Tribute to "Papin": Cuba Canta con Emiliano Echeverria - KPFA FM

30 May 2009 - Cuba Canta con Emiliano Echeverria - KPFA FM

Tribute to Ricardo Abreu y Los Papines, los maestros de Guaguanco! Cuba Canta presents 2 hours of Guaguanco with Los Papines in a special dedicated to the late Ricardo Abreu, founder and leader of Los Papines. Rarezas con Celeste Mendoza, Merceditas Valdes, Orquesta Aragon y otros.    [more]

Listen:   Radio Cuba Canta - 30 May 2009

SOCIAL SCIENCE TEACHERS TO CUBA THIS SUMMER

Cuba Travel Information :

The Center for Cuban Studies in New York will be providing program consultation on four professional research delegations to Cuba this summer organized by Marazul Charters, Inc. intended for full-time teachers in the social sciences (history, political science, sociology, economics, etc.)

If there is enough interest, there will also be a program for full-time art educators to participate in an art research program from July 19th to July 30th--please inquire if interested.

The social science programs are intended to provide information on Cuba's history and the social, political, economic, and cultural life of Cuba today in such a way as to advance the research concerns of teachers in the social sciences. There will be sufficient time in any given day for further individual research as well. The trip is open only to those who qualify to travel under the Treasury Department's "general license" category, i.e. full-time professionals doing full-time research. To qualify, a participant must be teaching full-time in the social sciences. It will provide researchers with the opportunity to meet with historians, teachers, students, social workers, artists, medical professionals, farmers, ministry officials, and civic leaders.

The final stipulation for legally traveling to Cuba is that you intend to disseminate the products of your research in some public way when you return to the U.S. This can be achieved through the classroom, and/or by writing and publishing articles in professional publications, exhibiting your work/research at public venues, and/or by participating in public forums (Center for Cuban Studies or your school for instance), or a number of other ways. Marazul Charters is the licensed travel provider and organizer of these delegations to Cuba. For more info about Marazul and legalities of travel to Cuba check out www.marazulcharters.com or contact Bob Guild at Marazul at bguild@marazul.com .

The 2009 dates of travel to Cuba for full-time teachers in the social sciences are as follows:

First trip: Friday July 3rd---Sunday July 12th
Second trip: Sunday July 19th---Thursday July 30th
Third trip: Friday August 7th---Sunday August 16th
Fourth trip: Thursday August 20---Saturday August 29th

The approximate cost of each trip is $2200 which will vary depending on the dates of the trip (slightly more cost for the second trip) and number of participants traveling (15-20 per group). The costs include air travel from Miami, visa, land arrangements, breakfast daily and several other meals, scheduled program, bi-lingual guide, transportation, and tax-deductible contribution to the Center for Cuban Studies. (Please note the costs do not include travel arrangements from your hometown to Miami and there are no grants/scholarships available that we are aware of).

Please take a look at the photographs from the April 10-17th educator research programs for the 40 educators who participated. It was an incredible experience for all of us.

If you want to travel on one of the educator trips please:
1) Email (traveltocubanow@gmail.com) your resume depicting current teaching experience (word doc attachment labeled w/your full name).
2) The summer dates you want to travel to Cuba.
3) Forward this email to as many people as you know!

--
Jesse Alter
Organizational Development Coordinator
Center for Cuban Studies/Cuban Art Space
www.cubaupdate.org
www.cubanartspace.net
231 W. 29th Street #401
New York, NY 10001
(212) 242-0559 W
(212) 242-1937 F

Cronicas De La Raza 26 May 2009 - KPFA FM

Tonight's program marks our happy return to these airwaves with News Headlines from the Americas. You'll hear about the new US military base in Colombia, an obituary review of the life and work of Uruguayan author, Mario Benedetti, and a song by Cuban singer Silvio Rodríguez. We also offer a report on the results of our recent California state-wide elections, a stroll down the Streets of Aztlan, and a calendar of upcoming cultural events.

Produced by Vanessa Bohm, Carmen Andrea Rivera, C'tone, Emiliano Echeverria, Julieta Kusnir, Ventura Longoria and Nina Serrano.

Live on the air - Tuesdays 7 pm PST:
KPFA 94.1 FM - San Francisco Bay/Northern California
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"I LOVE YOU" ("Te Quiero") Mario Benedetti - 1920-2009

I LOVE YOU
by Mario Benedetti

(English Translation)

Your hands are my caress
my daily reminders
I love you because your hands
work for justice

if I love you it's because you are
my love my accomplice and my everything
and in the street arm in arm
we are many more than two

your eyes are my spell
against a cursed day
I love you for your gaze
that looks and plants the future

your mouth that is yours and mine
your mouth doesn’t lie
I love you because your mouth
knows how to shout rebellion

if I love you it's because you are
my love my accomplice and my everything
and in the street arm in arm
we are many more than two

and for your open face
and your wanderer’s footstep
and your weeping for the world
because you are of the people I love you.

