“The Cuban revolution fostered rejection of discrimination, so people react negatively when they are accused of being racist, because they are aware that it’s considered ugly and is frowned on,” University of Havana Professor Esteban Morales told IPS.
Read MoreGood weather is expected all week with Maximum temperatures fluctuating between 31°C (88°F) and 32°C (90°F). Minimum temperatures will fluctuate around 24°C (75°F). The sea surface temperature the will be 29°C (84°F).
Read MoreTropical Strom Don moves farther northwest of Cuba as it makes it way into the Gulf of Mexico and headed for Texas, notes forecasters on Thursday morning.
Read MoreCuba’s First VP, Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, is off to Lima, Peru for the swearing in on Thursday of President Ollanta Humala. Machado is fresh off his role as keynote speaker at the July 26th National Rebelliousness Day commemoration.
Read MoreCuba’s VP Jose Ramon Machado Ventura was once again the keynote speaker at the event commemorating the most important date on the official Cuban calendar, July 26. (7 photos)
Read MoreAll preparations are made for tomorrow’s July 26 commemoration of National Rebelliousness Day in the central Cuban city of Ciego de Avila. It is customary for the Cuban president to give the keynote speech at the close of the remembrance.
Read MoreThe Cuban government has decided to discontinue the student brigades that carried out work during vacations, do to their not being cost effective.
Read MoreThe silence over the whereabouts of Cuban star outfielder Yoennis Cespedes took a new turn this week when he was reported to have left the island in search of a big Major League Baseball contract.
Read MoreHugo Chavez was visited in Havana Friday by former Argentine soccer astro Dieo Maradona. Chavez is undergoing a series of chemotherapy treatments to fight the spread of cancer.
Read MoreThe members of the 22nd Pastors for Peace Friendship Caravan to Cuba arrived to Havana on Friday in defiance of the half century US blockade and the travel ban on its own citizens from visiting the island without special permission.
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