Here is the cultural calendar for June 2011 put out by the Cuba Absolutely website. It includes happenings in music, dance, and theater and the visual arts, etc. in the Cuban capital. We also include the postings by the Cuban website Kewelta Habana.
Read MoreThe deadline for entries in the Third Havana Times Photo Contest for pictures taken in Cuba in four categories closes on midnight June 15. The four categories for submitting photo entries are: Cubans at Work, The Color Red in Cuba, Cuba’s Beaches, Cuban Women
Read MorePresident Raul Castro, who turned 80 Friday, is facing the challenge of making the Cuban economy more efficient without abandoning socialism – a course that involves overcoming conservative resistance to change and new forms of working and even thinking. “We have to take care of him; only he can set the reforms in motion,” one academic confided to IPS.
Read MoreTo mark World Environment Day this coming Sunday (June 5), an intense campaign of great importance for humanity will begin in Cuba. It’s our grain of sand for the sake of protecting and preserving nature, which requires urgent action. (25 photos)
Read MoreCastro said he feels good as he joins the club of eighty-year-olds in Cuba’s top leadership, many of whom, like Raul, took part in the guerrilla struggle that toppled the Batista dictatorship in 1959.
Read MoreDuring the next seven-day period we will be under the influence of weak pressure gradients that will give us breezes and generally good weather, but probably isolated rains on the last two days. The maximum temperatures will fluctuate between 31°C (88°F) and 32°C (90°F). The minimum temperatures will be around 24°C (75°F).
Read MoreCuban President Raul Castro met on Tuesday afternoon with former Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva but no details were released as to the content of their conversations.
Read MoreFormer Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived in Havana on Tuesday for a working visit that includes meeting with Cuban leader Raul Castro. His next stop after Havana is Venezuela where he is scheduled to meet with President Hugo Chavez on Friday.
Read MoreFor the first time, a procession was carried out by members of the Abakua society, who marched from the Cuban Institute of Anthropology and proceeded down several blocks through Old Havana until they arrived at the House of Africa Museum. (30 photos)
Read MoreDayron Robles of Cuba proved to be in top form on Sunday winning a star-studded 110-meter hurdles event at the IAAF World Challenge event in Hengelo, Holland. Robles 13.07 seconds time equaled the world record of Chinese sprinter Liu Xiang.
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