The first move was the government buy out of Telcom’s (Italy) minority share of the Cuban Telecomunications Co. ETECSA. The second was to unblock access on the island to the most well known Cuban blog internationally, Generation Y, put out by Yoani Sanchez.
Read MoreWith international press coverage focused almost entirely on Cairo’s Tahrir Square, few outsiders have grasped the scale of Egypt’s popular uprising, now in its third week. But massive demonstrations, and pitched battles between pro-democracy protesters and the regime’s security forces, are taking place in every corner of the country.
Read MoreThe booming tourist industry along Mexico’s Caribbean coast, particularly in the area of Cancun and the “Riviera Maya,” is polluting the world’s largest underwater cave system and harming the world’s second largest coral reef, a new study has found.
Read MoreIt’s incredible that a country as small as Cuba — even tinier than Uruguay — can create such a racket in the world. Be it in politics, medicine or culture, or simply for its cigars, the name of the island always appears. The Wikileaks connection is no exception.
Read MoreCuba has demonstrated that “the problem of children is not a matter of economic resources but rather of political will,” UNICEF representative Juan Ortiz said in statements to the island’s press. “Being a blockaded country and with scarce resources, it achieved that the implementation of the rights of children be a model, with indicators that are among the highest in the world.”
Read MoreState housing construction decreased 7.5 per cent in 2010 as compared to the figure planned by the government, while the private sector reported an increase of 158 per cent, according to the report “Housing: Selected Indicators. January-December 2010” of the National Office of Statistics (ONE). The island’s government, which has a housing deficit of more than half a million units, hopes to build 43,000 homes this year.
Read MoreThe 20th International Book Fair of Cuba will be inaugurated today at the San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress in the Cuban capital, the local press reported. This year the event is dedicated to the cultures of the peoples of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) and to the bicentennial of the first independence of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Read MoreThe maximum temperatures in Havana will fluctuate between 23°C (73°F) and 27°C (81°F) and the minimum temperatures between 15°C (59°F) and 18°C (64°F). The temperatures will decline until the middle of the period, and then begin to move up again.
Read MoreThe 14th International Convention and Fair Informática 2011 is taking place this week through Friday in the Cuban capital. The event is held at the Havana Convention Center and the nearby PABEXPO fairgrounds under the slogan “Converging technologies: integration and independence”, with the objective to promote the scientific advances, new technologies and new features of the sector. (10 photos)
Read MoreOver recent years, Egypt has witnessed mounting tension between its Muslim majority and its sizeable Coptic Christian minority. But in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the site of ongoing mass protests against the ruling regime, members of both faiths chant in unison: “Muslim, Christian, doesn’t matter; We’re all in this boat together!”
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