At night, Havana’s picturesque ocean drive becomes a showcase where young men offer the charms of their youth to tourists in search of sexual adventures. The double standards that underpin these relations is one of the issues explored by La partida (“The Departure”), a gay drama directed by Spanish filmmaker Antonio Hens which will premiere in Spain this Friday and is coming to Cuba in July.
Read MoreA preview of the upcoming Bill on Foreign Investment was given this week by the chairman of the Cuban National Assembly’s Commission on Constitutional and Judicial Affairs, José Luis Toledo Santander. He states that the document “aims to reinforce the guarantees to investors and establishes the priority of foreign investment in almost all sectors of the economy, especially in those related to production.”
Read MoreNo, it’s not a fairy tale and the “happily ever after” ending remains to be seen. Rather, this is the chronicle of a little book that’s been part of the lives of Cubans for many years: the Ration Booklet. Its fate is today a pending task for the State, as part of their much touted policy of “economic changes”. They have been talking openly for years about its slow elimination.
Read MoreThe escalating political crisis and violence in Venezuela is increasingly pointing towards the Cuban collaboration in the country. At stake is the fate of the Cubans there after more than a decade of missions ranging from humanitarian contributions to involvement in the country’s intelligence strategies and social control.
Read MoreIn only the second campaign of a novel split-season structure, the reduced eight-team Cuban League is currently witnessing one of its most nail-biting and competitive pennant chases in recent memory.
Read MoreCuba and the United States, two of the most bitter political enemies the world has known in the last 50 years, will have a chance to “fight it out” in a few days’ time, when boxing teams from the two countries meet in the ring for the World Series Boxing (WSB) quarterfinals.
Read MoreIn April, Cuba’s phone company ETECSA will begin offering Wi-Fi services to Cuban users who can afford these services at NAUTA Internet access locales. This report delves into the ups and downs of services to date and what can be expected.
Read MoreCuban medical brigades stationed in Venezuela are witnessing considerable reductions in personnel as a result of one of Havana’s current priorities: Brazil’s Mas Medicos (“More Doctors”) program, which has already hired over 11,000 thousand physicians from the island.
Read MoreThe ongoing protests in Venezuela have left at least 20 people dead since breaking out last month. Both sides have staged massive rallies, with opponents accusing President Nicolas Maduro of authoritarianism and mishandling the economy and supporters backing his continuation of Hugo Chavez’s legacy of social welfare. Maduro has bristled at outside attempts to intervene.
Read More“At least I had the guts to go down there and see it with my own eyes,” said Oliver Stone who just relaeased his documentary “Mi Amigo Hugo” on the late Venezuelan president.
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