The Cuban community in the United States has become the second source of visitors to Cuba, reported IPS. It is estimated that this year some 330,000 persons will travel to the island on direct flights from the United States. This takeoff responds to the lifting of travel restrictions for Cuban-Americans decreed in 2009 by President Barack Obama. Other US citizens are not allowed to visit Cuba with special US Treasury Dept. permission.
Read MoreOne must to try to unite the useful with the satisfying. In other words, you have to try to reconcile earning a living with doing what you like. In my case, though I can’t generalize, it’s like what Marx said: “Social consciousness reflects social being,” which is to say that you think like you live.
Read MoreWhat is not new information for the readers of this website is indeed news to Cuban university students.
Read MoreThe 90-game Cuban Baseball League starts its third three-game series on Tuesday. After the initial six games Sancti Spiritus and La Habana lead the standings in the West with identical 5-1 records. Meanwhile in the Eastern division Guantanamo and Ciego de Avila share the top spot with 4-2 records.
Read MoreThe film festival sparks debate between people; some who don’t even know each other, and others who see each other every year in December. There are lines to get into the cinemas; it’s a moment in which people leave the comfort of their DVDs or TVs to socialize in the large theater lobbies.
Read MorePope Benedict XVI is “very satisfied and very aware” of the mediation of the Cuban Catholic Church, which has brought about the release of dozens of political prisoners, Cardinal Ortega affirmed in statements to the foreign press accredited on the island. Ortega assured that the releases will continue, although the government’s four-month deadline to conclude them expired in November.
Read MoreAfter having closed the doors to cruise ships in 2005, Cuba is retaking that tourism alternative with the start of operations by two vessels, the Gemini and the Russian ship Adriana.. Every year the island receives more than two million tourists, the majority from Canada and some European countries.
Read MoreCuban President Raúl Castro attended the Hanukah or the “Festivity of Lights,” a festivity celebrated by the small Jewish community on the island, reported IPS. The president took advantage of his visit to the venue of the Hebrew Council to call on the island’s population to join the debate on the guidelines of the next Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, to be held in April 2011.
Read MoreThe Cuban government will carry out investments in the construction materials industry to improve the production capacities of each factory, Deputy Minister of Construction Jorge Luis Rodríguez affirmed. According to the official, the objective is also to guarantee that the population has access to products so they can build new housing and repair the ones that already exist with their own effort.
Read MoreSince arriving in Cape Town five years ago, Erina Manyene (not her real name) has eked out a meager living picking up shifts doing laundry and cleaning other people’s homes in the city’s leafy southern suburbs.
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