The idea emerged spontaneously, and then snowballed. In just a few months, more than 100 people in Cuba became part of a young people’s social network for diversity, in a society where machismo and homophobia are seen as natural.
Read MoreWhile the Cuban capital Havana remains under the effects of a severe drought the far eastern province of Guantánamo has received considerable rainfall during the first half of June.
Read MoreWomen in Cuba are gaining ground in public life and earn the same wages as men. But the gender gap in the workplace is still a challenge for women, who are finding the odds more heavily stacked against them as the government of Raul Castro adopts economic reforms aimed at “updating” the country’s socialist system.
Read MoreWe will be under the influence of weak pressure gradients that will be moving toward the east of a high pressure area that on Wednesday, June 15, was in the north-eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico. Over the period we expect partially cloudy days, clouding over in the afternoons as a result of daytime heating. The maximum temperatures will fluctuate between 30°C (86°F) and 31°C (88°F). The minimum temperatures will be around the 24°C (75°F).
Read MoreCuba’s coveted National Cinema Award for 2011 was received by actress Eslinda Nuñez at the headquarters of the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) in the capital. Some of her most memorable roles were in the films Lucia (1968), Memories of Underdevelopment (1968), Cecilia (1981), Amada (1983).
Read MoreA new example of people-to-people exchange took place last week when the International Seakeepers Society of the US and the Club Náutico Internatiocional Hemingway de Cuba signed a collaboration agreement in the Cuban capital.
Read MoreThe low pressure center that was situated to the north of Honduras on Wednesday afternoon (June 8) will weaken as it moves west-northwest. However, it will continue causing rain and showers until Sunday, June 12. For the rest of the period we are expected to have good weather.
Read MoreA book presentation and video-debate on Venezuela today takes place this Saturday June 11 in the Mariano municipality of the Cuban capital.
Read MoreA Havana court handed down sentences of three to 15 years to 15 officials and employees of Cubana de Aviacion airline and a tourism agency jointly owned by Chilean investors and the Cuban government, in a corruption case that was veiled in a shroud of secrecy.
Read MoreA Havana court sentenced 14 unnamed officials and a Chilean businessman for corruption charges in the civil aeronautics and travel industries, reported government sources on Monday. The former head of the aeronautics board General Rogelio Acevedo was removed from his powerful post when the scandal broke a little over a year ago. No mention was made whether he was one of those sentenced.
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