Resident of Cuba’s far eastern coastal town of Baracoa were greeted on Friday morning by trembling caused by a 5.4 magnitude earthquake off the coast that left no reported injuries or damage, according to Associated Press.
Read MoreFor months we’ve been hearing a song by Charanga Habanera that made the list of top hits across the country. The lead singer directs his words toward his ex-girlfriend, who has emigrated from Cuba to live in Miami – in the United States (or in “the Yuma,” like many Cubans say).
Read MoreThe US economic blockade on Cuba has lasted about a half century and one of its biggest supporters, Miami Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, threw in the towel on Thursday, saying he would not seek a tenth two-year term in office.
Read MoreWith 10 games to go in the 90-game regular season, three teams —Sancti Spiritus, Guantanamo and Villa Clara— are assured a ticket to Cuba’s baseball playoffs while eight others have a chance for the remaining five slots.
Read MoreAnother 200 doctors will join the Cuban doctors and medical staff working in Haiti on Friday, announced Health Minister Jose Ramon Balaguer. The new contingent of young physicians are graduates of the Havana based Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) and hail from 24 countries.
Read MoreJaime Castañeda of Colombia raced to victory in Stage 2 of the Vuelta a Cuba cycling event on Wednesday clocking 2:41.02 hours for the 111 kilometer trek from Guantanamo to Santiago de Cuba. Wilmen Bravo of Venezuela and Ryan Roth of Canada finished second and third.
Read MoreCuba’s annual International Book Fair kicks off on Thursday in Havana with Russia as the guest of honor and publishers and book sellers from 40 countries attending. Among the special guests are South African Nadine Gordimer, a Nobel Prize for Literature, and Canadian Margeret Atwood, Prince of Asturias Award winner for Literature in 2008
Read MoreDrinking Water
Read More“I’ve always been a man rich in deprivations. When I paint, some people say I’m crazy, others that I’m not able to. And when I fill the canvas with my own quirky slip ups, there —in the most profound depths— I ask: Did nature present abstractionism to the world with the first blind person?” (11 photos)
Read MoreThe cultural relations between Cuba and the Soviet Union created ties that are difficult to undo, though it’s been almost 20 years since that unity has received a new stimulus. The 19th Cuba International Book Fair will provide a new meeting with Russian culture, appealing and longed for by the Cuban public.
Read More