Havana Weather for April 26 – May 2
The maximum temperatures will be between 30°C (86°F) and 32°C (90°F), while the minimum temperatures will be around 22°C (72°F). The sea surface temperature will be 26°C (79°F).
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News
British Executive Arrested in Havana
The chief operating officer of the Coral Capital Group Ltd., Stephen Purvis, was arrested in Havana as part of an investigation of bribery activities directed at governments officials by their foreign partners.
Read MoreUS Asking Cuba to Allow Blogger Yoani Sanchez to Travel
In its daily briefing, the US State Department on Monday asked the Cuban government to allow the blogger Yoani Sanchez to travel abroad freely. Sanchez has had her request for an exit visa denied over a dozen times in recent years.
Read MoreCuban Actors AWOL in New York
Two of the lead actors in the Cuban Film “Una Noche” abandoned their planned tour in the US as soon as they landed for a stopover in Miami. Cubans who touch US soil have an automatic fast track to permanent residency under the Cuban Adjustment Act.
Read MoreCuba-Germany Scientific Exchanges Boosted
Hans Zehetmair, the president of the Hans Seidel German Political Foundation, is on the island to diversify that organization’s ties of cooperation with the island, reported the website of the Cuban Foreign Ministry this weekend.
Read MoreRenowned African ‘Griot’ Currently in Cuba
Actor and director Hassane Kouyate of Burkino Faso will be in Havana starting today for the international “Owners of the Word” festival, which will also include oral storytellers from Haiti and Cuba.
Read MoreCooperatives Featured in Conference Beginning Today in Cuba
The Eighth International Conference on Agricultural Law begins today in Havana and is dedicated to “cooperatives as an engine of social development.”
Read MoreCuba and Honduras Negotiate Maritime Limits
Cuba and Honduras are negotiating a new date for the signing of a maritime delimitation agreement between the two countries, it was revealed on Sunday after statements by the undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Honduras, Mireya Aguero.
Read MoreCuban Baseball Playoffs Begin Today
The first playoff game of the 2011-2012 Cuban Baseball League will be held today in Havana’s Latin American Stadium with the clash between the host Industriales and Cienfuegos teams.
Read MoreCuba’s Latest Dissident Hunger Striker
Opposition activist and former political prisoner Jose Daniel Ferrer began a hunger strike on Monday after having spent three weeks in custody without the Cuban authorities formally charging him.
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