Cubans in US Coming for Pope’s Visit
About 750 Cubans living in the US will travel to Cuba to participate in Masses that will be officiated over by Pope Benedict XVI at the end of this month, said a spokesman for the Cuban Catholic church.
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Cuba’s Pedro Luis Ferrer: ‘I’m Not Much Like Him’
With that candor that characterizes him and that clarity not devoid of poetry, Pedro Luis Ferrer expresses that relationship that many millions of Cubans have suffered. Especially, those of us who became adults as the revolutionary process had begun its decline.
Read MoreLooking for Cuba’s lost agriculture
Recently the Granma newspaper published a surprising fact, which made me question if Cuba could still be considered an agricultural country. Incredibly, it’s easier to eat an imported apple here than a guanabana.
Read MoreLast Notes from My Cuba Trip
I think that as my inevitable return to the United States nears, my impressions of Havana grow more intense – louder, funnier, more joyous, more bizarre.
Read MoreSantiago de Cuba over the Passage of Time
A close friend of mine sent me a folder with hundreds of archival photographs of earlier Santiago de Cuba. The city captured by the lens of people who lived in those distant times. (50 photos)
Read MoreDemocracy at Stake
To the Cuban people, who are now beginning to politically rebuild their republic, these episodes should serve to let us know that if ideas of democracy, civil liberties and other political gains are not constantly rethought and renovated, they become old and outdated.
Read MoreMore Visibility for Rastas in Cuba
From March 17 to 19, the Havana socio-cultural and spiritual project “Temple of Oya” (named after a Yoruba deity) will hold its annual meeting of heads of temples of African-based Cuban religions (Osha/Ifa, Palo Monte, Voodoo, Spiritualism, Abakua, Arara and others).
Read MoreCuba’s National Symphonic Orchestra to Tour US
In mid-October, the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba will begin a tour of 17 US cities in 10 states. The Cuban orchestra is taking part in a multi-year exchange project with the Florida Orchestra.
Read MoreCuban 5 Member Asks for Permission to Travel to Cuba
Cuban anti-terrorism operative Rene Gonzalez, on probation since last October, asked a Miami federal court last week for permission to travel temporarily to Cuba, citing a family emergency since his brother is in a Havana hospital terminally ill, a victim of lung cancer.
Read MorePeace Boat Arrives in Cuba Today
As part of its global journey for a world free of nuclear weapons, peace activists arrived today at the Havana port on board the “Peace Boat”. The ship is carrying nearly a thousand people, including about 130 survivors of the atomic bomb that destroyed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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