Cuban anti-terrorism operative Rene Gonzalez, on probation since last October, asked a Miami federal court last week for permission to travel temporarily to Cuba, citing a family emergency since his brother is in a Havana hospital terminally ill, a victim of lung cancer.
Read MoreAs part of its global journey for a world free of nuclear weapons, peace activists arrived today at the Havana port on board the “Peace Boat”. The ship is carrying nearly a thousand people, including about 130 survivors of the atomic bomb that destroyed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Read MoreFrom today until Saturday, representatives from Cuba will be promoting the island as a destination for tourism at a trade fair in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. The aim is to increase the number of travelers from Asian markets to the island.
Read MoreVenezuela President Hugo Chavez spoke yesterday with members of his cabinet. He is presently in Havana recovering from a surgery performed on Monday.
Read MoreThe fourteenth edition of the Terry Fox Run (Cuba) will take place on March 10 in Havana. The start will begin simultaneously in a number of cities throughout the country at 10:00 a.m. after being signaled on the national Radio Reloj network.
Read MoreThe influence of a high pressure system in the West Atlantic will allow us to enjoy unseasonably warm temperatures and good weather throughout the period, though we will have some rain on Monday with the arrival of a weakened cold front. The maximum temperatures will fluctuate between 30°C (86°F) and 31°C (88°F), reaching 32°C (90°F) on Saturday, March 3. The minimum temperatures will drop to between 20°C (68°F) and 22°C (72°F).
Read MoreThe Charles Chaplin Theater in Havana, which also hosts the Charlot Video Room, presents the most varied selection of films offered in Cuban cinemas with a program that usually changes daily. The showings are often by country or by theme.
Read MoreThe older sister of Raul and Fidel Castro, Angela Castro, died Tuesday in Havana at the age 88, reported the foreign press. “Angelita” Castro is survived by her six younger siblings and five children, including Jose Antonio Fraga Castro, the current president of LABIOFAM laboratories in Havana.
Read MoreCuban singer Polito Ibáñez will give a concert at the Artime Theater in Miami at the end of next March. Ibanez also announced a tour of northern Mexico in mid-April.
Read MoreSeveral Cuban dissidents were prevented yesterday from entering a public presentation of the theoretical magazine Criterios, held at the offices of the publication.
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