Despite government efforts to curb the number of people it puts to death, China continues to execute more people than the rest of the world combined, and corporal punishment remains popular among the citizenry.
Read MoreThe El Templete shirne building situated exactly in front of the Palacio de los Capitanes Generales (today The City Museum) is a comparatively small building constructed in the neoclassicist style. Today it is used for commemorative ceremonies marking the founding of Villa San Cristobal de la Habana (Havana). (20 photos)
Read More“I used to stop traffic!” she said with pride, as she drew in the air those voluptuous curves of hers that had disappeared with age, the grief of misery and the tortures of schizophrenia.
Read MoreAs world leaders gather in New York for a high-level conference on HIV/AIDS, United Nations agency heads, goodwill ambassadors and activists alike hope they will remember the virus’s most vulnerable victims: women and girls.
Read MoreHousing is a civil right that shouldn’t be considered simple merchandise. If it’s an economic absurdity to seek to eliminate the real estate market, to leave it free and without controls would be a social absurdity.
Read MorePedro Pablo’s words today testify to a deep love for the nation, a critical spirit and the longing to overcome problems and injustices that affect the ordinary person. He strives to get “closer to the truth,” as he has said.
Read MoreThe low pressure center that was situated to the north of Honduras on Wednesday afternoon (June 8) will weaken as it moves west-northwest. However, it will continue causing rain and showers until Sunday, June 12. For the rest of the period we are expected to have good weather.
Read MoreA book presentation and video-debate on Venezuela today takes place this Saturday June 11 in the Mariano municipality of the Cuban capital.
Read MoreAccording to Hiram Casas, the vocalist with the Cuban rock group The Shepal, “Here in Cuba we continue to have problems assimilating and offering opportunities to subcultures whose content contrasts with what is already established.”
Read MoreA Havana court handed down sentences of three to 15 years to 15 officials and employees of Cubana de Aviacion airline and a tourism agency jointly owned by Chilean investors and the Cuban government, in a corruption case that was veiled in a shroud of secrecy.
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