I discovered her during a recent visit to the 100th Street dump here in Havana. Silent, concentrating on her work, she walks atop the garbage with confidence, like someone who knows the terrain well and therefore where to step. Is she accustomed or just resigned to so much filth? Is she irresponsible or intrepid?
Read MoreCurrently Cuban ballerinas are like their Russian counterparts of the 1970s and ‘80s, and for very similar reasons. They have that type of strong but subtle influence; they can be found all over the world, and they’re always in first ranks.
Read MoreA meeting of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) is taking place Saturday in Havana, Cuba. The following is the press release from the sports organization.
Read MoreIf you will be in Cuba on either a tourist or student visa to learn Spanish, you will not be able to work as this is not allowed with these kinds of visas. However, you may well be able to find a way to offer your Internet Development skills in a volunteer capacity.
Read MoreWith tens of thousands of demonstrators still milling around the streets of Cairo and other Egyptian cities Friday night, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama was struggling to come up with a policy response to an uprising that may be on the verge of ousting Washington’s most important ally in the Arab world.
Read MoreA week after Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party ended its pivotal congress of the country’s political elite, there is little evidence in the state-controlled media of a possible return to the openness that once saw high-profile corruption scandals exposed in print here.
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Read MoreAs foretold by US President Obama on January 14, 2011, the Office on Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has just amended its regulations regarding travel and remittances to Cuba by US citizens and organizations. The new regulations reactivate, to varying degrees, all of the 12 categories of permissible travel that Bush II halted except “humanitarian”.
Read MoreFormer Cuban President Fidel Castro questioned the State of the Union speech by U.S. President Barack Obama last Jan. 25. In one of his usual Reflections, Castro strongly criticized what the U.S. president said regarding the U.S. economy, renewable energy and international cooperation, among other issues. “It is difficult that God can bless so many lies,” the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution said.
Read MoreWriters from Cuba, Argentina and Mexico were awarded the Casa de las Américas Prize, which this year opened its annual contest in the short story, essay, novel and testimony genres, the local press reported. Cuban Emerio Medina won the short story prize with the book “La bota sobre el toro muerto.”
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