For many Cubans it is important that we have a film speaking openly about the different social classes that coexist in Cuba. This movie shows two of those classes (though we know there are more). (9 photos)
Read More“I never have any project in mind, because for me the future is a fantasy. I float in the present and that suits me fine. In this present I’m finishing the writing of four poems: the first one in free verse, the other one as poetry for children, one with “decimas” and sonnets, and the last one in haiku,” said Jose Antonio Vilaseca.
Read MoreAn appeal hearing for imprisoned US citizen Alan Gross takes place on Friday in Havana. Gross has already served 20 months in jail of his 15-year sentence for endangering Cuba’s national security.
Read MoreEcuadorian President Rafael Correa arrived in Havana on Thursday and met with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and hosts Fidel and Raul Castro. Correa had made an unplanned trip to Cuba to see Chavez who is undergoing chemotherapy treatment.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, they voted to cut all U.S. contributions to the Washington-based Organization of American States (OAS), a symbol of U.S. hemispheric dominance for more than 60 years.
Read MorePulitzer Prize winning novelist Oscar Hijuelos gave an interview to The Browser.com website where he selects his favorite five books by Cuban authors. Leonardo Padura, Carlos Eire, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Carlos Fuentes and Jose Lezama Lima.
Read MoreEcuadorian President Rafael Correa will travel to Cuba on Thursday to visit with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who is in Havana for chemotherapy treatment to fight cancer, reported cubadebate.cu
Read MoreCuba received more than 1.5 million tourists during the first half of 2011. The goal for the industry is to reach 2.7 million by the end of the year.
Read MoreThe fourteen-vehicle 22nd Pastors for Peace Caravan with humanitarian aid for Cuba is now on the Mexican highway in route to the port city of Tampico. The group is being escorted by the Mexican Federal Police to avoid any incidents along the way.
Read MoreAlmost six months after the popular uprising that led to the ouster of former president Hosni Mubarak, the honeymoon between protesters and Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) – initially portrayed as a “defender of the revolution” – appears to be over.
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