A cold front arriving on Friday, January 21, will cause isolated rains starting that afternoon and showers on Saturday. The rest of the week will be partially cloudy from the influence of weak gradients. Another cold front is expected to hit on Tuesday night, January 25, which could cause some rain.
Read MoreA chronicler of his times, Raul Torres was born in Bayamo, Cuba, but he became known in Matanzas Province. From folk “trova” roots, he has researched the music of diverse regions of the world to incorporate sonorities and melodic elements of jazz as well as Brazilian, African and lately Anglo-Saxon music.
His evolution as an artist has allowed him to extend from a very particular intimate quality to reach positions of social criticism and challenge according to the degree of commitment that he has gradually acquired over the passing years, though without ceasing to uphold poetry and the beauty of life.
Read MoreOne billion dollars and just over four years after Boeing won a contract to build a “virtual fence” on the Arizona-Mexico border, the high-tech project was canceled last week by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amid widespread recognition that it has been a failure.
Read MoreCuba will host the fourth Earth Sciences Convention this coming April, during which subjects related to geology, mining and fossil fuels will be discussed, Manuel Iturralde, president of the Organizing Committee of the event, announced. According to the specialist, the event will also serve for several countries to establish business negotiations and joint projects.
Read MoreCuba’s Habanos S.A. filed suit before the European Union General Court demanding the annulment of the recognition of the Kiowa cigar brand, produced by Tabacos de Centroamérica, due to its resemblance to the renowned Cohiba brand, the media in Brussels, Belgium, reported. Kiowa was recognized by the Domestic Market Harmonization Office, which rejected the claims by the island’s company.
Read MoreMore than 85 per cent of the homes damaged by Hurricane Ike in the north eastern province of Holguín were recovered until 2010, Archi Felipe Lam Ayala, provincial housing director, announced. That hurricane affected 124,838 homes in that part of the island.
Read MoreThe leadership of the International Baseball Federation and representatives of the U.S. Major Leagues will meet on Jan. 29 in the Cuban capital to debate the programming of that sport’s international events and agree on a strategy that will return it to the Olympic Games program.
Read MoreHuman rights groups are urging Haitian authorities to seize the opportunity of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier’s surprise return to the country Sunday to prosecute him for the atrocities committed during his 15-year reign.
Read MoreThe top foreign policy representatives of the European Union (EU) will not debate the Cuba issue in their next meeting in Brussels, planned for Jan. 31, diplomatic sources in the Belgian capital reported. Both sides maintain contacts at the level of officials, while a meeting between the island’s foreign minister, Bruno Rodríguez, and Catherine Ashton, head of the 27’s foreign policy, is expected.
Read MoreThe Casa de la Trova of Santiago de Cuba, one of the places best known for traditional Cuban music, will be reopened next Sunday, after a restoration that took back the locale to where it was founded in 1968.
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