“Two Who Love Each Other” is the new television program of Cuba’s self-proclaimed artistic vanguard. The airing of the program relates to the personal interests of its host and director, singer-songwriter Amaury Perez, who is attempting to exhibit to the public a select list of “cultured” Cubans.
Read MoreWith the 2009 coup d’etat in Honduras still a fresh memory, the presidents of the Unasur bloc gathered as quickly as they could to vigorously condemn Thursday’s attempted coup in Ecuador and warn that they would not tolerate any such assault on democracy in the region.
Read MoreThe woman likely to be elected president of Brazil, Latin America’s giant, either on Sunday or in an Oct. 31 runoff, is idealistic but pragmatic and has a reputation as a tough, seasoned administrator.
Read MoreNorge Luis Vera went seven innings allowing only one unearned run and Michel Enriquez, Yorbis Borroto, Ariel Pestano and Hector Olivera led the Cuba’s offense in a 9-1 win to open the Pan American/World Cup Qualifying Tournament underway in Puerto Rico.
Read MoreThe best thing that can happen to a person when they wake up is to find themself surrounded by song birds; ones that are free, of course, because no joy comes from what a caged bird sings. However, since I arrived in Caracas, the sole thing I’ve heard at dawn is the noise of cars, as well as ambulances and fire trucks— and from time to time the shots from some gang battle that wasn’t resolved the night before. (36 photos)
Read MoreArchbishop of Havana Jaime Ortega considered this Friday that there is a “positive” turn in the changes taken on by the government of President Raúl Castro to overcome the economic difficulties, although he admitted that some measures lead to worrying elements. “The process…is beginning and we don’t know how it is going to develop. However, I am sure there has been a change in direction in terms of stating Cuba’s economic difficulties and how to overcome them,” which is “in itself positive,” Cardinal Ortega said to a group of journalists.
Read MoreCuba will build three new mooring terminals and another for supertankers to add to the five that already exist in the port of Cienfuegos, 230 kilometers east of the Cuban capital, Luis Medina, of the National Port Authority.
Read MoreCubacel also noted that some of the more sophisticated models of iPhones, even with international roving activated, encounter problems working in Cuba, as the Cuban technological platform is not yet able to accommodate these more complicated models.
Read MoreOnly 2.9 per cent of the persons who were surveyed said they had been able to have direct access to the Internet in the last year and the majority used that service at their study or workplaces, according to a report published by the National Office of Statistics (ONE). The sample, according to which only 5.9 per cent had access from their homes, was carried out between February and April 2010 in some 38,000 Cuban homes.
Read MoreSeptember 28 is a national holiday in Cuba. This year the occasion was doubly special because the organization marked its fiftieth year of existence, so the fiesta promised to be quite a celebration.
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