The 2011 International Federation World Baseball Cup gets underway in Panama on Saturday night with the host team playing Greece, a newcomer to international baseball. If all goes as scheduled the tournament will come to a close on Oct.15th. Cuba lost in the finals to its arch baseball rival the United States 10-5 in the 2009 World Cup.
Read More.On Sunday Oct. 2 the theater of the Museum of National Fine Arts has a program remembering Bola de Nieve that includes singers Beatriz Márquez, Anaís Abreu, Adriano Rodríguez, Pablo Santamaria and the Coro Entre Voces directed by Digna Guerra. The instrumentalists include the young sensations Yasek Manzano (trumpet) and Rolando Luna (piano).
Read MoreAs of this Saturday, buying a used car in Cuba is no big deal, as long as you have the money to do so. Selling a car had been previously limited to pre 1959 revolution vehicles.
Read MoreThis year’s Leo Brouwer Festival, it’s third, begins tonight and will pay special tribute to important personalities of the music world. Stand outs on the program are the flautist Niurka Gonzáles, pianist Ernan Lopez-Nussa, violinist Fernando Muñoz, the Exaudi Choir, the group Synthesis and singer Augusto Enriquez.
Read MoreFriday marks the thirteenth day of the occupation at Liberty Plaza, in the financial district of New York, and the numbers of occupiers has grown. On Thursday there were approximately 400 people present at the square.
Read MoreThe influence of a continental anti-cyclonic migratory movement will cause a slight decline in temperatures for the next several days. Isolated rains are expected, especially after Sunday. Maximum temperatures will fluctuate around 31°C (88°F) and the minimum temperatures will stay close to 23°C (73°F).
Read MoreAccording to unofficial media here, yesterday a trial began — behind closed doors — in which 14 people (among them three Italian citizens) are implicated in the death of a Cuban junior high school student.
Read MoreCuba’s official Prensa Latina news agency has begun publication of a weekly periodical in English. Titled “The Havana Reporter”, the publication hopes to provide visitors with news and information including an entertainment guide.
Read MoreTwo tropical storms, Ophelia and Philippe are churning in the Atlantic but neither of them pose a threat to Cuba.
Read MoreThe Cinemateca de Cuba presents its monthly calendar for October for the Charles Chaplin Theater and the videoteca Charlot. For Spanish readers there is a synopsis of all the films.
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