Posada, a hero of the militant Miami based Cuban exile groups, is not being charged with his acknowledged role in blowing up a Cuban passenger plane that killed all 73 on board in 1976 or explosions at Havana hotels in the 1990s, only for providing false information to US immigration authorities when he snuck into the country in 2005 following his release from a Panamanian prison.
Read MoreThe tendency towards a decrease in Cuba of the fertility (children per woman) and reproduction (daughters per woman) global rates continued in 2010, according to last year’s Economic and Social Panorama, published by the National Office of Statistics. Those indicators are essential in evaluating the process of population aging on the island.
Read MoreAgricultural products with the greatest demand in Cuba suffered a notable drop in 2010, especially potatoes, beans and rice, regulars in meals of families on the island, notes last year’s Economic and Social Panorama, published by the National Office of Statistics. Although in general fruit, tubers and cereal production grew, the balance compared to 2009 was unfavorable in garden vegetables, leguminous plants and citrus.
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Read MoreHere is the cultural calendar for January 2011. The calendar put out by the Cuba Absolutely website includes happenings in music, dance, theater and the visual arts in the Cuban capital.
Read MoreWith Arizona residents still reeling from Saturday’s massacre at a Tucson supermarket, former Cuban President Fidel Castro wrote an op-ed piece from Havana condemning the violence saying “any sane person could ask the question whether the act occurred in Afghanistan or Arizona.”
Read MoreU.S. and Cuban representatives will meet next Jan. 12 in the Cuban capital for the fourth round of bilateral migration talks, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America Arturo Valenzuela announced. The two countries resumed that dialogue after President Barack Obama got to the White House.
Read MoreThe Cuban Cycling Federation decided to call off the Cycling Tour of Cuba this year as part of the “necessary reorganization in the plan of national and international competitions,” announced by the island’s sports authorities, according to the government’s cuts in spending, José Peláez, president of that entity, announced.
Read MoreThe Cohiba Behike BHK 52 cigar brand, produced in the Havana factory of El Laguito, was declared the best in the world by the specialized Cigar Aficionado magazine, which described 2010 as the best year for Cuban cigars because of their excellent quality.
Read MoreThe Cuban authorities have received more than 83,000 license applications for self-employment since the opening to the private sector decreed by the government late last October, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security announced. The measure is an attempt to absorb part of the half million persons who will be laid off until next March.
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