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Cremata’s Crematorium Part 2

We bring you part two of Juan Carlos Cremata’s short fiction film Crematorium. It comes highly recommended.

How Venezuela’s PDVSA Exports Crude Oil to Cuba

Recent press and financial institutions reports indicate that Venezuela has substantially cut back petroleum deliveries to Cuba under the terms and conditions of the October 2000 Convenio Integral de Cooperación Venezuela-Cuba CIC barter agreement.

Cuba Milk and Egg Production Drops Again

The production of cow’s milk in Cuba fell once again (by 10.5 million liters) in the early months of the year, keeping the downward trend since 2013. The production decline in the first quarter of 2015 (around 12%) compared to the same period of the previous year seems to be influenced by an elementary factor: 19.000 fewer milking cows.

Cuba Announces Baseball Team for Toronto PanAm Games

With the Toronto Pan American Games right around the corner (July 10-26), Cuban baseball authorities announced on Friday the 24-member squad that will try to recover the crown they held from 1971–2011.

Major League Star “Pito” Abreu Sponsors Cuban Junior Team’s Trip to the US

Cuban baseball star Jose Dariel Abreu, 2014 American League Rookie of the Year, is setting new cooperation standards in his native country, availing himself of the spirit of Washington’s new policy towards the government of Raul Castro.

Fidel Castro Welcomes US Religious Leader

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro received Reverend Joan Campbell, former president of the National Council of Churches USA, at his home in Havana on Thursday, states the official newspaper “Granma”.

Havana Weather for June 11-17

On the northwestern Caribbean Sea a storm is located in the middle and upper levels of the troposphere. There is also a flow of surface moisture, favored by trade winds southeast. This situation is creating scattered showers and possible thunderstorms, which can be more common during the following days until Sunday.