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Cuban expert says EU “interventionist and discriminatory”

The European Union (EU) policy toward Cuba is “interventionist and discriminatory” and it should change it without expecting anything in return from the Raúl Castro government, to “return to the normal state in which we were in 1995,” diplomat Carlos Alzugaray affirmed to Spain’s RTVE. Alzugaray, who 15 years ago was the island’s ambassador before the European bloc, rejected the EU’s criticism of the death of oppositionist Orlando Zapata and assured that the Cuban authorities would not give in to hunger strikes.

Villa Clara 6-3 over Industriales before 58,000

Ariel Borrero hit a two-out, two-run single to break open a 3-3 tie in the top of the ninth to put Villa Clara in the drivers seat with a three game to two lead over Industriales as the teams head to Santa Clara for game six of the Cuban Baseball League championship series on Tuesday.

Industriales 11-1 Rout Evens Series

Industriales pounded out 20 hits on Saturday to breeze to a 11-1 win over Villa Clara to even their best-of-seven championship baseball series at two games each. Arley Sanchez pitched six shutout innings to get the win.

Cuban Cyclist Wins Silver at World Event

Cuban female cyclist Yumari Gonzalez won a silver medal in the Scratch event at the World Cycling Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Meanwhile, in the 500-meter Time Trial, Cuba’s Lisandra Guerra qualified for the second round but was then eliminated and finished ninth.

Silvio Rodriguez Presents New CD

Cuban folk singer Silvio Rodriguez presented his latest CD, “Segunda Cita” (Second date) on Friday at the Casa de las Americas cultural center in Havana. Rodriguez performed songs from the album with top musicians including Robertico Carcasses (piano), Feliciano Arango (stand up bass), Oliver Valdés (drums and percussion), Niurka Gonzalez (flute) y Haydée Milanés (chorus).

Industriales Pummels Villa Clara on Five Homers

Industriales brought its fans to their feet time and time again with five home runs on Friday in a 12-6 route over Villa Clara in game three of their best-of-seven championship baseball series.

‘Revolution’ & Regime in Cuba

To differentiate “Revolution” from “Regime” is not a capricious or pejorative classification, but instead offers the possibility of constructing a critique from the left. This can assist in delineating a new socialist project and in reclaiming the emancipatory content threatened in our country by bureaucratic immobility, the conservative pressures of daily life and the forces of neo-liberal restoration.

So Why Didn’t You Stay?

Carlos married an English woman in 2003, but he didn’t travel immediately to England. First he went to his native province in the east of the country to visit to his family. There he met a woman with whom he could have shared the rest of his life if he had met her earlier, but he was already a married man and his future seemed decided.

Cuban Artists Bring Joy to Haiti

A brigade of Cuban visual and performing artists have been in Haiti as a cultural complement to the island’s on-going health care assistance in the neighboring Caribbean island country. Conner Gorry is writing a blog from Haiti for mediccglobal and here is her latest entry.

Cuba-Venezuela Prepare ALBA Summit

The Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) will hold a summit on April 19 in Caracas, Venezuela. The announcement came on Thursday from Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro when he spoke to the press after a meeting with Cuban Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas to discuss bilateral cooperation and projects in support of Haiti.