Cuba added a new vice-president, it’s eighth, to its list of top officials, reported the official press on Monday. Adel Yzquierdo Rodríguez, 66, already the Minister of Economy and Planning since March 2011, is now also a Vice President of the Council of Ministers.
Read MorePope Benedict XVI expressed his desire to meet with Fidel Castro during his visit to the island this coming March 26-28, indicated sources from the Vatican.
Read MoreChinese hurdler Liu Xiang beat his Cuban rival Dayron Robles on Saturday by winning the 60 meter hurdles at an indoor track meet in Birmingham, England. Liu covered the distance in 7.41 seconds, beating Robles (7.50) by almost a tenth of a second.
Read MoreThe Cuban all-star baseball game held in Matanzas on Sunday ended with a victory for the Eastern team over the West, with tight score of 8 to 7. Second baseman Yeison Pacheco from Holguin belted the game-winning 2-RBI double in the top of the eighth off right-handed reliever Yadier Pedroso.
Read MoreThe Havana phase of the 2012 Cuban International Book Fair ended on Sunday after the participation of over 270,000 people at various sites in the capital city. The popular fair now moves on to the provinces before concluding in Santiago de Cuba on March 4. (19 photos)
Read MoreThe book “The Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda” by the Cuban-born writer Sonia Rivera-Valdes, was presented here yesterday at the Havana International Book Fair.
Read MoreEcuadorian President Rafael Correa criticized the United States on Thursday for its attempts to exclude Cuba from the Summit of the Americas, and he reiterated that the continental gathering could not be conceived of without the participation of the Caribbean island.
Read MoreA new edition of the historic interview granted by Fidel Castro to Tomas Borge twenty years ago was presented yesterday by the Nicaraguan writer and politician at the historic San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress, the principal site of the Havana International Book Fair.
Read MoreToday’s presentation of the book “Frank, Varela, Gerardo and Santiago: Troubadours of Heresy,” at the Havana Book Fair, will be accompanied by a concert given by trova singers at the Casa de las Americas cultural center here in the capital city. The concert will be broadcast live on large screens in the streets near the Casa de las Americas center.
Read MoreThe entire Cuban boxing team will participate in the Strandzha Tournament in Bulgaria next Wednesday, which will be the competitive debut of the islanders for this Olympic year.
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