Gerardo Concepcion, the rookie of the year pitcher for Industriales in the Cuban Baseball League during the 2010-2011 season, is now a multi-millionaire about to begin his career with the Chicago Cubs. Considered a traitor, he will never be heard of again in Cuba´s media.
Read MoreThe radio and television aggression that the US maintains against Cuba were charged with being illegal by the World Radio Communications Conference.
Read MoreThe 21st annual International Cuban Book Fair will take place from February 9 to 19 in Havana, though its first activities were already initiated in all of the capital city’s municipalities.
Read MoreCopies of the magazine Criterios have been held at the Havana airport by authorities since January 29, reported its editor, Cuban essayist Desiderio Navarro.
Read MoreFormer Cuban baseball player and manager Lourdes Gourriel, one of the island’s greatest hitters of all time, is progressing well after being admitted yesterday into a hospital in Sancti Spiritus Province after suffering heart difficulties.
Read MoreSociologist Mariela Castro Espin, the director of the National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX), will be presented today with the 2012 Eureka International Prize from the World Council of University Academics.
Read MoreUnlike previous years, however, the annual report makes no reference to Cuba in the section “Terrorist Threats,” nor does it mention a possible danger posed by mass exodus from the island.
Read MoreCuban musician Sara Gonzalez, a founder of the Nueva Trova movement, died here in Havana yesterday at the age of 60, reported Cuban national television news on its Wednesday evening broadcast.
Read MoreThroughout the coming seven-day period we will have good weather with relatively warm temperatures. Some isolated rain is expected to occur on Saturday as a result of conditions associated with minor cloud cover and on Tuesday with the arrival of a weakened cold front.
Read MorePresident Dilma Rousseff visited the Mariel Port in western Cuba yesterday, the site of major investments by her country. She was accompanied there by Cuba President Raul Castro. The cost of the port redevelopment effort is just over $900 million.
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