Soon to mark the 500th year since its establishment, the entire city of Baracoa is absorbed in an intense program of restoration activities involving both its public works as well as the natural environment surrounding the area. (13 photos)
Read MoreThe son of a top dog in Mexico’s notorious Sinaloa drug cartel filed pleadings in a Chicago federal court accusing the U.S. government and its agencies of giving the cartel “carte blanche to continue to smuggle tons of illicit drugs into Chicago and the rest of the United States”.
Read MoreA new large-scale corruption scandal involving yet another Cuban government ministry, Informatics and Telecommunictions, is unfolding today in Havana.
Read MoreDiana Nyad gave up her attempt to swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida early Tuesday after 29 hours and reaching about half the 103-mile (166 km) crossing.
Read MoreAlthough today one can see a few Chinese Yutong buses running up and down its main streets, the fact is that mass public transportation in Caibarien has virtually disappeared.
Read MoreMoscow is paying homage to Alicia Alonso — the “Diva of Dance” — to mark her ninetieth birthday. An intimate room in the Bolshoi Theater was the setting where Russians honored the most eminent figure of Cuban ballet.
Read MoreDespite challenges like high interest rates and high household electricity tariffs, the Brazilian economy has been growing at the highest rates seen in decades. Another problem that, although it has not stood in the way of growth, must be overcome is the costly use of roads for transporting farm products – an issue that is being addressed by the expansion of railway networks.
Read MoreIt’s now impossible to conceal the most dangerous counter-revolutionary forces because they have the capacity to hold back the necessary changes. They are within the very own bureaucracy of the party/government. They are the forces that speak of change but don’t change anything, those who oppose the slightest basic change.
Read MoreUS citizen Diana Nyad, 62, left last night from Havana on what she hopes will be a two and a half day journey to try and reach the Florida Keys swimming without the protection of a cage to guard from sharks.
Read MoreIn several posts published here at Havana Times, people have commented about the increase of violence in our country. As for me, I refer particularly to gender violence in my town, Guantanamo City.
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