain lost tourism

Zenova Perez (L) of Cuba struggles with
Getty Images;  July 19, 2007 ;     216 words ...JUAN MABROMATA Getty Images 07-19-2007 Zenova Perez (L) of Cuba struggles with Full Size JPG (1595 KB) Zenova Perez (L) of Cuba struggles with with Ilse Luirink of Netherlands Antilles during their field hockey match ...

Article: Cuba struggles to maintain aging railway.(Articulo ...
CubaNews;  January 1, 2003 ;     527 words ...Cuba is trying to keep its 165-year-old railway running, despite economic problems and complaints about delays and aging engines. Associated Press reports that the railway, born Nov. 19, 1837, is the oldest in Latin America, predating Spain's rail system by 11 years. Today, Cuba's 2,700 miles of

Article: Cuba Struggles for 3-1 Victory over Japan
Xinhua News Agency;  November 24, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Cuba lost the first set and left much space for Japan to exercise its bravery and guts as Cuba struggled for a lackluster 3-1 (22-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-13) win over the host nation. South Korea contained winless Argentina to secure at least a fourth place, triumphing in a nip and tuck game by 3-1

Article: Cuba struggles to fathom its team's early WBC exit
AP Worldstream;  March 19, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Mighty Cuba has struck out. Fans on this baseball-crazy island could only shake their heads and mumble about missed opportunities after Japan eliminated the national team from the World Baseball Classic on Thursday. Don't even speak to me. I'm struck out, said 17-year-old Etienne Rodriguez, who was

Article: Cuba struggles to clone a cow; Biotechnology: ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  December 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ...HAVANA - Even though Cuba boasts some of the world's best- equipped laboratories and talented scientists, its high-profile efforts to clone a cow are proving much more difficult than originally imagined. "I am worried," Fidel Ovidio, who oversees the project, told a group of international

Article: Cuba struggles to fathom its team's early exit
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  March 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ...HAVANA (AP) - Mighty Cuba has struck out. Fans on this baseball-crazy island could only shake their heads and mumble about missed opportunities Thursday after Japan eliminated the national team from the World Baseball Classic. "Don't even speak to me. I'm struck out," said 17-year-old Etienne

Article: Cuba Struggles to Maintain Railway
AP Online;  November 21, 2002 ;     444 words ...00-00-0000 HAVANA (AP) _ Cuba is struggling to restore its railway system, Latin America's oldest, amid an ongoing economic crunch and complaints about delays and the aging engines. The railway was born 165 years ago this week, and it has long been central to the economy, hauling tobacco for its