Cuban president Raul Castro begins a two-day official visit to France on Monday, where he was received with military honors. Castro, 84, is scheduled to meet this afternoon with President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace.
Read MoreCuban President Raul Castro begins this weekend a visit to France considered historic amid the gradual opening of the island’s economy. President François Hollande will receive Castro on Monday.
Read MoreThe 60th rally protesting the expropriation of lands under Law 840 was held Thursday in El Tule, Rio San Juan. Hundreds of farmers and their families again demanded that the law, which establishes that expropriated lands are to be bought at a land value well below market price, be repealed.
Read MoreThe U.S. action to ease the embargo against Cuba points Washington “on the right road,” says a report Wednesday (Jan. 27) in Granma newspaper, official organ of the Cuban Communist Party.
Read MoreHigh temperatures during the forecast period will range between 22 and 28° C (72 and 82 F) and the lows between 14 and 19° C (57 and 66 F). The sea surface temperature will be stable at 25° C (77 F).
Read MoreAfter decades of absence from the market, Cubans can now buy lumber. Thanks to a resolution of the Ministry of Domestic Commerce, the government’s retail market of building materials can now offer wood to the population.
Read MoreResidents in Santiago De Cuba are growing weary of continuous earth tremors felt during the last eight days. “The problem is that the tremors are showing a vacillating intensity,” a local resident told Havana Times. When we thought the intensity would have diminished it went up (like yesterday).
Read MoreOne of the most merciless indictments against totalitarian societies and the lack of freedoms under socialist systems, the novel 1984 by George Orwell, will be published shortly in Cuba by a government publisher.
Read MoreThe US government today announced a further easing of some aspects of its embargo on Cuba, which could facilitate travel, trade and finance. The new measures take effect on Wednesday, announced the Departments of Treasury and Commerce in a joint statement.
Read MoreCuba, represented by Ciego de Avila plus reinforcements, is ready to defend its title in the Caribbean Baseball Series from Feb. 1-7 in the Dominican Republic, reported baseballdecuba.com.
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