and because love is not a halo
nor morality tale
and because we are a couple
that knows it is not alone

I love you in my paradise
which is to say that in my ideal country
people live happily
without even having permission

if I love you it's because you are
my love my accomplice and my everything
and in the street arm in arm
we are many more than two

  translation: Nina Serrano

"Te Quiero": versión original en español


Videos: La poesia de Mario Benedetti en musica

"Piernas"




"Te Quiero"

"Te Quiero" Mario Benedetti - 1920-2009

TE QUIERO
de Mario Benedetti

Tus manos son mi caricia
mis acordes cotidianos
te quiero porque tus manos
trabajan por la justicia

si te quiero es porque sos
mi amor mi cómplice y todo
y en la calle codo a codo
somos mucho más que dos

tus ojos son mi conjuro
contra la mala jornada
te quiero por tu mirada
que mira y siembra futuro

tu boca que es tuya y mía
tu boca no se equivoca
te quiero porque tu boca
sabe gritar rebeldía

si te quiero es porque sos
mi amor mi cómplice y todo
y en la calle codo a codo
somos mucho más que dos

y por tu rostro sincero
y tu paso vagabundo
y tu llanto por el mundo
porque sos pueblo te quiero

y porque amor no es aureola
ni cándida moraleja
y porque somos pareja
que sabe que no está sola

te quiero en mi paraíso
es decir que en mi país
la gente viva feliz
aunque no tenga permiso

si te quiero es porque sos
mi amor mi cómplice y todo
y en la calle codo a codo
somos mucho más que dos


Link to English Translation
and videos of Mario Benedetti's poems in music

Cronicas De La Raza 19 May 2009 - KPFA FM

RETURNING NEXT WEEK: May 26!

This week, La Raza Chronicles is pre-empted for the KPFA Spring Fund Drive. We encourage you to donate to KPFA by phone or on-line at www.kpfa.org. If you can, please mention that you are supporting La Raza Chronicles we would appreciate it. Gracias!

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La Raza Chronicles: May 5, 2009
Interview with attorney Bill Martinez on the State Department's blocking of Cuban singer Silvio Rodriguez from performing with Pete Seeger in concert; Chesa Boudin discusses his new book "Gringo" and his travels in Latin America; excerpts from the works of Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano whose book Hugo Chavez gifted to President Obama.

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La Raza Chronicles: April 28, 2009
Report on Summit of the Americas conference and Cuba policy with Paulo Gusmao of the Latin American Working Group; Poet/Community Organizer Arnoldo Garcia discusses Immigration; May Day and Cinco de Mayo from the Streets of Aztlan; and Evelyn Orantes and Dr. Carlos Muñoz about The African Presence in Mexico at the Oakland Museum of California. Mixed together and spiced just the way you like it with musica.

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La Raza Chronicles: April 21, 2009
Jeff Connant of Food and Water Watch discusses his new book, "A Community Guide to Environmental Health"; "El Informatico" Daniel del Solar discusses Spanish language TV station, Telesur; Streets of Aztlan brings historic voices and excerpts from Cesar Chavez' funeral including excerpts of Corky Gonzalez' and Dolores Huerta's eulogies.

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Cronicas De La Raza 12 May 2009 - KPFA FM

La Raza Chronicles is pre-empted for the KPFA Spring Fund Drive. We encourage you to donate to KPFA by phone or on-line at www.kpfa.org. If you can, please mention that you are supporting La Raza Chronicles we would appreciate it. Gracias!

You can also join our La Raza Chronicles' Faceook group page. We also have available our more recent programs listed below for your listening pleasure - in case you missed them. Just Click below ...and enjoy!

La Raza Chronicles: May 5, 2009
Interview with attorney Bill Martinez on the State Department's blocking of Cuban singer Silvio Rodriguez from performing with Pete Seeger in concert; Chesa Boudin discusses his new book "Gringo" and his travels in Latin America; excerpts from the works of Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano whose book Hugo Chavez gifted to President Obama.

PLAY NOW:
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La Raza Chronicles - Tuesday, May 5, 2009



La Raza Chronicles: April 28, 2009
Report on Summit of the Americas conference and Cuba policy with Paulo Gusmao of the Latin American Working Group; Poet/Community Organizer Arnoldo Garcia discusses Immigration; May Day and Cinco de Mayo from the Streets of Aztlan; and Evelyn Orantes and Dr. Carlos Muñoz about The African Presence in Mexico at the Oakland Museum of California. Mixed together and spiced just the way you like it with musica.

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La Raza Chronicles: April 21, 2009
Jeff Connant of Food and Water Watch discusses his new book, "A Community Guide to Environmental Health"; "El Informatico" Daniel del Solar discusses Spanish language TV station, Telesur; Streets of Aztlan brings historic voices and excerpts from Cesar Chavez' funeral including excerpts of Corky Gonzalez' and Dolores Huerta's eulogies.

