Cuban athletes concluded their performance in the Grand Prix of Berlin, Germany, winning two medals: one gold picked up by discus thrower Yarelis Barrios, and a silver one for Yipsi Moreno’s hammer throwing.
Read MoreExploratory talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerilla organization were held in Venezuela and Cuba, reported the AFP, citing information published Sunday by the El Tiempo newspaper in Bogota.
Read MoreThe increase in taxes on imports that went into effect on Monday will mean an increase in prices on the island, according to statements made to the AP news agency by new business operators on the island.
Read MoreEight Brazilian companies in the textile and footwear industries met with their Cuban counterpart on Friday in Havana for a round of business negotiations aimed at increasing trade between the two countries.
Read MoreThe Cuban television program “La Mesa Redonda” (The Round Table), will be reduced to one hour starting September 10, reported the Café Fuerte website.
Read MoreI started asking myself this question three years ago. I was in Central Park in Old Havana, seated a few yards from the place where many people, mostly men, gather to argue about baseball, soccer and volleyball – or about Michael Jackson’s death at that particular time.
Read MoreThis week the Democratic Party convenes to rubber stamp a pre-written platform. A quick text search of the document’s 40 pages reveals that the United States government is still obsessed with the tiny island of Cuba.
Read MoreThe new school year began in Cuba on Monday. The ministry of education announced that 1,890,000 students were registered for primary and secondary (junior high) schools, 34,000 less than last year, an indication of the shrinking school-age population on the island.
Read MoreWe spend the hour looking at the bloody struggle to obtain — and protect — voting rights in the U.S. with the civil rights icon, now 13-term Georgia congressmember, John Lewis. During the 1960s, Rep. Lewis was arrested more than 40 times and beaten almost to death…
Read MoreA Cuban female team is participating in the 1st Pan American Youth (under 23) Volleyball Cup, to be held in the Peru’s Miguel Grau Coliseum, in El Callao, from today until September 8th.
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