Marathon runner Alberto Cuba Carrero, a Cuban athletics and track legend, decided to steer his life in a new direction and requested political asylum in Holland during a stopover in the country made during his trip back to the island.
Read MoreThe delegation of US Democrats headed by Nancy Pelosi, leader of the Democratic Party minority in the US House of Representatives, showed much contentment and enthusiasm this past week in Cuba.
Read MoreCuban authorities released today Canadian businessman, Cy Tokmakjian, 74, sentenced in October 2014 to 15 years in prison, reported dpa news.
Read MoreThe Cuban state telecommunications monopoly, ETECSA, reached an agreement with a US company to restore direct communications between the two countries, informed the official government media on Friday. The possibility of cheaper phone calls and internet service may be around the corner.
Read MoreUS House of Representatives minority leader Nancy Pelosi concluded her last day of meetings in Cuba on Thursday, heading up a nine-member congressional delegation visiting the island. On Friday she issued the following press release.
Read MoreIn difficult or decisive moments of his administration, former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez would visit his mentor Fidel Castro. History appears to repeat itself with his hand-picked successor Nicolas Maduro, who made an unannounced trip to Havana to meet with the Cuban leader on Tuesday February 17.
Read MoreCuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez met on Wednesday with Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Party leader in the US Congress, who arrived on the island heading a nine-member delegation, reported dpa.
Read MoreGood weather, mild temperatures with little chance of rain. The maximum temperature will range around 25° C (77° F) and the lows around 15° C (59° F).
Read MoreThe Cuban Ministry of Transportation’s Trans-Metro company has been operating a new articulated bus to improve the Santiago de las Vegas – Vedado service in Havana since December 22 of last year.
Read MoreThe images are disconcerting. In the same place where pro-government hordes commonly harass Cuba’s Ladies in White, in front of the movement’s headquarters in Centro Habana, we see these women yelling slogans that recall the reprisals perpetrated during the dark days of the Mariel exodus.
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