We Cubans are used to the mystification of our native heroes —wrapping them up in the mantel of absolute goodness and putting them in an urn so they do not become contaminated with daily routine (as if they had not emerged from it).
Read MoreCuba’s President Raul Castro will make the closing speech today at the 9th Congress of the Young Communist League in Havana. Some 800 delegates from around the country are discussing the role of their organization, the Communist Party’s youth organization, in Cuban society.
Read MoreI’ve always thought of Avelino as one of the most upright and morally consistent people I’ve ever known. I think of him as the model rank-and-file member of the Communist Party of Cuba, someone who never missed a speech by our leader. He was also someone who would confront anybody who dared to criticize our revolutionary process.
Read MoreThough the 2010 Cuba International Book Fair concluded a few weeks ago, I didn’t want to fail to mention the presentation of a work I consider vitally important to all Cubans, all races, all generations and to all ideologies. It’s titled the Antologia de Raza y Racismo (Anthology of Race and Racism), from Editorial Caminos publishers of the Centro Memorial Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Read More“I’m the son of a literature teacher, I read a lot. But “Culture in One’s Hands” is something for us; it was created specifically for people who are deaf. There’s always a person who interprets. You have to realize that there are also issues of society that are of interest to us,” added Mesa, a 45-year-old graphic designer and father of two adolescent children who do not have auditory problems.
Read MoreThe U.S. government asked a judge to reject the lawsuit presented by Cuban-American Ana Margarita Martínez while waiting for a compensation of 27.1 million dollars that would affect eight charter flight companies that fly to Cuba. “The direct flights they offer are vital to maintain contacts that are of national interest,” affirmed Ricardo Zúñiga, director of the Department of State’s office for Cuban affairs.
Read MoreCuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez and Cheryl Mills, head of the office of the US secretary of state, held talks in New York on the situation of US operative Alan Gross, detained in Cuba since last December 4, announced Philip Crowley, spokesman for the US Department of State. The Cuban authorities accuse Gross of espionage.
Read MoreCuban authorities hope to conclude 32,000 dwellings this year to mitigate the difficult housing situation resulting from the three hurricanes in 2008, which increased the deficit estimated now at more than 600,000 homes, affirmed Oris Silva, vice president of the National Institute of Housing.
Read MoreI believe that what happened suited the majority, because it was a political strategy for the capital to enjoy this degree of happiness in such bitter times. I don’t mean to say that a trap was set to benefit one team to the detriment of the other, but what’s certain is that the squad that won was the team “they wanted” to win.
Read MoreA baseball pitcher with glasses? When Industriales manager German Mesa called Joan Socarras to the pitcher’s mound in the seventh inning yesterday, experts and fans alike put their hands on their heads and hoped for the best.
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