Mariela Castro, the daughter of Cuba’s president, hopes the upcoming January 28 conference of the country’s communist party will help end the stalemate around a draft law intended to grant rights to transsexuals and homosexuals on the island.
Read MoreUruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano opened the 53rd annual Casa de las Americas Literary Awards today in the Che Guevara Hall of that Cuban cultural institution in Havana.
Read MoreAlina Fernandez, the recognized daughter of Fidel Castro, wants actor Antonio Banderas to play her father in the autobiographical film Castro’s Daughter, to be directed by Michael Radford.
Read MoreRenowned Cuban jazz composer and pianist Chucho Valdes will perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 21 to kick off his latest US tour. Throughout January and February, Chucho will perform on more than 20 stages in New Jersey, Virginia, Connecticut, Michigan, Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania and California.
Read MoreA Panamanian court confirmed in their absence the sentence against Luis Posada Carriles and four other Cubans who threatened that country’s national security.
Read MorePresident Raul Castro said yesterday, after bidding farewell to visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Havana airport, that the Cuban government will comply fully with the economic program approved by the Communist Party Congress held this past April.
Read MoreThe Ministry of Construction of Cuba announced today plans for important infrastructure improvements which will include the construction of new factories for the production of building materials.
Read MoreCuban authorities foiled two naval operations in 2011 in which they arrested three Bahamians and one Jamaican, after detecting some 50 vessels suspected of international drug trafficking. In the end, 10.1 tons of drugs were seized.
Read MoreThe recently completed La Pasa bridge now connects Cayo Coco, Cayo Romano and Paredon Grande — which are islets that make up the Jardines del Rey tourism complex on the northern coast of Ciego de Avila Province.
Read MoreCuban President Raul Castro said today that his government “will comply with the entire program” of reforms approved at the last Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba. However he lowered expectations around the “First Party Conference,” to be held on January 28 and 29.
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