Cuban authorities hope to expand the suburban agriculture program to 156 localities after good results in the 18 municipalities where that initiative began last January, affirmed Adolfo Rodríguez, national head of the project. The island also hopes to produce all the vegetable seeds it needs instead of imports.
Read MoreSancti Spiritus avoided being swept as the home team defeating Industriales 8-1 on Sunday. The team from the capital had opened the series with a 3-1 win on Saturday.
Read MoreUndoubtedly, General Raul Castro is a man of few words, so much so that journalists must remain on the prowl hunting for some loose phrases, new facts or rumors to piece together our “puzzles” as to what has happened here over the past two years.
Read MoreOne of these dangers could be that after a certain degree of stabilization, the State will do with cooperatives the same as it did with self-employed workers: limiting them by almost exhausting them with taxes, inspections, high input prices, regulations, etc., “because people were making a lot of money.” This already happened once.
Read MoreThose who do rate as highly suspect are the Cubans who visit relatives in Florida. They are now being thoroughly reviewed to ensure they are not carrying explosives to blow up airplanes or perpetrate violent attacks as they stroll down Calle 8 in Miami.
Read MoreCuba announced that it will skip the Central American and Caribbean Games in the Puerto Rican city of Mayaguez this coming July because the United States did not meet the conditions requested by the island to guarantee the safety of its athletes and attendance of its reporters and officials.
Read MoreCuba’s baseball playoffs get underway on Saturday in the western division with Sancti Spiritus hosting Industriales, the favorite of the capital, while Cienfuegos welcomes La Habana, last year’s champions.
Read MoreDmitri told me that during his years in secondary and high school he was taught very little about Haiti and its revolution. Only at the University level did he learn that the Haitians had carried out the first anti-slavery revolution on the continent.
Read MoreCuban singer Omara Portuondo will offer a concert on Saturday at the Town Hall Theater in New York, reported IPS. The concert is being produced by Anschutz Entertainment Group Live (AEG Live).
Read MoreThe Permanent Council of the Cuban Conference of Catholic Bishops asked the island’s government “to take the adequate measures” to avoid the death of political prisoners such as Orlando Zapata, buried yesterday in his hometown of Banes, in the Caribbean country’s eastern region. The bishops also called for the creation of “conditions for dialogue and ideal understanding to avoid reaching such painful situations that benefit no one and make many suffer.”
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