When the 192-member General Assembly, the highest policy- making body at the United Nations, decided to create a special agency last July to promote the advancement of women, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed it as a “historic” decision.
Read MoreActor Carlos Perez Peña, the founder of the famous Teatro Escambray and winner of the 2009 National Theater Award, spoke with HT about his life on stage and the motivations behind his career.
Read MoreThe Morro Cabaña colonial fortress was the main venue for this year’s Havana International Book Fair that concluded its Havana dates on Sunday. The principal sub-venue of the Book Fair in the capital was Pavilion Cuba, located on la Rampa (“The Ramp”), on sloping 23rd Street in the Vedado neighborhood. (63 photos)
Read MoreA few days ago Ferran, a six year-old Catalan boy, asked me where I was from. When I said that I was from Cuba, he told me that he had visited there. “And what you remember about it,” I asked him. (16 photos)
Read MoreThe 13th edition of the Havana Cigar Festival will begin today in the Cuban capital’s Convention Centre, with the participation of more than 1,200 specialists and cigar aficionados from some 80 countries, the event’s Organizing Committee reported. The meeting includes, among other activities, two contests on the connection of rum and wine with cigars, visits to tobacco plantations and cigar factories, and the election of the “Havana Cigar Man of the Year.”
Read MoreThe poor results are also linked to the lack of labor force’s motivation. “No one is motivated if they don’t earn enough to feed well their families, without good working tools, and if with their daily sweat they can’t aspire to improve or build their home.”
Read MoreThe Cuban government will soon release seven political prisoners, with which the number of dissidents released since 2010 amounts to 71, as part of the agreement reached by the island’s authorities with the Catholic Church and Spain, announced Orlando Márquez, Havana Archbishopric spokesman.
Read MoreCuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez will meet next Wednesday with the chief of the European Union (EU) diplomacy, Catherine Ashton. The meeting will give continuity to the political dialogue begun by both sides in 2008 with the aim of normalizing bilateral relations.
Read MorePolito, along with six talented back-up players, establishes a special relationship with the audience. He embraces an entire pot-pourri of musical genres that range from pop music and rock to jazz.
Read MoreRepresentatives of the governments of Cuba and Mexico expressed their satisfaction over the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on the migration issue, signed by both countries in October 2008, reported IPS. The two parties met at sixth Meeting of the Working Group on Migration and Consular Affairs, the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Relations noted.
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