With Cuba’s National Theatre having been completely restored, the doors to its enormous Avellaneda Hall — with its three levels and 2,254 seating capacity — will re-open on Sunday, October 28, for the opening ceremony of the Havana International Ballet Festival.
Read MoreMusic is the art, theory and technique of combining sound with melody and harmony. Pedagogy is the discipline of educating and teaching. The person I interviewed, Adriana Asseff, has succeeded in merging these two pursuits.
Read MoreA second round of municipal elections scheduled for Sunday morning, has been suspended while authorities face the situation after Hurricane Sandy hit the island on Thursday.
Read MoreThe northeastern Cuban province of Holguin has once again been severely beaten by a hurricane. Preliminary data shows at least 17,000 thousand homes were damaged by the passing of Hurricane Sandy early Thursday.
Read MoreAlthough its center is now far to the north, Hurricane Sandy continues to affect Cuba with heavy rains in the central and western parts of the country. Civil defense authorities have declared an Alert Phase for the provinces of Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus and Ciego de Ávila.
Read MoreThe overwhelming majority of us Cubans, who are poor, know that poor quality products are what are provided to us. This even applies to chicken eggs – a major source of protein for the lower class. Most of the time they come to us still spotted with droppings and feathers, in addition to being very small.
Read MoreAt least 12 Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in series of Israeli air strikes against Palestinian communities in the Gaza Strip, meanwhile, Egypt is trying to mediate a truce between Israel and Hamas to stop the bloodshed, these stories and more, coming up.
Read MoreIn the week when President Obama and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney debated issues of foreign policy and the economy, we turn to world-renowned political dissident, linguist, author and MIT professor, Noam Chomsky.
Read MoreCubans have one personality trait that’s almost inherent: being presumptuous and vain. Though they live in a Third World country with a fragile economy, they’ve always aspired to a standard of living higher than their real possibilities.
Read MoreThe Cuban Communist Party (PCC) is in the process of “updating” the Cuban model of socialism. An important question should be examined: What, with regard to updating the model, is the proper role of the small entrepreneurial class, the small bourgeoisie?
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