Cuba Returns to Standard Time
Cuba returned to standard time early Sunday. Clocks fell back an hour at 1:00 a.m. The east coast of the United States will follow suit on next Sunday, November 7th and regain the same time as Cuba.
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Author: Circles Robinson
Cuba Shows Weaker Hurricane Tomas
Hurricane Tomas weakened on Sunday as it heads for the central Caribbean, noted Cuba’s Meteorology Institute (INSMET) at 6:00 p.m. EST. Nonetheless, the storm is expected to gain strength again by mid-week and continues to bode a threat to Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Read MoreCuba’s Ex-Labor Minister Dies of Heart Attack
Alfredo Morales Cartaya, Cuba’s former minister of Labor and Social Security died on Saturday in Havana after suffering a heart attack. Morales Cartaya, 62, was a member of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party and also a member of the country’s parliament. He was previously the secretary general of the Cuban Worker’s Federation (CTC).
Read MoreNorway and Cuba Join to Help Haiti
The government of Norway gave Cuba a donation of 850,000 dollars to purchase medical supplies to be used by the medical contingent deployed by the island in Haiti after last January 12’s earthquake.
Read MoreGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS lifts restrictions for Cuba
Cuba will be able to have unrestricted access to the financing of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of that international organization and currently on a visit to the island, announced. The Caribbean island nation has the lowest prevalence rate of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV, which causes AIDS) in the Caribbean.
Read MoreCuba Tops Holland 4-1 Takes Baseball Cup
Cuba got great pitching from starter Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez and Jonder Martinez, and clutch hitting from Yorbis Borroto and Alexei Bell to beat Holland 4-1 and win the Intercontinental Cup in Taiwan.
Read MorePablo Milanés to Tour Cuba
Popular Cuban singer/songwriter Pablo Milanes will make his first tour of the island in 22 years starting on November 6-16 in Eastern Cuba. Milanes will offer open air concerts in plazas.
Read MoreCuba Warns Haiti, DR on Hurricane Tomas
Cuba’s chief weather forecaster Jose Rubiera warned Saturday that Haiti and the Dominican Republic could face serious danger next week from Hurricane Tomas and should take precautions.
Read MoreHamel Alley Community Art Project
At first I thought that their work was only painting but then I found out that isn’t the case. (20 photos)
Read MoreBrazil Elects New President on Sunday
In Brazil, 136 million voters will head to the polls in Sunday’s presidential runoff election, after a campaign heavy on recriminations and moralistic attacks and weak on substantive issues.
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