Ciego de Avila reaches the finals representing Eastern Cuba for the first time in the current 50-year-old league history. They will host Game One of the best-of-seven championship series vs. Pinar del Rio on Saturday, April 23rd.
Read MoreFor the entire period we will be under the influence of an area of weak pressure gradients. The passage of a cold front in the south eastern portion of the United States on Saturday did not result in rain; therefore we will have a week of good weather with a low probability of rain.
Read MoreThe Catholic Church “has not received from the Cuban government a notification regarding the end” of the process of release of political prisoners, begun in 2010 with the mediation of the Catholic high hierarchy and Spain, reported IPS, quoting a press note released by the Archbishopric of Havana.
Read MoreThe 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.
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