Cuban First VP Jose Ramon Machado Ventura arrived in Uruguay on Sunday to attend the inauguration Monday of President Jose Mujica. On his first day in Montevideo Machado met with both outgoing president Tabaré Vazquez as well as the president elect.
Read MoreHAVANA TIMES, Mar. 1 – Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas began today an official visit to Cuba at the invitation of President Raúl Castro, reported IPS. The two nations have had diplomatic relations since April 1979.
Read MoreCuban authorities hope to expand the suburban agriculture program to 156 localities after good results in the 18 municipalities where that initiative began last January, affirmed Adolfo Rodríguez, national head of the project. The island also hopes to produce all the vegetable seeds it needs instead of imports.
Read MoreSancti Spiritus avoided being swept as the home team defeating Industriales 8-1 on Sunday. The team from the capital had opened the series with a 3-1 win on Saturday.
Read MoreUndoubtedly, General Raul Castro is a man of few words, so much so that journalists must remain on the prowl hunting for some loose phrases, new facts or rumors to piece together our “puzzles” as to what has happened here over the past two years.
Read MoreSinger-songwriter Santiago Feliu is presented along with his guests every Friday at the El Sauce club starting at 10:30 p.m. Feliu shares the stage with Roberto Carcases on piano and Oliver Valdes at the drums, as well as other big names Cuban contemporary music.
Read MoreJazz sax player Cesar Lopez is presented along with his guest performers every Tuesday at the El Sauce club, starting at 10:30 p.m.
Read MoreEl Patio de Baldovina presents the exhibition “Formato Roto” (Broken Format) by visual artist Diana Balboa. Through this display of installations, paintings and engravings, Balboa juxtaposes the daily settings of women with their leading role in art.
Read MoreVisual artist Jose Omar Torres (Matanzas, 1953), presents his exhibit “Entre el Mar y la Montaña” (Between the Sea and the Mountain), with a combination of engravings, paintings and drawings that Torres uses to play with the hyper-reality of the objects he represents.
Read MoreA black and white photo from the early 1980s shows us a group of Cuban youths confident of a seemingly imminent future. Though this is not the first image in the documentary “Costas extrañas” (Strange Coasts) competing in the 9th Exhibit of New Film Producers— it was the first one that caught my attention.
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