The New York Times once described him as “a cheerful, box-shaped man with a face like a friendly bulldog.” Like a bulldog, Francisco Aruca was resolute and courageous, friendly with strangers and, when provoked, he was a force to be reckoned with. So, we were stricken when friends like Silvia… read more »
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Tag Archives: energy
August 29, 2012
Fire extinguished at Venezuela refinery
Associated Press- Venezuela’s biggest oil refinery remained shut down Tuesday after firefighters extinguished a blaze that raged for more than three days following an explosion that killed at least 41 people. While fuel tanks smoldered at the Amuay refinery, Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said officials expected to restart operations at… read more »
July 5, 2012
Solar, wind energy a missed opportunity for Cuba
Andrea Rodriguez, AP-The sleepy country setting that farmer Juan Alonso calls home hasn’t changed much since he was born 74 years ago, with the two rustic wooden houses nestled among palm trees against a backdrop of green hills and clear skies. Incongruously perched atop the homes are the only visual… read more »
June 15, 2012
CUBA CENTRAL News Blast: Cold Warriors in the Congress and the lessons of overreach
Finally, they overreached. All too often, Congress’s Cold Warriors thwart changes in U.S.-Cuba policy and obstruct U.S. relations with Latin America – always with “red menace” rhetoric (think Obama and “appeasement”) at the ready. Few stand up to oppose them, which is costly to our national interest and the U.S…. read more »
June 14, 2012
CEL Plans El Salvador’s First Wind, Solar Power Plants
Stephan Nielsen, Bloomberg - Comision Ejecutiva Hidroelectrica del Rio Lempa, El Salvador’s state-owned utility, is planning the nation’s first utility-scale solar and wind projects to diversify its energy mix. CEL, as the company is known, will auction development rights for a 14.2-megawatt solar farm in 2013 and for a 42- megawatt wind… read more »
March 27, 2012
More than 50 years ago, the government of Cuban leader Fidel Castro seized the power plants of the Cuban Electric Company. You’d be forgiven for thinking that would have spelled the electric company’s demise. You’d be wrong. In fact, the company (ticker: CGAR) held its annual shareholder meetingin Naperville, Ill., last November…. read more »
March 23, 2012
As old saying goes, where you stand depends on where you sit. As the New York Times reported this week, Cuba’s Cardinal Ortega, the priests, the faithful, the protestors in Cuba, the diaspora in Miami, official Washington, and many others have assigned great expectations to the visit of Pope Benedict… read more »
March 9, 2012
The U.S. rarely has a kind word for Cuba or its government. So, it was noteworthy this week when our State Department released its 2011 annual reports on drug trafficking and money laundering and Cuba received good marks for its counter-narcotic efforts. The brief section on Cuba in the report,… read more »
January 18, 2012
US senator in Cuba to press on jailed American, offshore oil
AFP - High-ranking US senator Dick Durbin was in Cuba pressing for the release of a jailed American, and in talks on Cuba’s key offshore oil drilling project near US waters, his office said Wednesday. The United States does not maintain full diplomatic relations with its neighbor, the only one-party Communist… read more »
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