Born Swine with Elephant Trunk

Text and photos: Amauris Betancourt
amauris@radioangulo.icrt.cu

A swine with an elephant trunk was born last Wednesday afternoon in Los Almacigos, a village from the municipality of Calixto Garcia, 31 km east from the city of Holguin.

The swine, last of the three born pigs, died ten minutes later while the others remain still alive.

Mireya Morales Rojas, the animal owner, came to Radio Angulo Digital to show the curiosity to the world.

Cuban Company of Spanish Ballet Performs in Holguin

Text and photos: Amauris Betancourt.

The movie- theatre Ismaelillo played host to two concerts over the last weekend by the Cuban Company of Spanish Ballet during the celebration of the Iberia-American Festival held in Holguin to bring material and artistic solidarity to Ike-hurricane affected communities.

The prestigious Ballet Company was founded back in 1987, sponsored then by Cuban Prima Ballerina Absoluta Alicia Alonso, as Group of Spanish Dancing, later known as Havana Spanish Ballet and eventually, by resolution of Cuban Ministry of Culture, as Cuban Company of Spanish Ballet in 2 000.

Directed nowadays by one of its former premier-dancer, Eduardo Veitía, the company confirmed its presence in Holguín to act, too, in places hit by Ike hurricane.

The Cuban Company of Spanish Ballet includes in its repertoire not only classical and pop flamenco but also a fusion as representative elements of worldwide trends in the genre and has been awarded many national and international prizes in its almost 12 years.

“The Fanthom”, its last work, caught the eye of theatre-goers in this Cuban north-eastern city of Holguin where there are also companies interested in the genre.

Iberia America in Cuba

Text and photos: Amauris Betancourt.

Spanish flamenco group

"De orilla a orilla".
Iberia America cares for Holguin, Cuba, not only in cultural solidarity. Artists coming from different parts of the world and Cuba arrive to celebrate the 16th birthday of the Iberian-American House and to offer art to communities affected by Ike hurricane.

D'Akokan, Folk group.
The gala on the eve, moderate and humble but highly sensitive, show our common forefathers’ culture.

This year a “Meeting for the Iberian American Solidarity with Cuba” what it was before, and it will be again next year, the “Fiesta of Iberian American Culture.”

Tatiana Zúñiga, Director of the Iberia- American House.

Codanza, prestigious dancing company in Cuba.

Actress Norma Arencibia.

Soloist Lucrecia Marín.

Classic Guitar Band from Eliecer Travieso.

De Orilla a orilla

Vocal en Serio, vocal group.
Trouvadoare Fernando Cabreja.

Moa after Ike Hurricane

Text and photos: Amauris Betancourt.

amauris@radioangulo.icrt.cu

Moa, the youngest municipality of Holguín, puts up with remarkable damages as a direct consequence of the powerful Ike hurricane. The strong winds uprooted practically the vegetation of the city. Before Ike, it was just about difficult getting to see parts of the city from its avenues or from some places; now its buildings emerge on top of the standing vegetation's remains and its considerable volume makes the municipal capital city stands out clearly. Moa, known for its so important nickel production for the Cuban economy, has a mixed population, who arrived there from all the parts of the country to satisfy the needs of working hand in the chores of the metal production.
In addition to the population Moa once had, stemming from the former Soviet Union aiming at advising the chores of nickel extraction, it has added the nowadays Canadian advisers and university students, coming not only from almost the Island's all provinces but also from several countries.The hurricane Ike hit with a likewise strength this municipality, and brought about the same damages than in others, but less perceptible because they do not reach the level than in the municipalities of Antilla, Banes, Feyre and Gibara, all located in the northern coast of Holguín.

The manufacturing process of nickel got lightly affected but thanks to the miners’ endurance the production reaches slowly the same extent as before and will go on steady when the Commander Ernesto Guevara nickel factory starts over.