Things happen to Jaime that I’d find highly improbable if I too didn’t live in Cuba. This is not the first time that I’m recounting one of his adventures in Havana Times. What I’m going to share on this occasion is what happened to him on October 14th; in fact, it was the afternoon that tropical depression Paula swept across our capital.
Read MorePutting local police on the “front lines” of immigration enforcement is distracting federal agencies from their objectives by turning over people with no criminal history, or those who have committed minor or non-violent crimes, and setting them on a course toward unnecessary deportation.
Read MoreThe artists to present their works in the show titled “Cuban Counterpoint: A gaze at Cuba from other shores,” are Ramon Menocal, Romelio Rivera, Lazaro Batista and Alexis Landa, who all reside in Washington D.C.
Read MoreCuba fought hard to defeat Italy in five sets (16-25, 26-24, 25-21, 25-23, 24-22) in its final match of the second round of the Women’s World Volleyball Championship taking place in Japan on Wednesday.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited his mentor, Cuba’s Fidel Castro, on Tuesday afternoon in Havana. They discussed the international arena as well as the example of their countries’ relations.
Read MoreMedical personnel in Haiti, which includes several hundred Cuban doctors, are now facing a cholera outbreak in several regions including the capital Port-au-Prince with 73 confirmed cases. The following is a report from the Haitilibre.com website.
Read MoreI criticize the English teacher who for a final evaluation has a group of questions that, in almost all cases, the students are forced to turn to other people to answer. We all know that practice and the systemization of study are elements of vital importance for the learning of any language. One cannot learn any language by repeating over the course of one day —like a parrot— how to greet someone, how to say your name or how to say your nationality in that language, and much less by memorizing dialogues that another person has prepared.
Read MoreThe beauty of the Mexican Caribbean resort city of Cancun may have been one reason for choosing it to host the upcoming global summit on climate change. But Cancun has little to recommend it as a model for adapting to the challenges posed by climate change.
Read MoreIn his moving around the Cuban capital photographer Elio Delgado captures small businesses and vendors on the streets, people hauling water, a butcher’s shop, a vegetable stand and a cafeteria, as well as people just hanging out. (19 photos)
Read MoreTo carry out the indispensably needed social adjustment and to improve the economy and their own opportunities for accumulation, the political elite is counting on two resources: political/police control as well as émigrés and their remittances.
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