Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez and Cheryl Mills, head of the office of the US secretary of state, held talks in New York on the situation of US operative Alan Gross, detained in Cuba since last December 4, announced Philip Crowley, spokesman for the US Department of State. The Cuban authorities accuse Gross of espionage.
Read MoreCuban authorities hope to conclude 32,000 dwellings this year to mitigate the difficult housing situation resulting from the three hurricanes in 2008, which increased the deficit estimated now at more than 600,000 homes, affirmed Oris Silva, vice president of the National Institute of Housing.
Read MoreI believe that what happened suited the majority, because it was a political strategy for the capital to enjoy this degree of happiness in such bitter times. I don’t mean to say that a trap was set to benefit one team to the detriment of the other, but what’s certain is that the squad that won was the team “they wanted” to win.
Read MoreA baseball pitcher with glasses? When Industriales manager German Mesa called Joan Socarras to the pitcher’s mound in the seventh inning yesterday, experts and fans alike put their hands on their heads and hoped for the best.
Read MoreCuban tourism and health authorities continue to keep potential visitors to the island in the dark about a new travel insurance requirement that takes effect on May 1. A lack of information has some people reconsidering their vacations to the island.
Read MoreThe removal of Gen. Rogelio Acevedo from his position as the head of Civil Aeronautics has exposed a Pandora’s Box. On the street, people are talking about how corruption within the airline industry rose to overshadow all previous cases; this latest instance involved the embezzlement of millions of dollars generated from clandestine commercial activities.
Read MoreIndustriales won an extra-inning thriller 7-5 over Villa Clara to win Cuba’s coveted baseball championship on Wednesday night.
The hero was the young sensation Stayler Hernandez who drove in the go ahead run with a double and Raiko Olivares added the insurance run with a sacrifice fly, both in the top of the tenth.
Read MoreChanges to improve the Cuban economy are not happening fast enough to satisfy people’s expectations, and instead appear to have got bogged down due to the international financial crisis and the island’s internal difficulties in overcoming the impact.
Read MoreA meeting of foreign ministers of the European Union and Cuba of political bilateral dialogue set for April 6 in Madrid was indefinitely suspended reported IPS citing the Spanish Foreign Ministry. The decision comes at a time of differences over the human rights situation on the island whereby the EU criticizes Cuba, which in turn shuns meddling in its internal affairs.
Read MoreCuban President Raul Castro and representatives of the religious community of the country celebrated in Havana the 20th anniversary of the meeting between former President Fidel Castro and leaders of the protestant and evangelical churches and the Jewish temples in Cuba, reported IPS. The remembrance took place at the Jose Marti Memorial in the Plaza of the Revolution.
Read More