A total lunar eclipse will be visible in Cuba on early Tuesday as Fall turns to Winter in the Northern Hemisphere. In Cuba, the total phase of the eclipse will be visible for a little over an hour starting at 2:41 a.m. Tuesday and ending at 3:53 a.m.
Read MoreA different city emerges on the weekends in Havana. Young people, whose faces are as strange as they are common, take possession of the city and reinvent it. They are the “urban tribes,” a global phenomenon that has made its mark on Cuba.
Read MoreCuban and Chinese authorities have agreed to normalize their financial relations as a result of the 23rd Session of the Intergovernmental Commission. The Asian giant also gave the island an unspecified interest-free governmental credit and a donation, both for development projects.
Read MoreSculptures by French painter Edgar Degas are being exhibited in the Havana Museum of Fine Arts for the first time in the history of Latin America, in tribute to prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso, director of the Cuban National Ballet, who is celebrating her 90th birthday.
Read MoreWhenever I see old people in the street selling peanuts, plastic bags or any little incidental items , I think back to the old woman in the movie Suite Havana, by Fernando Perez.
She appeared along with other flesh and blood Cubans, who were not actors, as they struggled with the weighty challenge of survival in an endless “Special Period” crisis.
Read MorePepe began by looking for all available information in order to decide what type of self-employed work he could do. The choices included selling prepared food, selling animals for “religious matters” or selling farm products.
Read MoreNearly a year after the earthquake, Haiti continues to be plagued by inefficiency, indolence and inaptitude in face of massive human suffering. Many of those supposed to lead the recovery effort, have engaged in posturing, photo-ops, press releases, TV appearances and on radio talk shows.
Read MoreCuba’s President Raul Castro addressed his country’s parliament on Saturday at the closing of a session dedicated to discuss the economic reforms the government has begun to implement that include the laying off of some 500,000 public employees by the end of March and expand the possibilities for self-employment and small business.
Read MoreWith the exception of Costa Rica, Central America does not have diplomatic relations with China, but business executives are taking the place of ambassadors and promoting closer ties with the Asian giant, hoping to cash in on its rapid economic growth.
Read MoreCienfuegos (11-5) and Ciego de Avila (11-5) are riding on top of Cuba’s 2010-2011 baseball standings approaching 20 percent of the 90-game season.
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