What the community least suspected was that they themselves would wind up being the performers, and that the local television network would be filming their daily struggles, joys, sorrows and dreams – in short, their lives.
Read MoreCienfuegos is nothing compared to last season when they battled all year for the cellar. On day one of this season’s first round playoffs on Saturday the Elephants hung on for a 5-4 win over last year’s league champions, La Habana.
Read MoreOne of these dangers could be that after a certain degree of stabilization, the State will do with cooperatives the same as it did with self-employed workers: limiting them by almost exhausting them with taxes, inspections, high input prices, regulations, etc., “because people were making a lot of money.” This already happened once.
Read MoreThose who do rate as highly suspect are the Cubans who visit relatives in Florida. They are now being thoroughly reviewed to ensure they are not carrying explosives to blow up airplanes or perpetrate violent attacks as they stroll down Calle 8 in Miami.
Read MoreCuba announced that it will skip the Central American and Caribbean Games in the Puerto Rican city of Mayaguez this coming July because the United States did not meet the conditions requested by the island to guarantee the safety of its athletes and attendance of its reporters and officials.
Read MoreCuba’s annual book fair brings out people of all ages with a lot of enthusiasm for literature in a country of readers. The fair is now in the different provinces but we bring you another look at the 11 days the event was at the San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress turned cultural center in the Cuban capital. (38 photos)
Read MoreCuba’s baseball playoffs get underway on Saturday in the western division with Sancti Spiritus hosting Industriales, the favorite of the capital, while Cienfuegos welcomes La Habana, last year’s champions.
Read MoreDmitri told me that during his years in secondary and high school he was taught very little about Haiti and its revolution. Only at the University level did he learn that the Haitians had carried out the first anti-slavery revolution on the continent.
Read MoreCuban singer Omara Portuondo will offer a concert on Saturday at the Town Hall Theater in New York, reported IPS. The concert is being produced by Anschutz Entertainment Group Live (AEG Live).
Read MoreThe Permanent Council of the Cuban Conference of Catholic Bishops asked the island’s government “to take the adequate measures” to avoid the death of political prisoners such as Orlando Zapata, buried yesterday in his hometown of Banes, in the Caribbean country’s eastern region. The bishops also called for the creation of “conditions for dialogue and ideal understanding to avoid reaching such painful situations that benefit no one and make many suffer.”
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