Cardinal Jaime Ortega thanked the Cuban government for its backing in the construction of the new San Carlos y San Ambrosio Seminary, built on the outskirts of the Cuban capital and inaugurated yesterday. The Catholic Church and the Cuban State have improved their relations in recent years, after the visit by Pope John Paul II in 1998. In that sense, the most recent episode was the negotiation to release dozens of political prisoners.
Read MoreSpanish Supreme Court judge Eloy Velasco asked that European country’s government to begin the procedures for the extradition of Arturo Cubillas, a resident in Cuba, processed in absentia for the crimes of conspiring to commit terrorist homicides and the possession of explosives in collaboration with the ETA terrorist band.
Read MoreCuba’s Meteorology Institute (INSMET) advised the country’s eastern provinces to remain on alert for the development and future path of Tropical Depression Tomas, in its latest report on the storm issued at 12:00 noon on Wednesday.
Read MoreThe American Ballet Theatre will perform tonight and Thursday in the Cuban capital’s Karl Marx Theatre after five decades of being absent from the island’s stages, the local press reported. The U.S. company thus joins in the tribute being paid for National Ballet of Cuba director Alicia Alonso’s 90th birthday.
Read MoreTropical Storm Tomas weakened and is now a tropical depression, with sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported. According to the U.S. institution’s forecast, Tomas could pass close to Cuba’s eastern tip this coming weekend.
Read MoreAgricultural production decreased 5.1 per cent in the first nine months of 2010, as compared to the same period last year, according to a National Office of Statistics (ONE) report. Drought, organizational deficiencies and difficulties in financing were behind this contraction, despite the increase in planted areas and the handing over of idle land in usufruct, a process that began in 2008 to encourage food production.
Read MoreThe Cuban Catholic Church will inaugurate today the new San Carlos y San Ambrosio Seminary to the east of the island’s capital, the first major construction work it has been able to carry out after 1959, the Conference of Catholic Bishops reported. The installation will replace the former seminary by the same name, located in the historic centre of the Cuban capital, which will be turned into a cultural center.
Read MoreCuba strengthened its trade relations with Argentina, Canada and Mexico as a result of the exchanges held by representatives of the business sector during the International Havana Trade Fair, being held in this capital. The island increased its exports to Argentina from 1.5 million dollars in 2009 to 3.5 million this year, it was reported during this event, the largest business mart of the Caribbean country.
Read MoreJust made available is the November Cultural Calendar for Havana put together by the Cuba Absolutely web site. For a look at the happenings in music, dance, theater and the visual arts in the Cuban capital.
Read MoreCuba’s popular “Morenas del Caribe” women’s volleyball team lost to the United States on Wednesday but on points made it into the second round of the World Championships being played in Japan.
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