Although it hasn’t, and may not, reach tropical storm or hurricane status, the Cuban Weather Institute is tracking a storm moving south of the island that has so far brought some precipitation to the western Caribbean.
Read MoreCuba’s Civil Defense authorities announced the beginning today of two days of drills under the second stage of “Meteoro 2010”. Top level civil defense leaders will take part from the municipal to national level in planning to deal with large intensity earthquakes and tsunamis.
Read MoreVice President Esteban Lazo is heading the Cuban delegation to the Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), whose second high-level segment will begin today in the Ecuadoran city of Otavalo, reported IPS. The meeting will focus on indigenous and Afro-descendant populations in the region.
Read MoreCooperation in the fight against drug trafficking between Cuba and the United States made it possible to dismantle 19 operations in the last decade, said Yoandrys González, head of operational cooperation of the Technical Police of the Cuban Ministry of Interior. Both nations punctually collaborate in each case through communications between the coast guard services and a liaison at the US Interests Section on the island.
Read MoreCuban dissident Guillermo farinas has already spent four months on a hunger strike to demand the release of sick political prisoners, reported the accredited press on the island. Fariñas’ health is stable and he is still hospitalized in the central city of Santa Clara, reported IPS. No information was forthcoming as what the striker was in-taking in order to stay alive.
Read MoreLázara wakes up every morning in New York, has a cup of coffee and, with the same passion with which she takes a stand for or against every cause, she turns on the radio, hoping to hear the news that she has been waiting for most of her life: the demise of former Cuban president Fidel Castro.
Read MoreLooking through Cuban periodicals on the Internet, I again ran into calls for conserving electric energy, something that is apparently so vital that a journalist launched the dramatic slogan “conservation or death,” through dropping the standard ending “venceremos” (we shall be victorious).
Read MoreOne of the most important things that we are currently involved in is an investigation of journalists who were receiving payments from the federal government while they covered the case of the Five in a very hostile and damaging manner.
Read MoreSome see Eloy Machado Perez as a mere folklórico (traditional black arts) phenomenon, without much importance to the “highbrowed” arts, others adore him as a high priest of Afro-Cuban music. (23 photos)
Read MoreFonseca recognizes that the world is in a mess and full of problems; therefore, when people come to his concerts, he wants them to “come out as if they had been taken on a trip to a place of peace.”
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