Sculptures by French painter Edgar Degas are being exhibited in the Havana Museum of Fine Arts for the first time in the history of Latin America, in tribute to prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso, director of the Cuban National Ballet, who is celebrating her 90th birthday.
Read MoreCuba’s President Raul Castro addressed his country’s parliament on Saturday at the closing of a session dedicated to discuss the economic reforms the government has begun to implement that include the laying off of some 500,000 public employees by the end of March and expand the possibilities for self-employment and small business.
Read MoreCienfuegos (11-5) and Ciego de Avila (11-5) are riding on top of Cuba’s 2010-2011 baseball standings approaching 20 percent of the 90-game season.
Read MoreThe Cuban traditional dissidence is divided and remains alien to the interests of young persons, in addition to being practically unknown by the population, according to the opinion of the last two heads of the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba, Wikileaks dispatches revealed. The current U.S. representative on the island, Jonathan Farrar, considered that the anti-establishment position of young artists and bloggers was more attractive and would have greater impact in a post Castro era.
Read MoreWith the start of operations of the XL Airways France airline, flying from Paris to Varadero, the weekly flights between France and Cuba now amount to nine. That company hopes to bring at least 160 tourists on each trip through April 2011.
Read MoreCuba will not have a “small shop economy,” Cuban Minister of Economy and Planning Marino Murillo affirmed. He reiterated the government’s will to maintain the predominant role of the socialist state enterprise, despite the expansion of the private sector. The minister, in statements to parliament, insisted on the need to give greater autonomy to state enterprises and eliminate the subsidies to entities with losses.
Read MoreThe following is a summary of the weather forecast for the week of December 16-22 in Havana. There will be an influence of continental high pressures that will move toward the east, making us expect maximum temperatures to fluctuate between the 19° and 24°C and minimum temperatures between the 12° and the 17°C.
Read MoreCuban President Raúl Castro headed Wednesday the start of sessions of the Cuban parliament, which will discuss the economic reforms proposed to be approved at the next congress of the ruling Communist Party.
Read MoreA total of 31 meteorological stations in Cuba registered record minimum temperatures early Wednesday for the month of December, said the Cuban Meteorology Institute. The marked descent is due to a “continental mass of dry and cold Arctic air” that will extend to the entire island.
Read MoreThe governments of Cuba and Greece decided to renew official cooperation on political and economic issues, according to an agreement signed in this capital by Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Spyros Kouvelis and his Cuban counterpart Dagoberto Rodríguez, the accredited press on the island reported. Greece is the third European Union country, after Spain and France, to resume these links with the Caribbean nation.
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