Forty-three per cent of Cubans are obese or overweight, Jorge Pablo Alfonso Guerra, president of the Cuban Society of Nephrology, said when presenting his book on obesity in the central city of Sancti Spíritus.
Read MoreAttitudes like this only act to deteriorate the image of Cuban baseball. They also completely erode the credibility of the Cuban press and they discredit journalists who have as their principal function to keep an entire people informed, no matter how difficult it may be for some to hear the truth.
Read MoreBaseballdecuba.com has published the full calendar for the upcoming Cuban baseball season that gets underway on November 28th with a game between last season’s champ Industriales and runner-up Villa Clara.
Read MoreRussia could become a major market for Cuban cigars, Gonzalo Fernández, assistant director of Marketing Operations of the Habanos S.A. company, said in statements to the press in Moscow, during the Havana Cigar Festival held in the Russian capital.
Read MoreCuba expects to produce five million nine-liter rum boxes by 2015, said Ernesto Castresana, director of the San José de las Lajas Rum Factory, located south of the Cuban capital. This factory produces several lines of Havana Club, considered one of the best light rums in the world.
Read MoreThe defence of self-confessed terrorist Luis Posada Carriles asked judge Kathleen Cardone to reject the presentation of evidence linking the accused with the attacks against hotel installations in Cuba in 1997, causing the death of Italian Fabio di Celmo. Posada will appear before court in the United States next January 10 to answer for migration crimes.
Read MoreThe 32nd edition of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema will be held in Havana from December 2-12 this year. As in each of these events, the countries with the most works competing are Argentina and Brazil, although on this occasion Mexico’s presence will be hard to miss with its four feature films, five shorts and four debuting works.
Read MoreThe eve of an historic fiftieth National Series championship season provides the perfect occasion for a review of the full half-century of championship seasons past. This brief article is designed to give readers a capsule overview of the previous forty-nine Cuban League campaigns by focusing on team titles won and also on the championship history (or non-championship history) of each of the 34 different ball clubs that have competed in at least one previous National Series campaign.
Read MoreFrom my perspective the story was indeed “fair and balanced” and thus accomplished the WSJ goal of demonstrating that my “special access” in Cuba would inevitably have its multitude of North American critics (especially in Miami, Cincinnati and New Haven)—those who could see me only as a “stooge” of the Cuban political and social system.
Read MoreThis year’s Autumn Edition of the Havana International Dog Expo just took place with judges from Mexico, Colombia, Panama and Cuba. This show was not as well attended as in previous years, which was disappointing to canine lovers who anxiously await this event all year. However, the excellent organization and concern for quality were apparent to those present. (27 photos)
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