Acid rain has increased in recent years in Cuba, affirmed Osvaldo Cuesta Santos, head of the Contamination and Atmospheric Chemistry Centre (CECONT) of the Institute of Meteorology. According to the specialist, 25 per cent of the precipitations in the island contain light to high levels of acidity. The most affected areas are located in industrial regions such as Moa, Cienfuegos and Havana.
Read More“They are blown up and used as decorations for parties, filled up with booze and sneaked inside clubs and also used to keep money dry while swimming. The condom serves many purposes in Castro’s Cuba.”
Read MoreIn unison, the jury for the Second HT Photo Contest expressed its desire to congratulate the participants for their excellent submissions. The job of selecting was so painstaking that one of the 20 jury members said she’d prefer not to be a judge in the future to avoid the agony.
Read MoreThe 21st United States-Cuba Friendship Caravan will tour 130 cities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico starting next July 3 to 22. The initiative of collecting humanitarian aid, coordinated by the Pastors for Peace religious organization, challenges the both the economic blockade on Cuba and the ban on travel that prohibits ordinary US citizens from visiting the Caribbean country without special US Treasury Dept. permission.
Read MoreThe Cuban authorities made a call to strengthen water saving faced by the ongoing drought since November 2008, reported IPS. The month of May closed with barely 49 per cent of the historic average rainfall, which has led to the country’s reservoirs only containing 41 per cent of their capacity.
Read MoreThe president of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, announced to the Central American nation’s parliament that he will travel to Cuba this year, although the date has still not been set. Funes expressed his interest in taking advantage of the island’s progress in areas such as science, technology, medicine and sports. This would be the first visit by a Salvadoran president in the last 50 years, reported IPS.
Read MoreThis year Cuba’s universities will reach the graduation of a million persons, of which more than 31,000 students are from 129 countries, said Gustavo Cobreiro Suárez, rector of the University of Havana, the island’s oldest. The island’s total population is 11.2 million.
Read MoreHAVANA TIMES, June 4 — Cuba plays at home tonight against Argentina as this year’s Men’s World Volleyball League kicks off. The match is at 8:40 at the Ciudad Deportiva Sports City arena in the capital.
Sixteen teams begin play this weekend in eight cities around the world. Cuba competes in Group D with Germany, Poland and Argentina. Group A is comprised by Brazil, Bulgaria, South Korea and Holland; Group B includes Serbia, China, Italy and France; and Group C has Russia, USA, Finland and Egypt.
Read MoreFreedom for the Cuban Five was the motive behind a car caravan conducted this past Sunday by members and supporters of the Spanish organization “Defensem Cuba” (Let’s defend Cuba). (21 photos)
Read MoreThe trial of confessed terrorist Luis Posada Carriles will finally take place on January 11, 2011, according to a decision by a court in the city of El Paso, Texas, reported IPS. Posada, claimed by Venezuelan justice for the bombing of a commercial Cubana Airlines plane in 1976, should answer for migratory fraud and false testimony.
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