A painful incident occurred at the World Athletics Championships taking place in Daegu, South Korea. When showing the 110 meter hurdles race in slow motion, it was demonstrated that Dayron Robles of Cuba had interfered with the effort of his Chinese rival, Liu Xiang.
Read MoreThe fight against corruption has taken centre stage in the government of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, and has led to the resignation or dismissal of several ministers over just a few months.
Read MoreTropical Storm Katia was born southwest of the Cape Verde Islands on Monday. It is the eleventh TS in the current season that ends on Nov. 30th, notes the Cuban Weather Service (INSMET) on Tuesday.
Read MoreExtraño Corazon began playing pop-rock, heavy metal, progressive rock & the blues, which is to say we weren’t a group defined by any particular musical style. But when we started getting some of our country-sounding songs played on the radio, the public began identifying us as that Cuban pop-rock-country band.
Read MoreOn the tenth day of a protest wave that has been gaining momentum since Aug. 20 and will continue until Sep. 3, nearly 300 people gathered in Lafayette Park directly across from the White House in Washington D.C., chanting, “When I say ‘tar sands’, you say ‘no!’ When I say ‘action’, you say ‘go!'”
Read MoreA group of us have been going to state-run farmers’ markets in the relatively upscale Vedado neighborhood to buy cheaper food, since otherwise our money just doesn’t stretch.
Read MoreI consider this award of recognition proper and commendable. However it would be good that starting from now nothing else were given to Cuban residents in Cuba or to nonresidents who reaffirm not only their patriotism but their identification with the system on the island.
Read MoreThe last time I saw a fight in my hometown of Sancti Spiritus was when I wasa around seven or eight. I remember them well because those conflicts in my neighborhood in the ‘90s could have better been described as tumultuous brawls or “machete sessions”.
Read MoreThe United States youth baseball team had an easy time on Sunday defeating Cuba 9-0 in the final game of the IBAF 16U Baseball World Championship 2011.
Read MoreWhen I came off the stage the rappers told me: “You really did that ‘Spoken Word’ great.” I still didn’t know what it was. When investigating into it I realized that it was about doing your poetry or that of someone else’s on a rhythmic base of sound, and live.
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