The return of former Cuban government spy Fernando Gonzalez Llort and the crisis in Venezuela and the Ukraine have eclipsed the tragic news of the partial building collapse that took place at Havana’s central bus terminal, injuring two women (one of whom suffered a cranial fracture and is currently in serious condition).
Read MoreFrom the Isla de la Juventud, biologist Marbelis Castillo, Director of Cultural Heritage gives her views on the state of the prehistoric caves with hundreds of paintings there following a recent article in the official Granma newspaper questioning the state of protection.
Read MoreHigh Commissioner, Navi Pillay, of the Human Rights Council (HRC) will introduce a resolution at its 25th session (March 3-28) recommending that Sri Lanka promote reconciliation and accountability with the minority Tamil people. Cuba is expected to vote against the resolution.
Read MoreNearly a hundred paintings have been stolen from Havana’s National Fine Arts Museum in what could well be the most serious misappropriation of Cuba’s artistic heritage of recent decades.
Read MoreThere are things I really don’t understand about the US government. They claim the “Castro regime” has indoctrinated the Cuban people, that the most fundamental human rights are constantly being trampled and so on and so forth.
Read MoreBorn in Cuba’s province of Santa Clara in 1972, Roly Berrio is an outstanding folk musician who broke into the music world in the 90s. In 1992, he founded the trio Enserie with musicians Levis Aleaga and Raul Cabrera, a band that would become a nationwide project under the Hermanos Saiz Association.
Read MoreCuban President Raul Castro yesterday closed a Congress of the Federation of Cuban Workers (CTC), the only union allowed on the island, making it clear that the mission of workers in Cuba is to produce more with greater discipline and efficiency, with the certainty that one day there will be higher wages.
Read MoreWhen people ask why does the US trade embargo and travel ban on Cuba exist more than 20 years after the end of the Cold War one of the most savvy answers is pointing to all the individuals and groups that benefit from hundreds of millions of black hole funding without having to show much in return.
Read MoreThey marvel at the variety of fruits available at the market and the speed of Internet, and they already feel right at home. They are the 17 Cuban scholarship students who arrived this past January in Miami, where they will spend six months learning English, marketing and computer science.
Read MoreI’ve just had the pleasure of watching Cuban filmmaker Enrique Colina’s documentary on “White Udder”, the Cuban record-breaking cow that produced over 110 liters of milk in a single day – an animal so prodigious it managed to eclipse the United States’ best milk producer.
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