The painting “Sur les traces,” by Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam (1902-1982), was sold for 1.42 million US dollars by New York’s Sotheby’s auction house, a record figure for the work of this artist, considered one of the geniuses of 20th century Cuban painting.
Read MoreThis is not the first time the topic has been discussed in that nation’s capital. Last year the Brookings Institution sponsored a similar event in which panelists called on the Obama administration and Congress to recognize the potential danger posed to Florida’s Atlantic shores by Cuba’s eventual deep water drilling in the Gulf and to begin a dialogue with the island’s government that would lead to a comprehensive prevention and mitigation plan.
Read MoreParaphrasing Ortega y Gasset —whose influence, has had more to do in defining our process of cultural constitution than that of whole legions of Marxists— said that what was good in Cuban Marxism was that which was Cuban, not that which was Marxist.
Read MoreThe relationship between Cuban authorities and automotive vehicles is strange, almost traumatic. They have transformed the automobile into the citizen’s greatest material aspiration, which someone can only access after accumulating high merit.
Read MoreThe District Attorney’s Office of Cuba still has not initiated judicial proceedings against U.S. agent Alan Gross, arrested in December 2009 when he was carrying out allegedly illegal activities to support the opposition on the island, announced Rubén Remigio Ferro, president of the People’s Supreme Court. Representatives of the two countries have discussed Gross’ situation on two occasions, but without concrete results.
Read MoreThe danger of an outbreak of a dengue epidemic persists in Santiago de Cuba, the second most important city in the island, due to the high indices of infestation of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits that and other diseases, reported the local press. The authorities have mobilized equipment to eliminate the insect’s breeding centres while urging social organizations to join in the eradication campaign.
Read MoreThe persons who have signed contracts for cell phone services in Cuba will not have to pay for calls received from another cell phone starting next June 1, announced the Cuban Telephone Company (ETECSA). The new rates also include the reduction in the cost per minute per call to only 10 centavos of a convertible peso (CUC) at midnight and dawn.
Read MoreThe Cuban government handed over to Mexico eight men sentenced for human trafficking so that they serve their sentences in their country of origin, announced the neighboring country’s Attorney General’s Office of the Republic. It is estimated that some 10,000 Cuban emigrants arrive in the United States every year through human trafficking in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Read MoreCuban opposition figure Elizardo Sánchez told Radio Netherlands he is sceptical about the Cuban government’s possible opening, “at least in terms of fundamental civil, political and economic rights.” Sánchez said the expectations created around the release of political prisoners, after the dialogue between President Raúl Castro and the Catholic Church hierarchy, were premature.
Read MoreIn an email consultation with several Canadian-based solidarity groups with Cuba, the consensus is that no such organization exists in Canada. Instead, each visa is handled individually as a specific case, and it appears that Canada often does not give a reason for refusing a visa.
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