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Special Broadcast: 05 May 2009 Cronicas De La Raza - KPFA FM

Cinco de Mayo! Our special two-part program tonight celebrates this triumph of the Mexican people over the occupying French military forces and the reinstatement of President Benito Juarez, the first Indigenous president in the Americas.

Part One features News Headlines from the Americas, and an exclusive interview with San Francisco attorney Bill Martinez on the Hillary Clinton State Department's blocking of Cuban folk singer Silvio Rodriguez from performing with Pete Seeger in New York for his 90th Birthday celebration. Guest Chesa Boudin discusses his new book "Gringo" and his exciting travels in Latin America. We will hear excerpts from the works of Eduardo Galeano, the Uruguayan author whose books sales have risen since Hugo Chavez gifted President Obama with a copy. We add the lively spice of musica, as well as a calendar of upcoming cultural events.

In Part Two, Mr. Chuch offers the story of Cinco de Mayo, with a mix of musica, history, poetry y mas! Enjoy the fiesta!

Produced by Vanesa Bohm, Carmen Andrea Rivera, CTone, Julieta Kusnir, Emiliano Echeverria, Ventura Longoria and Nina Serrano.

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Hear the webcast: Available immediately after live broadcast
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USCE: US State Dept failure to issue visa to Silvio Rodriguez to join Pete Seeger 90th birthday concert

03 May 2009:
Letter from Louis Head of US-Cuba Cultural Exchange
re Failure of US state dept to issue visa for Silvio Rodriguez

U.S. State Department fails to issue visa for Silvio Rodríguez

Act NOW to demand entry for Cuban artists and professionals

US-Cuba Cultural Exchange
uscce@cubaresearch.info
www.cubaresearch.info/uscubaculturalexchange

May 3, 2009

Following is the text of an email from Silvio Rodríguez (English, then Spanish original), regarding the failure of the United States State Department to issue him an entry visa. Rodríguez, Cuba's premier singer-songwriter and co-founder of that country's New Song Movement, was to perform at Pete Seeger's 90th birthday concert in New York today, Sunday, May 3.

Rodríguez' entry into the United States to perform might have been a major breakthrough following years of wrong-headed U.S. policy towards Cuban artists and professionals. Instead, the State Department, while not explicitly denying the visa, allowed it to be tied up such that it was not approved, at least not in time (as of this writing) for the very performance for which it was solicited.

You can help. Take a moment and call the U.S. State Department and express your sentiment that Cuban artists be allowed to enter the United States to share their work with appreciative and deserving American audiences. Tell them that it is an embarrassment that an artist of the stature of Silvio Rodríguez be denied entry into the country to join hands with Pete Seeger along with the dozens of other performers who joined with him today.

Thanks to Bill Martínez for all the work involved in the visa solicitation.


U.S. State Department Switchboard:
  (202)647-4000

Also, call the White House Comment Line
and express your feelings:
  (202) 456-1111

Thanks,

Louis Head

* * * * * *

Message from Silvio Rodríguez to his sister in Havana, also his manager:

Today is May 1 and it is 8:40pm in Paris. I just connected online to the United States Embassy site in France, where information is published regarding visa solicitations. My visa application is listed as being in process, the same status that it has maintained since I made the application. Today being the day that I was to fly to New York, and given that the visa has still not appeared, tomorrow I will leave instead for Havana.

You can pass this message to Pete's grandson Tao, and to Bill the attorney, along with my gratitude for their efforts as well as my sorrow resulting from the lack of respect shown by the State Department to them for having invited me to celebrate the 90th birthday of our dear friend Pete Seeger, living legend of North American song.

I believe that the attitude of the State Department is very contradictory, given the desire expressed by President Obama to bring the United States closer to Cuba. As a Cuban cultural worker, I continue to feel blockaded and discriminated against by other governments. Hopefully this will truly change someday.

Thanks for your help.

Silvio

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Mensaje de Silvio Rodríguez a su hermana, y gerente, en La Habana:

Es viernes 1º de mayo, son las 8 y 40 de la noche en París y me acabo de conectar al sitio web donde la embajada de Estados Unidos en Francia publica noticias sobre las visas solicitadas. La mía figura en estado de trámites, como ha figurado desde que la solicité. Como hoy era el día en que debía volar a Nueva York y la visa no ha aparecido, mañana parto hacia La Habana.

Puedes pasarle este correo a Tao el nieto de Pete y a Bill el abogado, con mi gratitud por sus esfuerzos y con mi pesar por el poco respeto que el Departamento de Estado ha mostrado a la invitación que me hicieron para celebrar los 90 años del querido Pete Seeger, leyenda viva de la canción norteamericana.

Creo que la actitud del Departamento de Estado es muy contradictoria con el deseo expresado por el presidente Obama de un acercamiento con Cuba. Como trabajador de la cultura cubana me sigo sintiendo tan bloqueado y discriminado como por otros gobiernos. Ojalá esto cambie de verdad algún día.

Gracias por tu ayuda.

Silvio