Niurka Duménigo is the manager (Directora General) of Casa Editora Abril. Her e-mail address is: [email protected] Diana Lío is the assistant (Subdirectora) and her address is: [email protected]
Read MoreCuban writer Enrique Cirules confirmed on Thursday from the city of Cienfuegos that he is working on a new book, Hemingway, ese desconocido (Hemingway, The unknown man), his third work dedicated to the American author.
Read MoreTwo tons of ammonia escaped and the gas spread across a one square kilometer area of the eastern city of Guantanamo on Thursday following the rupture of pipes on a truck loaded with the gas.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez will arrive in Havana today to undergo additional surgery, probably the beginning of next week. Eight months ago he was here for the removal of a cancerous tumor in his pelvis.
Read MoreCuban track star Dayron Robles ascended to the throne on Thursday in the 60-meter hurdles at the indoor meet in Stockholm, after his principal rival, Chinese runner Liu Xiang, was disqualified for jumping the gun.
Read MoreA new edition of the Alamar rap festival (Feb. 24-26) was what prompted this interview with Rodolfo Rensoli. He and Grupo Uno were the principal promoters of the festivals between 1995 and 2000 that first revealed the existence of a “rap” movement in Havana and perhaps in all of Cuba.
Read MoreUS Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Richard Shelby (R-AL) dropped in on Cuba’s Raul Castro in Havana for a late night meeting on Thursday. The US media immediately speculated that the situation of imprisoned US citizen Allan Gross would be on the senators’ agenda
Read MoreAllison’s father had arrived in the United States 50 years ago via Operation Pedro Pan — a secret evacuation program run by the U.S. State Department, the C.I.A., and the Catholic Welfare Bureau of Miami that brought Cuban children to the United States to escape the Castro regime.
Read MoreCrocheted blouses can be found in most of the artisan areas and throughout Old Havana in private home/shops…. but also at the San Carlos de La Cabaña fortress, where there is usually an extra super selection!
Read MoreVenezuelan president Hugo Chavez was authorized today by the National Assembly (Congress) to leave the country for more than five days to undergo another operation in Cuba for a tumor, which he himself said could be malignant. Optimism and concern is expressed by his supporters.
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