Culture, Sports, Events

To visit the Gran Logia de Cuba or any of its member Lodges elsewhere in the country, one must abide by UGLE regulations for having such contact

I have just completed my Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Dance Studies at the School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Legon in Ghana and want to continue to pursue my PhD in your University. What process must I follow?

To enter into direct contact with Idalberto, it can be done through the Comisión Nacional de Voleibol under INDER (Instituto Nacional de Deportes, Educación Fisica y Recreación), which is Cuba’s Sports Ministry. The email address is [email protected] and in the subject line, put “para Idalberto Valdez Pedro”.

In a phone consultation with the Gran Logia de Cuba, they explained that prospective visitors must contact their office either by phone or in person. (They do not have an email address.) The individual to contact is the Gran Secretario (Grand Secretary), Alberto William Rojas Aguilar, at Telephone (537) 878-5065.

In a phone consultation with Hotel Cayo Levisa, located in Pinar del Rio, they said that the name comes from a small-to medium-sized fish known as the levisa, which is common in the waters surrounding Cayo Levisa as well as in other parts of Cuba. The fish is not eaten.

The link does work, although not perhaps from your end. However, as of early August 2010, on their official site – www.inder.cu/beta/competitions/marabana – under Inscripciones (Registrations), the reference is still only to the 2009 marathon and not that planned for this year.

To find out what’s happening in Cuba – dance, music, art, theatre, etc. – there is no one website that provides all the information. Still, some sites do exist that can be consulted. For a list of several sites and an explanation of what they cover, please consult the answer to the question How can I find out when the Cuban National Ballet are performing? which you will find by clicking on the “Culture-Sports-Events” page of the Havana Times Cuba Travel section.

The month of July is a great time to be in Santiago de Cuba, if you can take the stultifying heat and humidity that typifies that time of year. The two great festivals during July are the traditional Festival del Caribe, also known as the Festival del Fuego or Festival of Fire, and El Carnaval.

One organization that might be able to help you is Global Exchange, an education and action resource centre based in San Francisco. Its mission is to promote human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice around the world.