Extreme weather conditions and the crew’s mistakes in facing those circumstances were the principal causes of the crash of the ATR-72 aircraft of the Cuban Aerocaribbean Airline last November 4, which caused the death of 68 persons, the Cuban Institute of Civil Aeronautics informed Thursday. The report says the aircraft was in good technical condition.
Read MoreFormer Cuban President Fidel Castro backed the work of declassification of documents undertaken by Julian Assange, creator of Wikileaks, who morally has made the United States “get down on its knees,” in one of his usual “Reflections” published by the island’s state-run press. Castro held the “Swedish right-wing government and the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) warmongering mafia” accountable if in the end “the truth about the cynical policy of the United States and its allies” is not known.
Read MoreThe director of Hollywood exhibitions and special events, Ellen Harrington, said she was in favor of “continuing to dialogue and opening up ourselves to art” and expressed her hope that “in the future there be more exchanges” between Cuba and the United States, in statements she made at the Havana Film Festival, that concluded Sunday in the island’s capital.
Read MoreThe International Baseball Federation (IBAF) is interested in expanding to 28 the number of countries participating in the World Baseball Classic, an event held every three years and sponsored by the U.S. Major League, affirmed in this capital Ricardo Fraccari, president of that organization. The event, which emerged because of the desire to again include baseball in the Olympic Games, has been attended in its first editions by Cuba.
Read MoreThe Uruguayan film La vida útil won the first Coral Prize at the 32nd International New Latin American Film Festival, which concluded yesterday in the Cuban capital. The film tells the story of a man laid off due to the economic crisis who finds support in cinema to survive.
Read MoreThe Cuban population will be affected by the economic adjustments begun by the government at least during 2011 and 2012, but “in 2013 I have no doubts the benefits will start to be seen,” affirmed Joaquín Infante, National Economy Prize winner. “We have no other alternative but to rectify so many things,” said the expert, who recognized mistakes made in the management of Cuba’s economy over the last five decades.
Read MoreHere is the cultural calendar for the rest of December which includes the Havana Jazz Plaza Festival from Dec. 16-19. The calendar put out by the Cuba Absolutely website includes happenings in music, dance, theater and the visual arts in the Cuban capital.
Read MoreUS agent Alan Gross “violated Cuban laws, national sovereignty, committed crimes that in the United States are very, very punishable,” said Cuban parliament speaker Ricardo Alarcón in statements to the press in this capital. Gross has been imprisoned on the island since December 2009, accused of espionage but to date without being formally charged or tried.
Read MoreChina could extend to other regions of Cuba cooperation in rice cultivation, which has been effective in the eastern province of Ganma, Liu Yuqin, ambassador of the Asian country on the island, affirmed during a tour of the country’s central region. The diplomat also mentioned the possibility of attracting Chinese tourists to the hotels on the keys on the northern coast of Cuba.
Read MoreCuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez considered that “the industrialized countries have to assume the obligations that link, quantify and are most ambitious in the reduction of their emissions” of greenhouse gases to face climate change, when speaking at the Conference on this subject being held in Cancun, Mexico.
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