Famed Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta returns to his country starting Saturday Nov. 20 for an eight day dance tour to several Cuban cities, reported IPS on Monday. Acosta, a principal guest artist of the Royal Ballet of London since 2003, said that he wants to be seen by his compatriots as “a multifaceted dancer who brings something fresh, perhaps innovative as well as inspiring and touching human fibers.”
Read MoreCuba lost to the Netherlands in straight sets (32-30, 25-23 y 25-17) to finish in 12th place at the Women’s Volleyball Championship in Japan. Meanwhile Russia came from behind to upset Brazil in five sets (21-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-14, 15-11) to win the title.
Read MoreBrazil is one step away from winning the Women’s World Volleyball Championship after a tough 3-2 victory over host Japan on Saturday that lasted over two and a half hours. Cuba, which lost to China earlier in the day, will play The Netherlands for 11th place.
Read MoreHavana Times would like to extend a special invitation to the Peter Pan generation of Cuban emigrants to visit our website and keep up with events and currents of thought on the island, without the usual prejudices existing in pro or contra websites with an axe to grind.
Read MoreThe Gemini cruise ship run by the recently created Happy Cruises of Spain docked in Havana Bay on Friday where it will establish its new home port for 8-day trips around the Caribbean.
Read MoreCuba’s women’s volleyball team lost their first semifinal match on Saturday to China three sets to one in the world championships taking place in Japan. The “Morenas del Caribe” will now play for 11th place in their final match on Sunday against The Netherlands.
Read MoreThe manual of proposed changes in the economy published by the Cuban Communist Party as a guide for discussions at workplaces and in community meetings leading up to the April 2011 Party Congress is now available in Spanish. We will also publish it in English when it becomes available.
Read MoreLeo Brower, Arturo Sandoval, Chucho Valdes and Alex Cuba were the four Cubans who won Latin Grammy awards on Thursday night in Las Vegas. Brower and Valdes live in Cuba, Sandoval in the United States and Alex Cuba in Canada.
Read MoreThe new version of the Call of Duty videogame, of the U.S. Activision company, would be a U.S. operation against Cuba by including a mission whose objective is the assassination of former President Fidel Castro during the Missile Crisis in 1962, according to an article published on the official Cubadebate.cu webpage. The text describes the game’s logic as “perverse” since it “glorifies the attacks illegally planned by the U.S. government against the Cuban leader” and on the other hand “encourages sociopathic attitudes in U.S. children and adolescents, the main consumers of the games.”
Read MoreThe United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO) recognized in its World Report on Science 2010 the social reach of scientific research in Cuba, which shows advances in areas such as the production of vaccines and the eradication of foreseeable diseases.
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