The British institution will provide a “business approach” and facilitate the creation of infrastructure with the aim of promoting “creative industries” on the Caribbean island through the development of small enterprises engaged in the arts.
Read MoreRival athletes Dayron Robles of Cuba and China’s Liu Xiang will be facing off today in the 60-meter hurdles competition during the XL-Galan athletics meet in Stockholm. During the last encounter between the two sprinters, on Saturday in the English city of Birmingham, the Asian hurdler beat the Caribbean runner with a time of 7.41 seconds to Robles 7.50.
Read MoreThe First National Meeting of Cuban Residents in the United States, organized by the Cuban Interests Section in that country, was called yesterday for April 28. The Interests Section will admit those participants who are expressly invited to the meeting scheduled to be held in Washington DC.
Read MoreCuban Vice President Esteban Lazo and leaders of various religious institutions and fraternal associations met on Wednesday to discuss current issues on the island. Catholic Church leaders, who enjoy a higher level of bilateral relations with the Cuban government, were not included in the gathering.
Read MoreRain on Sunday and Monday, good weather over the rest of the period. Maximum temperatures will fluctuate between 27°C (81°F) and 30°C (86°F), reaching 32°C (90°F) on Friday. The minimum temperatures will range between 19°C (66°F) and 21°C (70°F).
Read MoreCuba eased requirements on the registration of patents issued to local inventors while it banned some scientific applications, such as human cloning, published the island’s Gaceta Official yesterday.
Read MoreCuban Vice President Marino Murillo arrived in China on Tuesday, where he was received by Vice Premier Hui Liangyu of that country.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez is set to undergo additional surgery this weekend in Cuba. “Everything is set there, it’s safer, because they’re the same doctors who operated on me before. They’re even familiar with the incision from that operation,” said the president.
Read MoreThe lack of guarantees for Cubans who came to Ecuador following that country’s elimination of visa requirements for 130 nationalities in 2008 were reported this past weekend by the website Café Fuerte.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on Tuesday that he would need more surgery in the area where he had a cancerous tumor removed last summer. He was in Havana, Cuba over the weekend for tests that revealed a “small lesion.”
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