Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Cuba Loses Again in Women’s VB Championships

Cuba’s popular “Morenas del Caribe” women’s volleyball team disappointed fans on Saturday losing in straight sets to Germany (24-26, 17-25 and 23-25).

Cuba-Holland in Baseball Cup Finals

Cuba will face The Netherlands in the championship game on Sunday of the Intercontinental Cup baseball tournament being played in Taiwan. On Saturday the Cubans came from behind to defeat Italy 5-3 and conclude the first two rounds of play undefeated.

Cuba-Holland in Baseball Cup Finals

Cuba Says TS Tomas Almost a Hurricane

Tropical Storm Tomas is close to becoming a hurricane as it enters the Eastern Caribbean on Saturday morning, notes weather experts at Cuba’s Meteorology Institute (INSMET).

Health Care in Cuba: Excellence, but with Flaws

The Cuban government allocates many millions of dollars annually in a tremendous effort to provide excellent health care services to the more than 11 million residents of the island. Notwithstanding, there is much dissatisfaction.

Cuba Has Potent TS Tomas Out East

Tropical Storm Tomas quickly formed on Friday just outside the southeastern Caribbean and forecasters at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami show it posing a potential threat to several Caribbean countries including Jamaica, Haiti, Gran Cayman and Cuba by the middle/end of next week.

China Finds New Gateway in East Europe

When China’s new ambassador to Bulgaria assumed his post in mid-September he made headlines reminding the nation of a fact that may have been intentionally neglected by Bulgarian governments in the post-communist years of reform.

Youth Meeting on Climate Change

Young people from several Cuban provinces will participate in the event Facing Together the Challenge of Climate Change and the Sustainable Management of Water, to be held next November 11-14 in Topes de Collantes, a town located on the Guamuhaya Mountain in the centre of the island. The meeting will discuss subjects such as students’ action in the solution of environmental problems, educational projects and the management of coastal areas.

Cuba Sends VP Lazo to Argentina

Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo travelled to Argentina to present to the government and people of that country the condolences for the death of former President Nestor Kirchner. Both nations have experienced an improvement in bilateral relations in recent years, since Kirchner’s arrival to the Pink House in 2003 and after that of current President Cristina Fernández, a harmony tainted only by the differences in the case of Cuban neurosurgeon Hilda Molina.

Cuba Gob. Hikes Electricity Rates

Cuba’s state run Union Electrica power company announced a rate hike on Friday for consumers of more than 300 kilowatts per month. The firm said the increase was needed because of higher oil prices on the international market.