The Cuban capital is amid its worse water crisis in a half century, stated the official Granma newspaper on Tuesday. Over a million Havana residents are receiving rationed water, and the shortage has 106,000 persons only receiving water by taker trucks.
Read MoreCiego de Avila dealt a crushing blow to Granma in Game 5 of their Eastern Division playoff series on Monday, scoring 10 runs in the top of the ninth to win 17-3. In the Western Division, Cienfuegos (2-3) stayed alive by winning a 14-10 slugfest over Pinar del Rio (3-2).
Read MoreCuba received a million tourists in the first quarter of 2011, for a 10.4 per cent growth, the Ministry of Tourism reported in a communiqué. The source indicated that this increase was especially encouraged by travellers from Canada, Russia, Argentina, UK, Chile, Poland, Venezuela and Belgium.
Read MoreGame four in the Cuban baseball semifinal Western Division playoffs left Cienfuegos on the ropes down three games to one after losing 10-0 on Sunday. In the East, Ciego de Avila rebounded from an early 4-0 deficit to win 8-4 and tie their series with Granma at two games each.
Read MoreCuba’s baseball semifinal playoffs see Game 4 action on Sunday with Pinar del Rio and Granma both taking 2-1 series leads on Saturday.
Read MoreCiego de Avila and Cienfuegos managed to tie their playoff semifinals with Granma and Pinar del Rio and the four teams square off in game three on Saturday.
Read MoreIn the eyes of the US justice system, fugitive plane and hotel bomber Luis Posada Carriles, 83, has a clean slate. Finally taken to court for lying to US immigration officials about how he snuck into the United States back in 2005, Posada, a long-time CIA operative, will continue to live freely in Miami.
Read MoreThe nongovernmental Cuba Studies Group proposed offering 50 million dollars in microloans to small private businesses that have opened in Cuba, in a report released in Washington. The initiative would also include the lifting of US restrictions on financial transactions to the island and the advice by US specialists to small businesses.
Read MoreThe Cuban government concluded the process of releasing political prisoners begun in 2010, after 115 opposition members were freed, among them 52 of the ones convicted in 2003, the Spanish Foreign Ministry reported in a communiqué. Out of that group, only a dozen decided to remain on the island, while the rest travelled to the European country.
Read MoreCuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez questioned the international community’s commitment with the recovery of Haiti, more than a year after the earthquake that devastated that Caribbean country, when speaking at U.N. Security Council. Rodríguez criticized the use of the financial aid in programs not controlled by the Haitian government and highlighted the island’s cooperation in the reconstruction of the public health system.
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