Joel Mariño of Matanzas, Cuba took the next to last leg of the Vuelta a Cuba cycling competition on Saturday, while Arnold Alcolea (Team Cuba) has a solid lead in the overall rankingwith one day to go in the 13-stage event.
Read MoreUS federal judge Kathleen Cardone accepted a petition from the district attorney’s office to again postpone the trial for Luis Posada Carriles, reported IPS. Posada is accused of perjury and obstruction of justice in the case of the attacks on Cuban hotels in 1997 and lying to the immigration authorities about his illegal entry into the US in 2005.
Read MoreJudy Gross, wife of the US citizen imprisoned in Cuba since last December and accused by the island’s government of carrying out espionage work, requested that the governments of both countries reach an agreement to release her husband Alan.
Read MoreJoel Mariño of Cardenas, Matanzas won the tenth segment of the Vuelta a Cuba cycling competition on the 185 kilometer stretch from Santa Clara to Cardenas, Matanzas on Thursday. The Vuelta has three remaining stages before concluding on Sunday. On Friday the cyclists will race 120 kilometers to San Antonio de los Baños in rural La Habana province.
Read MoreSouth African Nobel Literature Prizewinner Nadine Gordimer said in Havana on Wednesday that the United States should free the Cuban Five, imprisoned for over 11 years in the US on charges of conspiracy to commit espionage. Cuba considers the Cuban Five as heroes for having infiltrated terrorist groups plotting against the island and its interests.
Read MoreDoctors from 27 countries formed in the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Cuba are working side by side with the island’s medical brigade in caring for the victims of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, reported IPS. The largest contingent is that of Bolivia, with 59 members.
Read MoreFortunately, my genes were never that xenophobic and were quite rebellious. Though an absurdly strong rejection of everything Slavic could have developed within me, this didn’t happen. In the same way, the absence of my mom and dad in my early childhood didn’t cause “little Armando” to hate Central America for stealing them away for a libratory cause.
Read MoreMarcel questions falsehood, hypocrisy and lies as forms of life established among many adults. He tries to resolve family conflicts: he judges the father for the infidelity he commits; he feels pity for the mother, alone in a country where she can’t get work as a teacher (her profession) and must labor on a cleaning crew.
Read MoreA new round of talks to discuss the implementation of the US-Cuba Migration Accords takes place on Friday in Havana. The US State Department announced that Craig Kelly, the principal deputy assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, was traveling to Cuba on Wednesday.
Read MoreCuban scientists hope to successfully produce in around three years a potato seed created in the country, with which it would save some 15 million dollars in imports, reported IPS. Several research centers are working towards this aim, among them the National Institute of Tropical Tubers and the Institute of Plant Biotechnology of the central province of Villa Clara.
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