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Pinar Evens Cuba Finals Heads Home

Cuba’s championship baseball series is now 1-1 after Pinar del Rio hung on for a 4-3 win over Ciego de Avila on Sunday afternoon. Game three in the best-of-seven contest is on Tuesday hosted by Pinar.

New York Chorus in Cuba’s Lennon Park

The New York City Labor Chorus traveled to Cuba to share their art and learn about Cuban reality. The performed at the Havana park in Vedado popularly known as Lennon Park because of the life size John Lennon sculpture sitting on one of its benches. (11 photos)

World’s Biggest Man Back in Cuba

The world’s biggest person, Sultán Kosen, 28 of Turkey is back in Havana only a little over a month since his last visit. His sponsor for the Cuba visit is the Cuba-Amor Foundation which said the 2.47 mts. (8 ft. 3 in.) giant will once again carry out an intense round of visits.

Ciego Wins Cuba Finals Opener 5-3

Ciego de Avila knocked out Yosvani Torres with a five-run third inning and Vladimir Garcia kept Pinar del Rio at bay to win his fifth playoff game of the postseason and give his Eastern Division team a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series for the Cuban baseball title.

Night Life in Santiago de Cuba

Havana Times, along with a small number of other web-sites, carries details of what’s on and where to go in Havana. However, finding those things out for Cuba’s second city, Santiago, is much more difficult. I spent the first three months of 2011 in Santiago and greatly enjoyed the vibrant cultural life that exists there. In order to assist future (or potential) visitors there, I have prepared a guide of the main entertainment venues in the city.

Measuring Stick for Cuba’s Reforms

Taking a look at the reforms being and to be implemented in Cuba’s economy I came up with some indicators that we can evaluate five years down the road (and consider along the way) to see if the reforms have a positive impact on life under Cuban socialism.

Changes Ahead on Cuba’s Obstacle Course

Although it failed to bring about the hoped-for generational renewal at the highest level of Cuba’s governing Communist Party, the recent party congress may have marked the start of a new stage of socialist development, if the resistance to change among the most conservative sectors is overcome.

In Defense of Cuba’s Low Budget Film Festival

Apparently under attack from a high-ranking Cuban politician, organizers of the Gibara Cine Pobre (Low-Budget) Film Festival published an open letter aimed at rallying support for their lauded project.

Cuba, Who Can Go, Who Can’t

For US citizens traveling to any country, except Cuba, entails obtaining a visa if needed for the country to be visited, buying a ticket and hopping on a plane. In the case of Cuba, slightly liberalized regulations recently announced by the Obama administration were published Thursday by the US Treasury Dept. The 51-page document has all the ins-and-outs on obtaining or not being eligible for a license to visit Cuba.

Havana Weather for April 21-27

Starting from the middle of the period we will be under the influence of a wedge of weak pressure gradients, giving us week of good weather with a low chance of rain. The maximum temperatures will fluctuate between 31°C (88°F) and the 32°C (90°F), and the minimum temperatures will be around the 22°C (72°F).