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Guantanamo Shakes from 5.6 Tremor

An earthquake with a 5.6 magnitude struck near Guantanamo, Cuba on Saturday at 2:08 p.m. reported Cubadebate.cu. No injuries or serious structural damage was reported.

Cuba Asks for Protection at UN

The Cuban government demanded that the U.S. authorities guarantee “the security and physical integrity of the diplomatic mission and its personnel” at the UN after a “dangerous and provocative incident” involving some 30 exiles in front of the island’s mission in New York, according to a letter released by this multilateral organization.

Operation Miracle benefits 10,000 persons in El Salvador

Operation Miracle, a free ophthalmologic care programme carried out by Cuba and Venezuela, has benefited more than 10,000 persons in El Salvador, the island’s state-run press reported today. Since its creation in 2004, this initiative has treated some 1.6 million patients in 35 countries.

The Vicious Circle Returns to Cuba

Beyond the facts, those who are accustomed to following the course of events from within begin to sense the presence of a pattern that has been repeated over and over during the history of Cuba in the last decades: the vicious and seemingly inevitable circle of relaxing – tightening and/or crisis – hardening.

Cuba Championship Baseball Schedule

Here is the schedule for best-of-seven championship baseball series between Industriales —which plays out of Havana’s Latinoamericano Stadium— and Villa Clara, headquartered in the city of Santa Clara in central Cuba.

Cuba Warns Mexico of Damaged Relations

Diplomatic relations between Cuba and Mexico could be strained if the Mexican Senate passes a condemnation of the death of opposition member Orlando Zapata, and demands the release of political prisoners on the island, said Cuban Ambassador Manuel Aguilera.

Pablo Milanes: I’ve Never Felt Reprisals

Cuba’s popular singer/songwriter Pablo Milanes said on Friday that he does not expect to receive reprisals for his critical statements to the Spanish press about the Cuban government. “For many years I’ve been openly criticizing what from my perspective is bad about my country and I’ve never been subject to a reprisal, much less my family.”

The Players in Cuba’s Press

A few years ago the minister of Culture, Abel Prieto, told me in a conversation that technological development would very soon make it impossible to block satellite signals, and added that the failure to prepare people to receive information from other sources would be suicidal.

In Cuba: Jump or You’re a Yankee

It occurred today, March 18, at about 11 in the morning. I was near Obispo and Compostela Streets, in Old Havana, when by chance I heard the uproar and decided to get closer, as did several other onlookers. Coming down the street was a group of some 20 women dressed in civilian clothing and chanting slogans.

Industriales Ends Havana’s Season

Industriales is back and although they won’t be the favorites to win this year’s Cuba baseball championship series against Villa Clara nobody is counting them out.