Neighbors tell us how they would like to be treated, how they live, how they suffer and how their lives too include happiness, passion and love. Though never ceasing to be surrounded by violence, this is not the sole flavor of this film that is divided into five stories.
Read MoreUS agent Alan Gross “violated Cuban laws, national sovereignty, committed crimes that in the United States are very, very punishable,” said Cuban parliament speaker Ricardo Alarcón in statements to the press in this capital. Gross has been imprisoned on the island since December 2009, accused of espionage but to date without being formally charged or tried.
Read MoreChina could extend to other regions of Cuba cooperation in rice cultivation, which has been effective in the eastern province of Ganma, Liu Yuqin, ambassador of the Asian country on the island, affirmed during a tour of the country’s central region. The diplomat also mentioned the possibility of attracting Chinese tourists to the hotels on the keys on the northern coast of Cuba.
Read MoreThe contradiction between abandoning one’s children today so that they might live in a better country tomorrow stirs a host of emotions, and much sadness and regret.
Read MoreAs pro and anti-Wikileaks forces draw their battle lines, and Wikileaks’ impresario Julian Assange marks time in storied, overcrowded and very Victorian Wandsworth Prison in southwest London, a group of his supporters are taking a different tack.
Read MoreAlthough the Brazilian economy is now one of the fastest growing in the world, it cannot claim an entirely clean bill of health. Declining industrial output threatens to put the country’s development into reverse, and no short term remedy is in sight.
Read MoreBack in February or March, Venezuelans still looked to the clouds anxiously hoping to get from them the water they needed so desperately. The lack of this precious resource had led to power outages, forest fires and shortages of water in homes. At that time no one imagined that in less than eight months things would radically change. (26 photos)
Read MoreA rousing battle between former Under-Secretary-General Inga- Britt Ahlenius, who once headed the U.N.’s powerful investigating arm, and her boss Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is threatening to get ugly.
Read MoreCuban actor Jazz Vila’s career has been associated with the group Teatro El Publico. During the recent period he has been developing his professional talent in Spain, however for the moment he is back on the island to act in the first terror movie ever made by Cuban cinema. He was selected to play one of the leading parts in the production “Juan of the Dead.”
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