Cuban students who aspire to enroll in universities will have to pass the exams with a minimum of 60 points, double the amount previously accepted, René Sánchez, Ministry of Higher Education director of enrollment and job placements, announced. Spanish, mathematics and history tests are required to have access to university careers on the island.
Read MoreIt is mere ignorance that stands in the way of Brazil having a broad network of navigable waterways and leads to the wasted potential of the country’s great rivers, laments José Alex de Oliva, superintendent of inland navigation at Brazil’s national waterways transport regulator.
Read MoreWell, when I was in Cuba and I made the decision to leave for Spain to look for work, I was in my fourth year of acting school. When I left I was only a few months short of graduating, but I knew that immediately after finishing I wouldn’t be allowed to leave Cuba for a few years [to perform National Social Service work required of all graduates]. So, I had to weigh the value of having a degree in my hands or leaving at that moment in search of my future; I always pay attention to my intuition – so I left.
Read MoreMail service from Cuba to the United States has returned to the old icy Cold War status after a brief lapse of exchange over the last year. Once again, it is Cuban families with relatives on both sides of the Florida Straits that will most suffer the consequences.
Read MoreEvery Friday, amid the noise of buses and cars on Carlos III Street, nocturnal lights allow us to see people (very few) sittings on rustic benches in a portico waiting for the sounds of guitars to begin.
Read MoreCuba will present more than 2,000 titles during the next Book Fair, which will begin Feb. 10 in this capital. The new books include the ALBA Bicentennial collection, dedicated to commemorating two centuries of Latin American independence.
Read MoreThe Cuban government increased the temporary detentions of dissidents in 2010 to face up to the political opposition on the island, instead of carrying out prolonged detentions and trials, according to the annual report of the opposition Council of Human Rights Rapporteurs in Cuba.
Read MoreAlmost half of the 2.1 million inhabitants of the Cuban capital are suffering from a deficit in the supply of water, the provincial delegation of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources announced. The problem has become more serious due to the loss in the distribution networks of almost 70 per cent of the pumped liquid.
Read MoreWhen we go for a walk down the streets of Cuba’s capital, we see images of working people struggling to overcome the difficulties – each one involved in their own personal battles but all of them, in one way or another, celebrating the coming of the New Year. (24 photos)
Read MoreClaiming it is the best answer to an escalating murder rate, the eight-month-old People’s Partnership coalition has tabled legislation to amend Trinidad and Tobago’s Constitution to resume executions. The administration of Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has the required parliamentary special majority to ensure passage of the new legislation.
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