What was Tropical Storm Danny reached hurricane status on Thursday, the first of the 2015 season in the Atlantic basin which includes the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Any possible effect on eastern Cuba will become more evident in the coming days.
Read MoreHigh temperatures will range between 33 and 35° C (91 and 95 F), and the lows will range around 25° C (77 F). The sea surface temperature will remain at 30° C (86 F).
Read MoreState Department spokesman John Kirby this week tried to dampen the initial enthusiasm over commercial air travel between the U.S. and Cuba by cautioning that “normalizing relations is going to be a long, complex process” that “is going to take some time.”
Read MoreTropical Storm Danny formed Tuesday in the Atlantic Ocean, the fourth storm of the thus far rather calm hurricane season, notes Jose Rubiera, Cuba’s leading weather expert in Granma daily.
Read MoreThe jury has begun its work to come up with the winners of the 7th HT Cuba Photo Contest. There are 1,503 entries in the six categories. There will be 4 rounds of selection.
Read MoreThe number of trips abroad by Cubans increased by 23.7 percent in 2014 over the previous year, and 66.7% since January 2013, when immigration reform that eliminated the exit permit took effect.
Read MoreFour months after reopening its doors to the public, Cuba’s largest Internet access locale (located at the intersection of Zanja and San Francisco streets), leaves a lot to be desired in terms of the scant and lousy services it offers users, even though the first impression one got was that they were working to improve the state of the facility.
Read MoreThere’s a sweet and sour taste circulating in Cuba as the US moves into Havana with the August 14th official opening of an embassy.
Read MoreCuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and US Secretary of State, John Kerry, announced on Friday that during the first days of September a bi-national commission will meet to prepare the roadmap for the normalization of relations.
Read MoreUS Secretary of State John Kerry declared today in Havana that Cuba and the United States will mutually benefit from the re-establishment of diplomatic relations, adding – in Spanish – that the rapprochement between the two nations ought not prompt fears among people.
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