Discus thrower Yarelis Barrios (the Diamond League and Pan American Games titleholder) and boxer Julio Cesar La Cruz (the World and Guadalajara champion), were selected yesterday as the best Cuban athletes in 2011 in a ceremony held at the Ciudad Deportiva stadium in Havana.
Read MoreWhen 2011 comes to an end this week, US-AID “sub-contractor” (agent) Alan Gross will spend his third consecutive New Years in a Cuban prison for his role in Washington’s program to promote regime change in Cuba.
Read MoreThe company Internacional Cubana de Tabaco S.A announced a six percent growth in exports of machined cigars for all of 2011.
Read MoreUruguayan 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.
Read MoreA 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 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 MoreIn 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 MoreThe 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 MoreNorge 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 MoreNumerous 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..
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