Today is the final day of the Cuban Hip Hop symposium which began Wednesday at the Plaza Cultural Center in Havana. “Where did we come from, what do we want and where are we going” was the focus of an event that tries to pick up the pieces and run after the disappearance of the Alamar Rap Festival, the pioneer in the genre. (9 photos)
Read MoreThe Cuban Artists and Writers Association (UNEAC) celebrated their 50th anniversary as an organization on Saturday. President Raul Castro and Minister of Culture Abel Prieto were on hand for the event held at the Garciá Lorca Gran Teatro.
Read MoreOnce again Cuba rejected the latest charge by the United States calling it a “sponsor of terrorism”. For a half century the US has maintained a hostile foreign policy towards Cuba that includes a blockade that has severely damaged the island’s economy.
Read MoreIn its initial projection the Cuban Weather Service (INSMET) sees Tropical Storm Irene possibly reaching the southwestern Dominican Republic by Monday evening.
Read MoreTropical Storm Harvey was born on Friday in the western Caribbean and is headed for a landing in Belize sometime Saturday afternoon. The storm, packing 60 mph (100 kph) winds poses no threat to Cuba as it moves west, shows the forecast chart of the Cuban Weather Service (INSMET).
Read MorePrivileged Cubans are flocking in record numbers this summer to Varadero Hotels reported the Ministry of Tourism on Thursday.
Read MoreThe US blockade on Cuba continues strong with the latest casualty being the French shipping and transport giant CMA CGM. The firm was fined US $374,400 for doing business with Washington’s eternal Cold War enemy in Havana as well as Iran and Sudan.
Read MoreIt will be very hot throughout the whole period, even at dawn. Isolated rains are expected to occur on Friday (August 19) associated with the interaction with the tropical wave located in the center of the Caribbean Sea.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez is back in Venezuela after completing his second session of preventive chemotherapy in Cuba, which he called successful.
Read MoreCuba’s Fidel Castro turned 85 on Saturday, just over five years after his adversaries in Miami had sought to rent the Orange Bowl to celebrate his death. A “Serenade of Fidelity” was held on Friday night at the Karl Marx Theater. (8 photos)
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