Cuba’s ambassador to Mexico, Manuel Aguilera de la Paz, and Mexican Cardinal Norberto Rivera held a meeting on Sunday to exchange details about the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the island in late March, reported the newspaper Impacto.
Read MoreThe book Viajes de Miguel Luna (The Travels of Michael Luna), by the Cuban writer and Minister of Culture Abel Prieto, was presented yesterday afternoon to a packed audience at the Pavilion Cuba expo center in downtown Havana.
Read MoreThe new home of Cuban baseball player Yoennis Cespedes, 26, changed by 3,000 miles from the morning to afternoon news on Monday as he signed a US $36 million dollar contract with the Oakland Athletics.
Read MoreCuban rapper Raudel Collazo Pedroso, also known as “Escuadron Patriota,” has completed a new album in Ecuador. The CD is titled “The New Philosophy of Struggle” and is dedicated to the Cuban diaspora.
Read MoreCuban baseball player Yoennis Cespedes last week received an offer for close to $40 million to play for the Florida Marlins. After a two-day visit to Miami to meet with executives of the Marlins, Cespedes returned last Thursday to the Dominican Republic where he has had permanent residence since last month.
Read MoreA new case of corruption involving senior-level government employees of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Matanzas Province electric company and a Cuban resident living in Mexico was disclosed in the official Cuban media.
Read MoreThe famous Cuban bassist Israel “Cachao” Lopez won a Grammy award yesterday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for the best tropical music album with his production “The Last Mambo.”
Read MoreThe Cuban singer Carlos Varela canceled his concert that was scheduled for tomorrow (February 14) in Havana citing an increase in the ticket prices without his consent.
Read MoreThe private Cuban media initiative Estado de Sats accused the Cuban government of preventing guests from the United States from participating at one of the groups regular public meetings last Friday.
Read MoreThe calendar for February is highlighted by the 21st International Book Fair and numerous concurrent cultural happenings though Feb. 19. The Kewelta Habana cultural calendar is the most complete place to find what’s happening in the Cuban capital.
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