Cuban musician Chucho Valdés will make a tour of Spain with his Mensajeros Afrocubanos group, during which he will perform in the International Jazz Festival of Barcelona, that event’s webpage reported. Valdés, who just won the Latin Grammy Award for his CD El ultimo trago, will return to the island in December to direct the Jazz Plaza Festival (Dec. 16-19).
Read MoreThe Council of Ministers of Cuba approved the Economic Plan and State Budget for 2011 during a meeting held this weekend, the island’s state-run press reported today. That strategy, which has to be approved by parliament, begins a five-year period marked by the so-called updating of Cuban socialism.
Read MoreA traveler can either take out an insurance policy in one’s home country before departure, or can choose to take out a policy of insurance and assistance from a Cuban insurance company (Asistur S.A.) upon arrival at the airport, port or marina.
Read MoreCuba’s insurance authorities have published a complete list of the foreign travel policy sellers that are valid for visiting the island. Here is an explanation on how to explore the list.
Read MoreLike any other political system, Cuba’s always had a band of ideological sycophants at its disposition. Unlike others, however, the Cuban system has always demanded absolute alignment from its brownnosers, even up to the most formal details, which has made them particularly boring.
Read MoreI attended so many ceremonies that I started to get interested… The elders wouldn’t allow you to play the sacred instruments, so you had to learn to play adlib, by observing and copying. I began in a self-taught manner and they would later correct what I was doing.
Read MoreFor the first time in its history Cuba received more than two million tourists from January to October, the National Office of Statistics announced. In the last 10 months, 2,068,409 visitors came to the island, which represents a 3.4 per cent increase as compared to last year.
Read MoreBridges, railroads, petrochemicals, steel mills, electricity, aqueducts, agriculture, meat-processing plants, ship building and even cable cars: Brazil’s powerful entrepreneurial arm is reaching towards the Caribbean, via Venezuela, where the Hugo Chavez government is working to build what it calls “21st century socialism.”
Read MoreWith Las Mamachas del Ring we get closer to several indigenous Bolivian Aymaran women. In addition to fulfilling their traditional roles as homemakers and vendors on the streets of La Paz, on Sundays they meet to participate in wrestling events wearing their typical dress, all to the disapproval of many Aymaran men.
Read MoreCuba, like many underdeveloped nations, loses a number of professionals and athletes each year. Many emigrate in search of improving their economic situation or for family or emotional reasons. Some leave legally while others take the illegal route.
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