Hurricane Karl with its 195 kph (120 mph) winds is poised to strike Mexico’s Gulf Coast near Veracruz later on Friday. A Hurricane warning is in effect for a considerable stretch of the coastline of the state of Veracruz .
Read MoreRev. Lucius Walker Jr. —founder of the Pastors for Peace organization who died on September 7— received a eulogy written by Amy Rabideau Silvers in the Journal Sentinel of Milwaukee, where he started his career as a pastor and activist.
Read MoreUS journalist Jeffrey Goldberg has been taking heat from rightwingers for not demonizing Fidel Castro enough in two recent articles for Atlantic Magazine. In an article titled America’s Absurd and Self-Defeating Cuba Policy, Goldberg gives details of the attacks he’s received and presents his take on them.
Read MoreCuba’s Meteorological Institute (INSMET) reports Thursday morning that what was Tropical Storm Karl is now a hurricane, the third currently active in the Atlantic region along with Igor and Julia. None of the storms are considered a threat to Cuba.
Read MoreSalvadoran President Mauricio Funes will finally travel to Cuba in early October, he announced in a press conference during a ceremony to commemorate the 189th anniversary of the independence of Central America. Funes, who resumed relations with the island in June 2009, will be the first president from his country to visit the socialist system Caribbean island nation.
Read MoreThe detention in Cuba of U.S. agent Alan Gross is an obstacle to attempt to improve what could be more than a dialogue between countries, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela affirmed. Gross was arrested in December 2009 and remains in prison accused of espionage.
Read MoreTropical Storm Karl is concluding its passage through the Yucatan peninsula on Wednesday evening in route to the Gulf of Mexico with another land encounter predicted for the east coast in the state of Veracruz or Tamaulipas sometime Friday. Cuba was never threatened by TS Karl.
Read MoreCuba plays Venezuela, its closest political and economic ally Venezuela, in an opening night game on October 1, at the Pan American Qualifying baseball tournament to take place in Puerto Rico from October 1-12.
Read MoreOne of Cuba’s banner dance troupes, Danza Contemporanea, is currently touring Australia and received a highly favorable critique by the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday. The group troupe is performing for US $37 – $56 a ticket at the Playhouse through September 18.
Read MoreThe rap duo “Cubanos en la red” will carry out during September several activities to support the conservation of the environment in the Cuban capital, the local press reported. The musicians have called for a concert today in the Havana municipality of Playa dedicated to the protection of the ozone layer, while on Saturday they will work with the Acualina project to clean areas of the capital’s 17 kilometers of coastline.
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