Gerardo Hernandez, one of three Cuban agents recently released in a prisoner swap with the US, became the father of a child on Tuesday, thanks to artificial insemination, one of the gestures that led in December to the historic agreement between Washington and Havana to restore diplomatic relations.
Read MoreHundreds of National Revolutionary Policy (PNR) Police officers were mobilized for a day with brooms and dustpans to clean up the garbage and rubble-strewn streets of the capital, in response to the prolonged garbage collection crisis the city has been facing.
Read MoreThe Cuban government called today for regularly schedule elections on April 19th for local delegates, the part of the process of electing municipal authorities where the population is allowed to participate, reported dpa news.
Read MoreThe Cuban Council of Elder Priests of the Ifa (Yoruba religion) published their “Letter of the Year 2015” on January 2nd. The annual message is of great interest to believers of the Yoruba religion and is also widely read by the general population on the island and Cubans abroad.
Read MoreBelow, readers will find 12 highly important events that made headlines and had a significant impact on Cuba and Cubans during 2014. These were selected on the basis of their impact on the country’s political, economic and cultural spheres.
Read MoreCuban artist Tania Bruguera was released today after being accused of “resistance and inciting public disorder” by organizing a controversial artistic protest. With her passport taken away, she may now face a trial and possible sentencing, reports dpa. Bruguera is a resident in the United States.
Read MoreThe “artistic” performance that Tania Bruguera had planned to stage on Tuesday (Dec. 30) in Revolution Square was the first of many foreseen attempts to derail the process of normalization of diplomatic relations between the USA and Cuba, announced by Washington and Havana on Dec. 17.
Read MoreAround a dozen Cuban dissidents were arrested today by police to avoid their participation in a performance organized by Cuban artist Tania Bruguera, reported dpa.
Read MoreAlmost all the accredited international press on the island were present Tuesday afternoon at the historical Revolution Square, waiting for the Cuban artist Tania Bruguera, who had announced a performance at the Esplanade opposite the José Martí monument.
Read MoreCuban doctor Felix Baez Sarria, who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and was cured in a Swiss hospital, announced today that he will be returning at the beginning of January to work in the African country, reported dpa.
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