During the summer months in the city of Guantanamo the communities and neighborhoods are the principal place for recreational activities. A host of games, book sales, food stands, encounters with writers, concerts by trova singers are taking place with the assistance of trainers, local cultural centers and cultural promoters. (11 photos)
Read MoreOnce again Cuba rejected the latest charge by the United States calling it a “sponsor of terrorism”. For a half century the US has maintained a hostile foreign policy towards Cuba that includes a blockade that has severely damaged the island’s economy.
Read MoreFrom the first scenes, I found the manipulation of Cuban life so suspect that I doubted that the subsequent course of the film could save it from that initial elementary lack of sincerity.
Read MoreIn its initial projection the Cuban Weather Service (INSMET) sees Tropical Storm Irene possibly reaching the southwestern Dominican Republic by Monday evening.
Read MoreOn Friday afternoon I hired a car with another woman and went around Gaza to see some of the devastation wrought by Israeli attacks overnight. (30 photos)
Read MoreEach of the provincial capitals in Cuba possesses its own “boulevard,” a pedestrian zone. It’s something that has come into fashion lately as even the poorest municipalities work miracles in investing part of their meager budgets in the construction of these urban esplanades.
Read More“Look! Somebody from 15-M right here beside me!” exclaimed one participant. Her joy perhaps expressed the thoughts of the majority of people who gathered at the Friday forum organized by the Critical Observatory Network. (12 photos)
Read MoreTropical Storm Harvey was born on Friday in the western Caribbean and is headed for a landing in Belize sometime Saturday afternoon. The storm, packing 60 mph (100 kph) winds poses no threat to Cuba as it moves west, shows the forecast chart of the Cuban Weather Service (INSMET).
Read MoreAs one of the world’s emerging economic powerhouses, Brazil is vigorously pursuing one of the key economic objectives on the U.N.’s development agenda: South-South Cooperation.
Read MoreThe Russians who lived in the Alamar community are remembered for their sales of products that only turned up in their markets. I think back to how when the foreign technicians would go to work, the housewives opened for business.
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