Actress María de los Angeles Santana, one of the legends of Cuban television, cinema and theatre, passed away in the island’s capital at the age of 96. Santana was awarded the National Theatre Prize in 2001 and of Television in 2003 for the work of a lifetime.
Read MoreCuba will have its first telecommunications law in 2011, Wilfredo López, director of Regulations and Standards of the Ministry of Informatics and Communications, affirmed. According to the official, the legislation will establish frameworks on the use of the radio spectrum, the social role of telecommunications and the rights of operators, be they public or private.
Read MoreMake no mistake about it – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will stay in power only as long as his army generals deem it to be in their best interest.
Read MoreMiguel believed that his being accepted into the National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC) would finally release him from the curse of being a self-taught painter, meaning someone who couldn’t exhibit his works for sale in authorized galleries.
Read MoreAugusto Enriquez, the former lead singer with the popular Cuban group Moncada, was the sole Cuban artist invited to sing with the great Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti in his memorable benefit concerts.
Read MoreCuba’s annual baseball all-star game proved disastrous for pitchers and a field day for hitters, a reflection of the regular season in which batting has stood out over pitching. The game was tied 8-8 after nine innings and in the tenth the Orientalesscored seven times only to struggle to contend Occidentales who scored five before taking the loss.
Read MoreOur societies have always required heroes. But curiously, they have required them as ideological constructions, as imaginary figures based on a series of virtues, more than as real and concrete people. I’m sure that if our heroes came back to life they’d be very upset with the way we describe, imagine and supposedly want them to be.
Read MoreThe Ladies in White asked Alejandrina García, wife of political prisoner Diosdado González, to end her hunger strike, after the renewal of the releases of the dissidents tried in 2003, according to statements to the accredited foreign press on the island, reported IPS.
Read MoreCuba will present its experiences and perspectives on the computerization of the health system during the 8th International Congress of Computer Science in Health, to be held starting Monday in the Cuban capital. The island hopes to present during the event its advances in areas such as telecommunications, electronics, medical equipment and automation, reported IPS.
Read MoreUnited Nations specialists will present today in Cuba a project to conserve agricultural biodiversity in six biosphere reserves on the island, announced Lázara Raymond, a Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment official. The initiative’s aim is the conservation and sustainable use of the traditional genetic patrimony of those rural areas, reported IPS.
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