Pedro Luis Lazo, the towering right hander who pitched 20 seasons with Pinar del Rio in the Cuban Baseball League, has come out of a 14-month retirement and will pitch for the Pirates of Campeche in the Mexican League (Triple A Level).
Read MoreCinderella Matanzas in the west and surprising Granma in the east, have made it to the semifinals of the Cuban Baseball League. Both teams came from behind to defeat Sancti Spiritus and Villa Clara.
Read MoreThe 47th Capablanca Memorial Chess Tournament will begin today at the Riviera Hotel in the capital. Russian players Ian Nepomniachtchi (with an ELO rating of 2,716) and Vladimir Potkin (2,642); Czech competitor Victor Laznicka (2,693), and local players Leinier Dominguez (2,725) and Yuniesky Quesada (2,625) will be the main challengers to “Chucky” – who will attempt to retain his crown.
Read MoreThe award-winning Spanish actress Victoria Abril will attend the First Latin American Monologue Festival, which is being organized by the Tomas Terry Theater in Cienfuegos, confirmed the head of the institution.
Read MorePoets from Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Angola, the United States and Cuba are sharing their works from May 2 to 7 in the eastern provinces of Cuba as part of the International Conference of Verse.
Read MoreGranma newspaper reported today on a letter from Pope Benedict XVI that was sent to Raul Castro on April 3 expressing the Pope’s appreciation for the welcome he received on the island during his apostolic visit in March.
Read MoreCuba is mentioned among those countries that continue to violate human rights, according to the 388-page Human Rights and Democracy Report released in London earlier this week by the UK’s minister of Foreign Affairs, William Hague.
Read MoreAfter two days of discussions and exchanges, today concludes the Thirteenth Inter-Parliamentary Meeting between Cuba and Mexico, whose outcome will be compiled in a final statement.
Read MoreLarge investments are being implemented in Cuba’s Varadero beach resort to expand the room capacity of hotels and to receive foreign visitors. The program seeks to strengthen the preference for the island’s principal beach and its international positioning.
Read MoreClinical trials of a Cuban vaccine against pneumococcus will begin this year, said the director of the Finlay Institute, Concepcion Campa, during the 16th International Seminar of the Caribbean Medical Association.
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