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Cuba Awakes to New Cabinet Shuffle

By Circles Robinson HAVANA TIMES, Jan. 7 — A new shake up has occurred in the key Cuban government ministries

Video Confirms Instrument Failure Caused Air Accident

HAVANA TIMES, Jan. 6 — A video published on the Youtube platform, which reconstructs the air accident that occurred last

Cuban Intellectual Rufo Caballero Dies

Cuban critic and essayist Rufo Caballero died Wednesday in the Cuban capital due to a heart attack at the age of 45.. A full professor of the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Havana, Caballero dedicated the major part of his work to cinema critique, for which he was given recognitions such as the Ibero-American and Caribbean Cinema Essay Award, and the Cuban National Cinema Critique Prize.

Cuba Joins International Year of Afro Descendants

Cuba joined the activities for the International Year of Afro Descendants, with the opening of the Afro-American Social and Cultural Anthropology Workshop in the historic centre of the island’s capital. The event will continue today with the traditional parade of the Day of the Magi, by the Cabildo Kuisikuaba, the Alacrán Group and the JJ Traditional Dances Company.

Cuba Launches New Rum Brand

The Cuba Ron S.A. company brought out a new brand of rum, Caney 12 years, produced in the factory of the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba, rum master Tranquilino Placencia announced. According to the expert, all of the production of 2011 is already under contract.

Cuba Rolls Out Red Carpet for British Cruiser

A policy change by Cuba’s government is bringing cruiser tourism back to the Caribbean island. On Wednesday the British cruise ship Thomson Dream with over 1,500 passengers pulled into Havana Harbor for a two-night stay.

Havana Weather for January 6-12

The weather this week will be influenced by a high pressure system with weak gradients. There is a chance of rain on Friday morning. Maximum temperatures are expected to fluctuate between the 27°C (81 F) and the 22°C (72 F), with minimum temperatures of between 17°C (63 F) and 15°C (59 F).

Minister Questions Deficit of Professionals

Minister of Higher Education Miguel Díaz-Canel questioned the university enrollment policies in the last five years, which led to a deficit of 110,000 professionals in different technical fields, agriculture and natural sciences, pedagogies and mathematics for a lack of correspondence between the economic needs of the country and the enrollments opened.

Cuba Sues US Cigar Businessman

Cuba’s Cubatabaco state-run company brought a lawsuit against U.S. businessman Ismail Houmani for using in his cigar and cigarette shop a name very similar to the Casas del Habano (Cigar shops), the Miami-based El Nuevo Herald reported. The Casa de La Habana, which was opened in Michigan 10 years ago, sells cigars made in Honduras, Dominican Republic and Nicaragua.

Fidel Castro Met with Ecuadorian VP

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro met last Dec. 29 with Ecuadorian Vice President Lenín Moreno. Castro said that the island would back the new National Program for the Prevention of Disabilities, a continuation of the diagnosis done through the Manuela Espejo brigades.