A tropical wave passing through the central Caribbean could become a tropical storm in the next 48 hours and cause heavy rain in Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba’s eastern region, affirmed the U.S. National Hurricane Center. The disturbance is moving west at 16 kilometers per hour.
Read MoreCuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez will conclude today his tour of the United States with a concert in the city of Orlando, Florida, reported the media in Miami. Rodríguez also performed in Washington, San Juan, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. According to his representative in the U.S., Hugo Cancio, the artist plans to retire to spend more time with his family.
Read MoreA Cuban court sentenced dissident Darsy Ferrer to 15 months in prison for illegally acquiring construction material but he will serve his remaining time at home, reported the media accredited in the island. When he left the courtroom, Ferrer, who has been in prison since July 2009, reiterated his will to “achieve reforms” under the socialist regime country.
Read MoreAs the government speaks of an “excess” of more than a million workers, the central bureaucratic apparatus is proposing to create an additional province by dividing Havana Province, which rings Havana City Province, in two. Are these the structural changes that the government talks about?
Read MoreCuba was elected vice president of the Latin America and Caribbean Group to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Cuba’s reported IPS on Tuesday. The island will hold this post, which is part of the Council’s Board of Directors, until June 2011.
Read MoreCuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez asked President Barack Obama to free the five Cubans imprisoned in the United States charged with espionage during a concert at Washington’s DAR Constitution Hall.
Read MoreThe tobacco harvest in Pinar del Río, the region in Cuba with the greatest tradition in that crop, fell 14 per cent this year due to the reduced resources for that sector caused by the economic crisis, reported IPS citing the local press. The island’s cigar production for export has decreased significantly in the last three years, from 217 million units in 2006 to barely 73 million in 2009.
Read MoreThe Cuban Catholic Church expects “that the releases (of political prisoners) and other measures regarding sick prisoners will continue,” affirmed Dionisio García, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba, in statements to the press after the visit to the island by Holy See Foreign Minister Dominique Mamberti. According to the prelate, the dialogue with the government “will consolidate this process, whose continuation we all want, because it will have an impact on the country’s wellbeing,”
Read MoreCuba’s Buena Vista Social Club music band arrives Tuesday in the United States where it will tour the cities of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, seven years after its last performance in that country, reported IPS. The group became famous in 1998 thanks to a documentary made by German filmmaker Win Wenders and concerts in Europe and North America.
Read MoreThe leading Cuban newspaper sent out a warning on Monday due to “the passing of 12 US and Israeli warships in the Suez Canal in the last 48 hours and heading towards the Red Sea.”
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