The tiny Spanish political party Union Progreso y Democracia (UPyD) on Tuesday sent letters to the Norwegian Nobel Committee for Peace requesting Cuban dissidents Oswaldo Paya and Yoani Sanchez be included as official candidates for the award.
Read MoreFormer All-Star pitcher Norge Luis Vera was discharged from the hospital today after having been admitted there a month ago in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba. He continues to recuperate from an automobile accident.
Read MoreFormer Cuban president Fidel Castro blasted the new Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy, just as the island’s official press has done following the case of a prisoner, Wilman Villar Mendoza, who reportedly died after a hunger strike.
Read MoreThe arrival of a cold front on late Friday afternoon will cause scattered showers and thunderstorms until Monday. Beginning then, the weather will began to improve. The maximum temperatures will fluctuate between 25°C (77°F) and 28°C (82°F), while the minimum temperatures will dip to around 18°C (64°F).
Read MoreCuban 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.
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