Cuba’s 22-man roster has now been announced for the first of four upcoming events that will mark the 2011 summer and fall international baseball calendar. Roger Machado, second left, will return as team manager for the Rotterdam World Port Tournament.
Read Morene of the complaints levied about the rules for starting a small business in Cuba has been the immediate license fee and tax burden on the entrepreneur. Now the Council of Ministers has announced short term relief for small businesses.
Read MoreThe arrival of the southern tip of a front will cause rains on Saturday afternoon. The rest of the period is expected to experience storms in the afternoons due to daytime heating combined with a humid airflow coming from the south of the Caribbean. The maximum temperatures in the period will fluctuate between 29°C (84°F) and 31°C (88°F). The minimum temperatures will be around 23°C (73°F).
Read MoreDespite major underground water reserves and the start of the rainy season, people in the central region of Cuba are anxiously scanning the skies in the face of scant rainfall, which is needed to ease a drought that has become more severe in recent years.
Read MoreCuba´’s Domestic Commerce Minister Jacinto Angulo Pardo was removed from his post without comment on the reason for his dismissal, announced the government on Tuesday.
Read MoreIn addition to rallying the country’s composers, the Asociación Cubana de Derecho de Autor Musical (ACDAM) is offering its space to promote musical forms that don’t enjoy wide acceptance – as is the case for trova, canto lirico (lyrical song) and jazz. (12 photos)
Read MoreA showing of films from Spain in the new millennium opened Thursday at the Charles Chaplin Cinema in Havana. Accompanying the festival is a photo exhibition on Spanish actors and actresses by the Mexican photographer Cesar Saldivar. The festival continues through May 31.
Read MoreThe displacement of a tropical wave absorbed into the trade wind belt will cause isolated storms on Saturday afternoon. Isolated sprinkles could occur on Sunday. The rest of the period will be marked by a pattern of breezes with cloud cover in the afternoons. The maximum temperatures will fluctuate between 31°C (88°F) and 33°C (91°F) during the period. Minimum temperatures will remain around 23°C (73°F).
Read MoreThe Fourth Campaign against Homophobia is continuing. It has been good that every year it poses new challenges and that its demands have been able to combine critical thought with pleasure and amusement. (40 photos)
Read Moreranma, the official paper of the Cuban Communist Party, came out with an editorial on Monday attacking what it considers fabrications surrounding the news of the death of Villa Clara dissident Juan Wilfredo Soto García. Without mentioning her name the editorial alludes to blogger Yoani Sanchez as the source of information it considers false accusations.
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