Cuba Clocks Move Forward Tonight
The clocks in Cuba will move forward an hour at midnight Saturday as Daylight Savings Time 2011 begins on the island. As of Sunday March 20th the island will be -4 hours GMT instead of -5.
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Author: Circles Robinson
What’s the Program for the La Zorra y El Cuervo Jazz Club?
Good morning from France we will be in HABANA from March 25th to March 28th. Can we have the program of the concerts at La Zorra y El Cuervo?
Read MoreChild Obesity Increases in Cuba
Cuba registers a marked increase in infant obesity, according to studies on children less than 11 years old at the National Centre for Medical Genetics and the Montané Museum of Anthropology of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Havana, it was reported at the Anthropos 2011 International Convention of Anthropology, which concludes today on the island.
Read MoreCinema Explores Its Impact on Rural Communities
The impact of cinema in Cuban rural communities will be the center of discussion of the 10th Jorge Villazón Cinema Meeting, to be held Mar. 24-31 in the town of San Fernando de Camarones, in the central province of Cienfuegos.
Read MoreCuba Has More Doctors that Ever Before
Cuba has today the largest number of specialists in first and second degree medicine in its history, Minister of Public Health Roberto Morales Ojeda affirmed. Morales recognized that there are still discipline problems in that sector, which lead to complaints from the population.
Read MoreConfluence of Sound at Havana’s Casa de ALBA
Titled “En Confluencia,” a musical presentation led by guitarist Eduardo Martin takes place every second Sunday of the month at 5:00 p.m. at the Casa del ALBA Cultural (556 Linea Avenue at the corner of D Street in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana). (10 photos)
Read MoreLibya Declares Immediate Ceaseire
Libya’s government has announced it will halt all military operations in the country hours after the United Nations Security Council backed a no-fly zone over the country.
Read More‘Buy Gaza’ Movement Gains Momentum
Palestinians are calling for boycotts against Israeli products and companies. But in the Gaza Strip — at the heart of the Israeli occupation — it is often impossible for residents to follow their own call to action.
Read MoreAristide Returns to Haiti on Friday
Tensions are running high in Haiti as dueling campaigns for the presidency enter overdrive in their final days, and Jean- Bertrand Aristide, a popular former president, returns today from a seven-year exile in South Africa.
Read MoreCuba’s Solis Meets Klitschko for Title
The 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Odlanier Solis of Cuba puts his perfect record in professional boxing on the line Saturday in Cologne, Germany in a bout against World Heavyweight Champion Vitali Kliotschko, 39, of the Ukraine.
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