The Cuban government is determined to “do away with the opposition” by sending political prisoners and other dissidents to Spain, Laura Pollán, the spokeswoman for Ladies in White, a group of wives and relatives of those inmates, said. According to Pollán, the island’s authorities have started offering the possibility of leaving the country to other opposition members not linked to the 2003 trials.
Read MoreCuban authorities hope the upcoming 2010-2011 sugar harvest’s production will be similar to last year’s, the worse since 1905, Adrián Jiménez Fernández, deputy minister of that sector, affirmed. Thirty-nine sugar mills throughout the island, a former sugar exporting power, will be operating in this harvest, which will begin on December 1.
Read MoreThe big surprise was the absence of outfielder Frederich Cepeda, for several years the most consistent Cuban batter at international events who was on the tournament all-stars in Puerto Rico. No reason was given by the Cuban baseball authorities.
Read MoreAs part of Cuba’s presentation to the United Nations on the effects of the steadfast US economic aggression, Ministry of Tourism official Carmen Casals Sanchez said the travel ban deprives Cuba of a market estimated at 15 percent of US tourism to the Caribbean.
Read MoreCuba and Bolivia have agreed to step up cooperation in areas such as the fight against illicit drugs and related crime. They also reached agreement on mutual legal assistance on penal matters.
Read MoreCuba and Bolivia have agreed to step up cooperation in areas such as the fight against illicit drugs and related crime. They also reached agreement on mutual legal assistance on penal matters.
Read MoreWhat was hurricane Paula is now a tropical depression and moving east along the coast of Matanzas province. The storm caused power and water supply outages in its passing through Havana as well as felled some electric poles and tree branches.
Read MoreHurricane Paula is churning very close to the northwest coast of Pinar del Rio Province states the Cuban Meteorological Institute (INSMET) in its latest report issued at 6:00 a.m. EST on Thursday.
Read MoreCuba fell behind 5-0 in the first inning and could never make up the lost ground losing 5-2 to the Dominican Republic in the championship game of the World Cup/Pan American Games qualifier in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Wednesday night.
Read MoreHurricane Paula has slowed and lost some of its intensity as it zeros in on Cuba’s far western province of Pinar del Rio, notes the Cuban Meteorological Institute (INSMET) in its 6:00 p.m. EST advisory.
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