Pope Benedicto XVI wants to Visit Cuba and Mexico in during the Spring of 2012, IPS reported on Thursday, citing Vatican sources. The announcement comes at a time when relations are at a high point between the Cuban government and the Catholic Church.
Read MoreSome rain will occur in the first half of the period because of the passage of a weakened cold front. The arrival of another cold front is expected on Wednesday, November 16. High temperatures will range close to 27° C (81° F) and the lows will be around 21° C (70° F).
Read MoreCuba has a new defense minister, General Leopoldo Cintra Frias, who was the 70-year-old vice minister. He takes the post of Julio Casas Regueiro, who died of a heart attack two months earlier.
Read MoreA major change in Cuba’s property law was announced on Thursday. For the first time in decades, citizens and permanent foreign residents can now buy and sell houses or apartments and they will be permitted to have an additional vacation home.
Read MoreWe will have occasional rain on Saturday with the coming of a cold front. On the remaining days we will be under anti-cyclonic influences, which will give us nice weather. Maximum temperatures will be around 27°C (81°F) and the minimum ones close to 23°C (73°F).
Read MoreLike most families or nations with an ugly story, some members of society may choose to believe this event never happened, others may wish it will be forgotten and die, while others may try to keep it hidden under the rug or shoot the messenger.
Read MoreThe Guadalajara 2011 Pan American Games came to a close on Sunday and the Cuban athletes finished in second place in the overall medals ranking, just as in the previous competitions in Rio de Janeiro 2007.
Read MoreWith two days remaining Cuba has assured a repeat in the second position in the medals standings in the Guadalajara 2011 Pan American Games.
Read MoreWhat was the powerful hurricane Rina is now a mere tropical depression and the Cuban Weather Service (INSMET) has issued its last advisory on the storm.
Read MoreTropical Storm Rina is hours away from a possible landing on the Mexican Yucatan peninsula and the latest projections for its path afterwards are favoring Cuba.
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