The Politburo of the ruling Cuban Communist Party decided to dismiss Ernesto López, president of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT), after 11 years at the head of that state-run agency. The ICRT was strongly criticized by Cuban intellectuals during the debate that took place between 2007 and 2008.
Read MoreCuba’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow one per cent in 2009, affirmed the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in its preliminary report on the economies of the region, presented in Santiago, Chile.
Read MorePope Benedict XVI questioned Thursday the U.S. embargo against Cuba, “which especially affects the poorest persons and families,” in statements during the reception of the island’s new ambassador to the Holy See, Eduardo Delgado.
Read MoreCuba’s popular salsa band Charanga Habanera begins a 45-day tour of the United States on December 17 featuring nine concerts in Florida, announced David Calzado, its director. “Our aim is to reopen that country’s doors to Cuban popular dance music,” affirmed Calzado, whose group has recorded 15 records since its foundation in 1988.
Read MoreHuman rights form part of the dialogue with Cuba, affirmed Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, whose country will end this month its six-month presidency of the European Union (EU).
Read More“But kids these days aren’t so interested in what’s happening on the American continent. I can understand that. Thanks to television we’ve been saturated with Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador… Really, I understand it…not everything is political. For that reason (and for the quality of the films) they prefer to see the more international selections,” said festival goer Jorge Armando.
Read MoreWhen the final credits come on the screen, the audience is left with mixed emotions. Is it a comedy? A melodrama? Maybe it’s a tragic-comedy? It’s difficult to pin a label on this one.
Read MorePorfirio Lobo set out on an international tour Tuesday in an effort to gain recognition from the international community of his recent triumph in the presidential elections organized by the de facto government in Honduras that seized power five months ago.
Read MoreArgentine singer/composer Fito Paez is in Havana to present the documentary film Las manos al piano, about the recording of his album Rodolfo in 2007. Paez is well known in Cuba and has a large following among several generations.
Read MoreThe sentences against two of the Cuban Five were slightly reduced at a hearing held in Miami on Tuesday. Ramon Labaniño now must serve 30 years, down from life imprisonment and Fernandez Gonzalez, 17 years and 9 months, reduced from 19 years.
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