The percentage of blank or annulled ballots increased from 7.01 per cent in the 2007 partial elections to 8.91 per cent in the elections of last April 25, representing more than 731,000 persons, according to data by the National Electoral Commission (CEN). The official instance reported that the turnout for the elections was 94.69 per cent of the persons registered to vote.
Read MoreFive girls and five boys are taking time to remember the hurricane that devastated their home town of Gibara in eastern Cuba two years ago, mingling their memories with their dreams, and filming images to make a video message for children in Haiti.
Read MoreTaking the title from a Jose White song —“La Bella Cubana”— a program has been organized to discuss the work of women connected to the universe of music. When creating this space, professor and musicologist Alicia Valdes intended to give light and voice to such females. (13 photos)
Read MoreFor the second straight Sunday, the Ladies in White, a small group of wives and mothers of political prisoners in Cuba were prevented from carrying out what had been their weekly march in Havana to demand their loved ones release.
Read MoreThe film “Casa vieja” (Old house) by Cuban director Lester Hamlet won the coveted top award at the 8th Low-Budget Film Festival in Gibara, Holguin, Cuba. Hamelt won a US $70,000 prize he said he would use to make video clips and short films
Read MoreCuban’s flocked to the polls on Sunday to elect local representatives to the country’s 169 municipal assemblies of “People’s Power”. As in previous elections the government reported a massive turnout, over 93.49% one hour before the polls closed.
Read MoreHere in my country, on the eve of Cubans turning out to vote in the April 25 elections, I can feel pity for people in the US who went to the polls with the hope that their vote could change things in their country. How naive.
Read MoreCuba and Venezuela agreed to create a new joint venture that will work with oil and gas prospecting in the north of Venezuela for the next 25 years, according to a communiqué from the Venezuelan state-run PDVSA Oil Company, which will share the costs and benefits with Cuba’s CUPET Oil Company.
Read MoreAmong the private campesinos, Don Alejandro stood out as much for the quality of his tobacco as for the productivity of his land. His prestige was such that Fidel Castro himself —the father of the agricultural collectivization— went to his farm to learn its secrets.
Read MoreCell phone call prices in Cuba will begin to drop the first week of May, announced the Communications Ministry on Thursday, which says the goal is to increase service access and use. The changes involve both international and local calls. For Cubans calling family and friends abroad the good news is that the steep rates will drop from 42 to 75%.
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