This is a very Cuban song, despite not reflecting a feeling usually thought of as “Cuban style.” It has to do with some “frikis” (punksters) in a park smoking marijuana. Maybe they’re not your average Cubans, but it’s something that many people here have experienced.
Read MoreThe passage of Hurricane Irene will not affect climatic conditions in Havana. Therefore the weather over the period will be typical of summer with high temperatures during the day and clouding over in the afternoons, when one can expect the occurrence of rain, which will be more likely on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday.
Read MoreAs Hurricane Irene moves farther away from eastern Cuba, and deeper into the Bahamas, in the capital Havana there are no affects from the powerful storm expected.
Read MoreEighty thousand tiny houses dot the countryside near this coastal city, located just west of the epicenter of the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake that killed some 200,000 and displaced over one million.
Read MoreIf there’s one thing I understand clearly, it’s that I wouldn’t like to live in a country that wasn’t my own, nor one under a capitalist regime. But what’s capitalism, really? And is Cuba truly a socialist country?
Read MoreSumbe, a movie by Eduardo Moya about Cuba’s military involvement in the Angolan war against colonialism and apartheid, is currently being shown in Havana cinemas.
Read More“I’m 60 years old and I never thought I’d see this moment with my own eyes,” Najib Taghuz tells IPS from the Tunisian-Libyan border. The engineer from the recently liberated town Gehryan is headed for Tunisia – his wife needs surgery on the left hand. But he hopes to return to a new Libya.
Read MoreHurricane Irene intensified overnight as it churns to the northeast of Cuba, threatening the Bahamas with its 110 mph maximum sustained winds.
Read MoreThe Cuban forecasters have warned that Irene would cause light coastal flooding by Tuesday night and may bring heavy rains on Wednesday and Thursday in the northeastern provinces of Guantanamo and Holguin.
Read MoreOjam Linchff is a Nicaraguan countertenor who completed his formal training in Cuba, where he has also performed in numerous concerts. He told HT: “For some people the countertenor voice belongs to women, but they speak from their ignorance and limited aesthetic sensitivity.”
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