The second Caribbean Dance Biennial 2010, is set for March 23-28. et to perform are the dance troupes: Non of Lisbet Sad (Cuba); Oroyo So by Ballet Rakatan of Guyana directed by Julie Adami; Malson of the Cuban toupe Danza Abierta and Ecume of the Martinique company Articidence.
Read MoreThe Laura Alonso Ballet is performing “La Bayadera” at the Mella Theater in the Vedado district through March 21. Performances are at 8:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets cost 10.00 regular pesos and 2.00 CUC for foreigners. Telephone: 833-5651
Read MoreHere is the schedule for best-of-seven championship baseball series between Industriales —which plays out of Havana’s Latinoamericano Stadium— and Villa Clara, headquartered in the city of Santa Clara in central Cuba.
Read MoreDiplomatic relations between Cuba and Mexico could be strained if the Mexican Senate passes a condemnation of the death of opposition member Orlando Zapata, and demands the release of political prisoners on the island, said Cuban Ambassador Manuel Aguilera.
Read MoreCuba’s popular singer/songwriter Pablo Milanes said on Friday that he does not expect to receive reprisals for his critical statements to the Spanish press about the Cuban government. “For many years I’ve been openly criticizing what from my perspective is bad about my country and I’ve never been subject to a reprisal, much less my family.”
Read MoreA few years ago the minister of Culture, Abel Prieto, told me in a conversation that technological development would very soon make it impossible to block satellite signals, and added that the failure to prepare people to receive information from other sources would be suicidal.
Read MoreIt occurred today, March 18, at about 11 in the morning. I was near Obispo and Compostela Streets, in Old Havana, when by chance I heard the uproar and decided to get closer, as did several other onlookers. Coming down the street was a group of some 20 women dressed in civilian clothing and chanting slogans.
Read MoreIndustriales is back and although they won’t be the favorites to win this year’s Cuba baseball championship series against Villa Clara nobody is counting them out.
Read MoreCuba accused European and U.S. diplomatic representatives of backing actions by the opposition in the island’s capital, held on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the so-called Black Spring when 75 persons were detained. The island’s authorities maintain that an international campaign is underway to discredit the country’s work in matters related to human rights.
Read MoreThe European Parliament again criticized the human rights situation in Cuba in a communiqué released after yesterday’s incident in the island’s capital, which involved law and order forces and the Ladies in White, mothers and wives of political prisoners, reported the press in Brussels.
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