Joaquin P. Gonzalez Cabrera flashes past like a whirlwind skating down Alamar Avenue. In one hand he grips a rubber tube to protect his knees and elbows in case he falls and on his head he has a helmet that says “Alamar, Lone Skater.”
Read MoreThousands of women marched from the Square of the Unknown Soldier in Gaza City to the ‘occupation’ outside International Red Cross in Remal. (20 photos)
Read MoreLisandra Guerra picked up a silver medal on Tuesday in the sprint at the Pan-American Track and Road Cycling Championships, based in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Read MoreThe Havana Numismatic Museum put on display this past Friday coins and medals relating to the history of the Vatican, in an exhibit consisting of items from different pontifical periods.
Read MoreFormer inmate Yoel Gonzalez Vargas, one of the 2,900 criminals pardoned by Raul Castro in December, is a fugitive from justice after being accused of assault, reported the Café Fuerte website.
Read MoreCuba blamed the United States on Thursday for keeping it from attending next month’s Summit of the Americas.”There has been no surprise,” Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez told a press conference in Havana. “It’s been the chronicle of an exclusion foretold.”
Read MoreThe 2012 International Biotechnology Conference concludes today at the Havana Convention Center with a presentation devoted to hepatitis B infections and cancer biology and treatment.
Read MoreToday, while walking by a number of farmers market stalls full of fruits and vegetables, something made me think back to the 1990s, when food distribution in Cuba was monopolized by the government through mechanisms that were as strict as they were inefficient.
Read MoreCarrie, you will be arriving during the last two 3-game series of the 2011-2012 regular Cuban baseball league season. For the series to be held April 20, 21 & 22 you are in luck as Holguin will be playing at home against Metropolitanos.
Read MoreAbel Prieto had been key to harmonizing the government’s relations with intellectuals, first as the president of the Cuban Association of Writers and Artists (UNEAC) and later as the minister of Culture, a position he held for 15 years.
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