Raul Castro’s government has given birth to the “updating” of the nation’s immigration policy. Regulations have been relaxed, irritating fees have been eliminated, and contacts between islanders and Cuban émigrés are going to be facilitated.
Read MoreI began to write my first plays on the eve of the Special Period and wrote many in the middle of those years that were so difficult for Cubans, as we faced so many hardships and vicissitudes. I wanted to narrate all those events, rid myself of that feeling of impotence…
Read MoreFour years ago I became interested in elections for the first time. This year I followed the second electoral process in my life. Yet on neither of those two occasions did these involve elections in my country. Unconsciously, I’ve convinced myself that elections abroad affect my life more than those in Cuba.
Read MoreWe will have days of isolated rain at the beginning and end of the next seven-day period, with cloudy skies in the middle of the term. Already starting to decline are the temperatures that gave us such a muggy summer. Maximum temperatures will range above 30°C (86°F), while the minimum ones will remain stable at around 23°C (73°F).
Read MorePresident Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney sparred last night in their second of three debates. Today, in a two-hour special, we expand the debate by including the voices of three presidential candidates shut out of the official debate.
Read MoreWhen I asked him his name he replied: James Sexton, Anglo-Saxon surname. I live in Oakville, on Lake Ontario, near Toronto. I told him where I was from, remarking that his town was close to the famous Niagara Falls.
Read More“Subasta Habana” (Havana Auction) will be putting more work on the auction block in its upcoming edition titled “A Viva Voz.” On November 1, some 70 lots of Cuban works and decorative arts will be put up for sale, reported the event’s organizers on Monday.
Read MoreRenowned Italian fashion firms are exploring the potential for entering the Cuban market, even with lines specifically created for this country and its commercial characteristics.
Read MoreA shortage of teachers is one of the problems facing Cuban education, according to official data provided on Saturday. An alert was also sounded concerning the lack of interest on the part of young people in the field of teaching as a career.
Read MoreThe National Security Archive (NSA), an independent US research center, released about 2,700 pages of declassified documents on Friday related to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
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