“I approach serious themes that can be rough, even issues that often make us Cubans bitter in day to day life. Seen in a positive way these are understood, or are at least assimilated by people,” says trova musician Tony Avila in an interview with HT.
Read MoreThe pieces on Venezuela’s political chessboard have shifted as a result of President Hugo Chavez’s illness and convalescence in Cuba. His surprise return to Venezuela Monday has opened questions as to how the game will be played in future.
Read MoreThe violence that engulfed downtown Cairo last week and left over 1,000 civilians injured took everyone by surprise, but was not unexpected. It had been brewing for nearly five months.
Read MoreDespite the many limitations on access to digital-age technology in Cuba, a taste for computer games is spreading in this country, giving rise to a youthful movement that is beginning to conquer new public spaces.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Chavez made a surprise and sudden exit from Cuba early Monday, returning to his country while in the grips of ongoing post cancer removal treatment.
Read MoreUnquestionably, those who refused to be expatriated are of a special mold that not all of us share, but the greatness of those who remained does not in the least diminish those who emigrated.
Read MoreTaiwan defeated Cuba 5-4 in 11 innings to win the World Port Baseball Tournament in Rotterdam, Holland on Sunday. To illustrate how poor the overall tournament showing was for Cuba one statistic tells it all: In nine games the Cuban offense managed only 22 runs while giving up an identical number. For manager Roger Machado it was clearly a dissapointing performance.
Read MoreToday has been a strange one. So much so that I’ve ended up thinking that the line between telling the truth and lying is as blurry as mythomaniacs believe. After all is said and done, if you pay attention to those self-help manuals, in which everything depends only on oneself, then why do we complain so much if the world is in our own hands?
Read MoreWhile the Cuban baseball team underachieves in Rotterdam, the island’s men’s volleyball players came up with a remarkable 3-0 sweep of group leader Italy on Friday to earn a slot in the Final Round of the World Volleyball League being played in Poland.
Read MoreAnother one run win over Germany in baseball is really nothing to celebrate in itself for team Cuba, previously feared in international competitions. Nonetheless, the 1-0 victory on Saturday has given the islanders a chance to battle Taiwan in the one-game final on Sunday at the World Port Tournament in Rotterdam, Holland.
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