Eduardo Galeano to Open Cuba Literary Event
Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano will be guest of honor at the 53rd edition of the Casa de las Americas literary awards ceremony and will deliver an address on January 16 to open the event.
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More Leasing Options in Cuba
A special edition of the Gaceta Oficial de Cuba today issued resolutions that extend lease options to self-employed workers starting January 1, 2012.
Read MoreCuban Pitcher Remains in Serious Condition
Cuban pitcher Norge Luis Vera is reported in very serious condition with a guarded prognosis, 72 hours after his being in a car accident. The star pitcher from Santiago de Cuba was taken off of sedatives and regained a fairly conscious state.
Read MoreCuba Rescues Haitian Shipwreck Survivors
In a tragic Christmas Eve news item, an official Cuban website reports that the Cuban Coast Guard had rescued 87 Haitians while 38 dead bodies were recovered near the far eastern tip of the island.
Read MoreCuba’s Development Czar Presents Report to Deputies
The head of the Permanent Committee on Development and Implementation, Marino Murillo, presented a comprehensive report yesterday that concluded the seventh session of the Cuban parliament.
Read MoreStar Cuban Pitcher Reported in Very Serious Condition
Norge Luis Vera, the recently retired star pitcher for the Santiago de Cuba baseball team and a former member of the national baseball team, was reported in very serious condition last night following a traffic accident.
Read MoreCuba Immigration Policies Still on Hold
Numerous foreign press had speculated earlier in the day that Castro might use the occasion to announce new policies, but also noted that another possible benchmark date is the upcoming Communist Party Conference in January 2012..
Read MoreCuba Gov. to Release 2,900 Prisoners
More than 2,900 prisoners will be released in the coming days, announced the Cuban government on Friday. The Council of State said it was ordering the releases for humanitarian and sovereign reasons that took into account good conduct, age, illness and the percentage of the sentence completed.
Read MoreBook Fair Dedicated to Caribbean
The 2012 Cuba Book Fair, the island’s most well attended yearly event, will be dedicated to the culture of the peoples of the Caribbean as well as to Cuban intellectuals Ambrosio Fornet and Zoila Lapique. The event will take place in Havana from February 9 to 19 and then move across the country.
Read MoreCuban Parliament Criticizes the Construction Industry
One of the commissions of Cuba’s National Assembly of Popular Power (parliament) was dissatisfied yesterday with the low efficiency and poor quality of public works as well as the failure to integrate that industry with the manufacturing of needed equipment.
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