Havana Calendar for August 2011
Here is the cultural calendar for August 2011 put out by the Cuba Absolutely website. For additional cultural happenings consult the highly informative Kewelta Habana calendar website.
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News
Cuba Keeps Alan Gross’s 15-Year Sentence
US citizen Alan Gross, the Development Alternatives Inc. employee who was caught bringing illegal communications equipment into Cuba, just had his 15-year jail sentence confirmed. A Havana court made its’ decision public on Friday.
Read MoreEmily Dissipates Before Reaching Cuba
According to Cuba’s Weather Service (INSMET), the interaction with the high mountains separating Haiti and the Dominican Republic debilitated the storm before it reached Cuba.
Read MoreEmily Approaches Haiti Before Cuba
Slow moving Tropical Storm Emily is poised to reach land Thursday afternoon in southeastern Haiti before heading on to Guantanamo, Cuba and a possible landing on Friday.
Read MoreEastern Cuba on Guard for TS Emily
Cuba’s Civil Defense authorities in the far eastern provinces of Guantanamo and Holguin are on alert for further developments of Tropical Storm Emily, which has become suddenly stationary south of the Dominican Republic and southeast of Haiti.
Read MoreHavana Weather for August 4-10
Despite tropical storm Emily, the weather for the upcoming period in Havana will be influenced by an area of high pressure centered at 88° west and 24°north (as of Wednesday, August 3) that will begin moving slowly toward the east over the next few days. On Saturday, August 6, there could occur isolated rains. Apart from this we will have typical summer weather, with partially cloudy skies in the afternoons and a likelihood of rain produced from the heat during the day.
Read MoreTS Emily Flirts with Guantanamo, Cuba
The far eastern Cuban province of Guantanamo has begun making preparations for a possible impact from Tropical Storm Emily, which has inclined slightly to the west, making possible a landing in Cuba.
Read MoreCuba’s Docs Await TS Emily in Haiti
The large Cuban medical brigade fighting cholera and post earthquake and other health problems in Haiti now has one more possibility to prepare for: Tropical Storm Emily.
Read MoreCuba’s Raul Castro Addresses Parliament
Cuban President Raul Castro addressed the country’s parliament on Monday, making sharp criticism of resistance to implement the changes in the country’s struggling economy mandated by the VI Communist Party Congress last April.
Read MoreTS Emily Tips Northwest Away from Cuba
The forecasters at the Cuban Weather Institute (INSMET) now see the center of TS Emily passing west and north of far eastern Cuba instead of approaching the tip of Guantanamo as projected early in the day.
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