Cuban telecommunications authorities have announced that mobile Internet services will be made available on the island in coming weeks and set a maximum rate of 1 Cuban Convertible Peso (CUC) per megabyte of data transfer. (1 CUC = 1.14 USD)
Read MoreHere is the list of protein products that Havana residents get this month with their ration booklets. The allotments are monthly and the distribution rotates around the capital’s 15 municipalities.s
Read MoreCuban President Raul Castro yesterday closed a Congress of the Federation of Cuban Workers (CTC), the only union allowed on the island, making it clear that the mission of workers in Cuba is to produce more with greater discipline and efficiency, with the certainty that one day there will be higher wages.
Read MoreCuban baseball’s top shortstop only months ago, Erisbel Arruebarrena, has signed a $25 million dollar five-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, reports MLB.com on Saturday.
Read MoreFélix González Viego, the relatively young president of Cuba’s small farmers organization (ANAP), died this week at the age of 52. He passed on due to a pulmonary thromboembolism and was buried on Wednesday in his home town of Encrucijada, Villa Clara.
Read MoreA Cuban braved the shark infested Florida Strait and successfully windsurfed nine hours from Jibacoa, a fishing village east of Havana, to Florida. He landed at a luxury resort in Key West where he was assisted by guests and waiters.
Read MoreGood weather this week and almost no chance of rain. High temperatures will range above 29° C (84 F) and lows around 21° C (70 F).
Read MorePitcher Freddy Asiel Alvarez, a star of the national Cuban team currently playing with Villa Clara, was suspended today from the Cuban baseball league, for a display of “unsportsmanlike conduct.”
Read MoreVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, said today that opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, who surrendered Tuesday to authorities after being blamed for the recent violence in the country, will be held in a imprisoned outside Caracas, claiming it is to “save” his life.
Read MoreCuban researchers strive to find remnants of a nineteenth-century Chinese cemetery and associated quarantine station within a peninsula belonging to the Mariel Bay, between the capital and the province of Pinar del Río.
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