At least four people were murdered and six others were arrested in an incident involving an attempted escape by Cuban citizens, reported the authorities on Wednesday. All four victims had been “violently killed,” said the Cuban Interior Ministry in a statement.
Read MoreThe editors of the Catholic magazine, Espacio Laical, organ of sociological debate of the Archdiocese of Havana, were removed from their posts, reported Café Fuerte on Wednesday.
Read MoreWhen famed ballerina Alicia Alonso takes the National Ballet of Cuba on tours abroad the risk of losing dancers is always present. This time the desertion took place in Puerto Rico and the artists are already in Miami.
Read MoreWe present the list of protein products that Havana residents can buy with their ration booklets in their local bodega stores during the week of June 6-11. The products are distributed by monthly on a rotating basis in the 15 municipalities of the capital.
Read MoreEight people were arrested in Cuba in connection with a massive fraud that recently forced a repeat of a pre-university examination in Havana, reported dpa news. Five of those arrested are senior high school teachers.
Read MoreThe Cuba Domadores semi-pro boxing team won the title in their debut season, with a razor thin 6-5 victory over the Azerbaijan Baku Fires that concluded on Saturday.
Read MoreWhile Cuba policy is usually a non-issue in US presidential election campaigns (except in Florida) the possibility that Clinton and Rubio could end up facing each other in the 2016 elections might make the embargo a national topic of debate.
Read MoreFormer Secretary of State and former First Lady of the United States Hillary Clinton claims to have urged President Barack Obama to end the long economic embargo on Cuba, states her soon to be released memoirs entitled “Hard Choices.”
Read MoreThere will be generally partly cloudy days and scattered showers in the afternoon, product of daytime heating. Winds will be very weak, which together with the high moisture content in the area, will lead to a feeling of suffocating heat.
Read MoreThe United States government has appointed veteran diplomat corps Jeffrey DeLaurentis head of the US Interests Section in Havana, a position he is to assume this summer.
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