The Caribbean Series baseball tournament came to a close on Saturday night with the defending champion, Mexico, represented by the Naranjeros de Hermosillo, defeating Puerto Rico’s Indios de Mayaguez in the final game by a score of 7-1 at Margarita Island, Venezuela.
Read MoreThe Chong Chon Gang, a North Korean freighter that attempted to transport hidden Cuban weapons in a shipment of sugar, has been given the OK to leave Panama after being detained for seven months.
Read MoreAfter serving 2.5 years of his 9-year sentence for corruption, Canadian businessman Sarkis Yacoubian was suddenly released and is now back home in Toronto, reported AP. The release of Yacoubian has not been reported in the Cuban press.
Read MoreKen Griffey Jr. and Barry Larkin, two former stars of Major League Baseball, surprisingly landed Saturday in Havana and toured the city to the joy of Cuban fans.
Read MoreSchizophrenia is nothing new to Miami. But the recent uproar caused by a piece on Cuban American sugar tycoon Alfy Fanjul takes the cake. It also demonstrates what many have been saying for the past few years: the Cuba debate has pivoted towards one where even a stalwart of the past half century Cuba-thought now yearns to return to the island of his birth.
Read MoreRamona Matos, the Cuban doctor who left the “More Doctors” program in Brazil, has opened a Pandora’s Box. With the help of opposition Brazilian politicians she plans to file suit demanding full payment for her medical services and compensation for moral damages.
Read MoreThe Public Ministry of Panama plans to auction off ten thousand tons of Cuban sugar under which an undeclared Cuban arsenal carried by a North Korean ship was seized last July trying to pass through the Panama Canal.
Read MoreGorki Águila, leader of the punk-rock band Porno para Ricardo, will be tried on Tuesday of next week in Marianao Municipal Court on charges of “illicit drug possession” , reported Diario de Cuba.
Read MoreThe European Union (EU) will look to strengthen relations with Cuba, said a senior official referring to the document expected to be approved next week by the foreign ministers in Brussels, reported dpa news.
Read MoreHigh temperatures will range between 27° and 31° C (81-86 F) on Friday and Saturday. The lows will average around 19° C (66 F). Winds will be moderate from the east. The sea surface temperature will reach 24° C (75 F).
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