Cuba’s Day of National Rebellion on July 26 is the island’s biggest holiday each year, even more so than January 1, when the Revolution triumphed. Holguin, a province to the northeast of the island was selected to host this year’s celebration.
Read MoreCuba battered Taiwan’s pitching on Saturday and is now the only undefeated team (3-0) in the Port Cities Baseball Tournament taking place in Rotterdam, Holland. Freddy Asiel Alvarez, one of the stars of the Cuban Baseball League playoffs this year, pitched six innings of three-hit, one-run ball to post the win.
Read MoreIf Micheletti and the Honduran military hold firm in the face of severe economic sanctions and diplomatic isolation, the ball will be in the court of the OAS, the UN and other regional bodies like the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas to up the ante or let the coup succeed by default.
Read MoreWhat could be more patriotic than defying a law that the vast majority of US citizens feel is wrong? That’s what Syracuse resident Madelaine Greacen will do later this month when she goes to Cuba to deliver humanitarian aid.
Read MoreThe Cuban economy is seeking to deal with a vicious circle: there can be no wage raise because production volumes do not grow, and production volumes do not grow because there is no wage raise.
Read MoreWith a total of 41,904 visitors in 2008, the United States ranked ninth on the list of principal tourist markets for Cuba, a list that Canada heads with a wide margin, with 818,000 tourists, reported the National Office of Statistics (ONE).
Read MoreThe activities organized by the Cuban government for the summer season will begin today with a Book Night, which will take place in all the 14 province capitals and in Havana in the evening and will include the release of new book titles, poetry readings and concerts, reported IPS.
Read MoreLocal and international human rights organizations and left-wing legislators condemned the suspension of constitutional rights in Honduras during the night-time curfew, which tightened the state of siege in effect since President Manuel Zelaya was ousted Sunday.
Read MoreFresh after reestablishing diplomatic relations with Cuba, the Salvadoran government has designated Domingo Santacruz, a political science expert, as its ambassador to Havana. Today, the only county in the America’s without normal relations with Cuba is the United States.
Read MoreOne of Cuba top young prospects, left-handed pitcher Aroldis Chapman has abandoned the national team in Holland for the Rotterdam Tournament, apparently with plans to seek a US Major League contract, reported IPS on Thusday.
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