Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez has once again received a visa to travel, this time to Brazil. However, she says that on 18 occasions she has been denied an exit visa required by the Cuban government for its citizens. The question is whether this time will be any different.
Read MoreThe first secretary of the Communist Party in Guantanamo province, Luis Torres Iribar, today criticized the sugar industry in that territory for production shortfalls.
Read MoreIn a meeting of the United Nations Security Council yesterday, Cuba called for practical steps to be taken so that Israel would end policies and actions that violate international law.
Read MoreThe National Ballet of Cuba will be in Canada from February 3 to 18 on a tour of six cities.
Read MoreUnder the title “Mother of Orlando Zapata Making Her Living Cleaning Houses in Miami,” the official Granma newspaper today published an update on the status of the mother of the Cuban dissident who died in prison in 2010 after staging a 85-day hunger strike.
Read MoreThe following is the monthly calendar of film showings for February at the Cinemateca de Cuba which includes the Charles Chaplin theater and the Charlot videoteca, both located on 23rd St. between 10th and 12th in Havana’s Vedado District.
Read MoreThe Cuban government ran an editorial in the island’s official media on Monday in an effort to counter reports in numerous press outlets around the globe about the events surrounding the death of prisoner and hunger striker Wilman Villar Mendoza.
Read MoreThe Sixth Cuban Congress on Education, Sexual Orientation and Therapy kicks off its today and will run through Thursday at the Havana Conference Center.
Read MoreThe trial of Granma news correspondent Jose Antonio Torres is in the final stage of preparation, with the prosecution having asked for more than 10 years in prison for alleged corruption.
Read MoreThe jury for the Casa de las Americas Literary Award today resumed their activities in Havana after having concluded — in the city of Cienfuegos — all of the readings of the competing works.
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