Georgia Govenor Sonny Perdue just completed a visit to Cuba to promote better trade relations between the two countries. He said he would lobby back home at the legislature to make increased business a future reality.
Read MoreThe National Assembly of People’s Power (parliament) will discuss during its next regular session a bill for the division of Havana province, bordering on the Cuban capital, into two new territories: Mayabeque and Artemisa, reported IPS. The measure would attempt to make more efficient the administration of that area, one of the Caribbean country’s key agricultural regions.
Read MoreLast year Cuba received 81,000 tourists more than in 2008 but revenues from the tourist industry decreased by 10 per cent, according to a report released by the National Office of Statistics (ONE). Canada continues at the head of the issuing markets, with 914,000 visitors, while the number of U.S. tourists increased 25 per cent, to surpass the figure of 52,000, including many Cuban-Americans visiting family.
Read MoreThe Zaza Dam, Cuba’s largest reservoir with a capacity to hold 1.020 billion cubic meters of water, is barely storing 14 per cent of that volume due to the drought that is affecting the island since late 2008, reported the local press. The decrease in the water level has forced the authorities to speed up fishing in that aquifer to avoid the massive death of the fish because of lack of oxygen.
Read MoreSpanish President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero will talk with Pope Benedict XVI on the human rights situation in Cuba when he meets with the Supreme Pontiff next Thursday in the Vatican, reported sources close to the Executive in Madrid. The dialogue will take place three weeks after the beginning of the talks between the Cuban government and the Catholic Church.
Read MoreAcid rain has increased in recent years in Cuba, affirmed Osvaldo Cuesta Santos, head of the Contamination and Atmospheric Chemistry Centre (CECONT) of the Institute of Meteorology. According to the specialist, 25 per cent of the precipitations in the island contain light to high levels of acidity. The most affected areas are located in industrial regions such as Moa, Cienfuegos and Havana.
Read MoreHT brings you a monthly cultural calendar compiled by the Cuba Absolutely website in PDF format. The listings include any major events as well as some of the off-the-beaten-track “peñas” and art showings in large part attended by Cubans.
Read More“They are blown up and used as decorations for parties, filled up with booze and sneaked inside clubs and also used to keep money dry while swimming. The condom serves many purposes in Castro’s Cuba.”
Read MoreUntil a some years ago, getting a picture taken in front of the Capitol Building in Havana was something Cuban campesinos did. Later it was also common to see foreigners doing the same.(6 photos)
Read MoreIn unison, the jury for the Second HT Photo Contest expressed its desire to congratulate the participants for their excellent submissions. The job of selecting was so painstaking that one of the 20 jury members said she’d prefer not to be a judge in the future to avoid the agony.
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