Cuba will dedicate the next International Book Fair in 2012 to the cultures of the Caribbean countries, Minister of Culture Abel Prieto announced during the closing of this year’s event in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba. The most widely attended annual event on the island on this occasion was visited by around 2.3 million persons.
Read MoreWestern Division leader Cienfuegos swept its three game weekend series from Eastern contender Guantanamo to pull seven games ahead of the second place La Habana with only 15 games left in the regular 90 game season.
Read MoreThe trial in Cuba of US citizen Alan Gross, charged with “Actions Against the Independence and Territorial Integrity of the State,” concluded on Saturday and a verdict is expected in the coming days or weeks. The 61-year-old Maryland resident’s wife Judy, an attorney and US Interests Section officials attended the two-day trial in the Cuban capital.
Read MoreExplosions went off at a Revolutionary Armed Forces ammunition dump on the outskirts of Havana in Santiago de las Vegas on Saturday night. The blasts were heard shortly after 8:00 p.m. and residents in the nearby area were immediately evacuated without victims being reported, reported the official Cuban TV.
Read MoreAlberto Granado a biochemistry doctor, writer and scientist died in Havana on Saturday at the age of 88. Granado, the founder of the Santiago de Cuba School of Medicine, is widely known for his trip around South America with Ernesto “Che” Guevara in 1952.
Read MoreEight Cuban political prisoners will be released in the next few days, seven of whom will travel to Spain according to the agreement between that country, the Catholic Church and the Cuban government, Havana Archbishopric spokesman Orlando Márquez announced. The number of released dissidents since 2010 now amounts to 85.
Read MoreAward winning Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez has been chosen to receive yet another prize this week, this time from the US State Department.
Read MoreThe trial of US citizen Alan Gross began behind closed doors in Havana on Friday but you wouldn’t know it by Cuban press coverage. It is expected to continue and possibly conclude on Saturday.
Read MoreFidel Castro published part two on Friday of his warning about an imminent NATO military intervention in Libya. While not openly supporting the actions of Libyan leader Gadaffi he maintains that a foreign intervention would go against the sovereignty of the North African nation.
Read MoreThe Cuban authorities expect the number of persons linked to self-employment will soon double, Idalmys Alvarez, director of employment at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, announced. Between October 2010 and last January, 113,618 persons were authorized to carry out activities in the private sector, one fifth of them in food sales.
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