The Cuban under-18 baseball team defeated its Canadian rival by a score of 11-1 at the Palmar de Junco Stadium in Matanzas on Monday. It has now has won the first four games of an eight game exhibition series.
Read MoreRussian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Havana on Friday as part of a Latin American tour that will culminate with his participation in the VI BRICS summit to be held in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, reported EFE.
Read MorePopular Cuban salsa singer Issac Delgado, known as “El Chevere de la Salsa”, decided to return to his native land permanently and is discreetly seeking to get back into the national music scene.
Read MoreThe Democratic candidate for governor of Florida, Charlie Crist, said in public during his recent visit to the neighborhood of Little Havana in Miami, that “we must end the US trade embargo on Cuba.”
Read MoreThe following is the list of rationed protein products that Havana residents can buy with their ration booklets in their neighborhood “bodega” stores for the week of July 7-13. The portions are distributed by month on a rotation basis in the 15 municipalities of the capital.
Read MoreCuban customs recently divulged further information on its current battle against packages for third parties, issuing warnings about cases in which drugs and Internet communication equipment were seized from the luggage of travelers.
Read MoreCuban President Raul Castro acknowledged on Saturday that, despite his government’s recent market reforms, the island’s economy has had only a “modest” performance in 2014.
Read MoreTwo pitchers from Villa Clara, lefty Yasmany Hernandez and righty Diosdany Castillo, were suspended indefinitely from Cuban baseball after an attempt to escape the island two weeks earlier, states the local Vanguardia newspaper.
Read MoreThe planned elimination of the dual currency on the island will not cause a price increase or affect the “purchasing power” of the population, guaranteed Marino Murillo, the chief of Cuba’s economic reforms. He added that having one-currency will not in itself solve the problems of the economy.
Read MoreCuban President Raul Castro attends a closed-door session of the island’s one chamber parliament on Saturday with the fight against corruption expected to be one of the topics of discussion.
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