Havana Times interviewed 20-year-old Angel Raicel Merencio Llanes, from Ciego de Avila province. This freshman English student at the University of Havana is a former member of the Tony Menendez Dance Company, and he’s homosexual.
Read MoreDay five of Japan’s post-earthquake, post-tsunami life dawned dismally Tuesday, with soaring radiation levels from the Fukushima Daiichi power plants and a relentlessly rising death toll in the four worst-affected prefectures.
Read MoreThe king of Bahrain has declared a state of emergency for three months on the island following weeks of anti-government protests, as deadly clashes continued across the country.
Read MoreIt is inadmissible that there are still idle lands in cities and towns in Cuba, 14 years after the start of the urban agriculture program, Adolfo Rodríguez Nodals, head of the Urban and Suburban Agriculture Movement on the island, affirmed. The Cuban authorities are trying to increase the production of food, 80 per cent of which has to be imported.
Read MoreLienz Chang is one of the greats produced by Cuban Ballet. Today he is the ‘Maitre’ of the La Scala Theater Ballet of Milan, Italy.
Read MoreWith Libyan government forces advancing towards the rebel capital of Benghazi, the time for possible military intervention by the U.S. and its NATO or other allies appears to be running short.
Read MoreDesperate efforts by the government to avoid the looming nightmare of a nuclear meltdown in tsunami damaged Fukushima nuclear plants, 240 kilometers north of Tokyo, have brought no relief to the public who face the possibility of another explosion that could spew deadly radiation across the country.
Read MoreIf prices remain steady, the move will increase the buying power of tourists visiting Cuba as well as that of Cubans receiving remittances from abroad.
Read MoreThe general director of the European Commission for the Americas, Christian Leffler, will meet next Friday in Madrid with released Cuban opposition members, with the aim of consulting them on the renewal of the European Union (EU) policy toward the island. It is expected that the dissidents will be against any relaxation of the policy until the Raúl Castro government carries out political and legal reforms.
Read MoreThe Ladies in White, wives and relatives of political prisoners in Cuba, will march next March 18 on the eighth anniversary of the arrest of 75 dissidents if the government does not release before then the three dissidents who are still in prison, announced Laura Pollán, the group’s spokeswoman.
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