Havana Weather for November 14-20
We will have considerable rainfall with the passage of two cold fronts, one at the beginning and another the end of the term. Temperatures will be a little cooler than the previous period.
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News
Cuban Boxers to Face Mexican Team
A team of top Cuban boxers travels today to Mexico City, where they will face the Guerrero Warriors on Friday as part of the World Series of Boxing, JIT Online reported.
Read MoreCuba Elected to UN Human Rights Council
The General Assembly of the United Nations elected Cuba along with 13 other nations to join the Human Rights Council for the coming period.
Read MoreMaduro Calls on Army to Force Businesses to Open and Lower Prices in Venezuela
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on the armed forces Monday to search for business owners who refuse to open their stores and sell at “fair” prices, amid a government crackdown on speculation and usury, generating long lines of shoppers in stores.
Read MoreCuban Health Minister Defends Sending Doctors to Brazil
Minister of Health Roberto Morales Ojeda became the first Cuban government to comment on the criticisms leveled by Brazilian doctors to the agreement that allows Brazil to “import” several thousand Cuban MDs to work in places with poor health care services, reported dpa news.
Read MoreObama Makes Tepid Call for Change in US Policy on Cuba
Without mentioning any specifics US President Barack Obama called Friday for a revision of US policies towards Cuba. In an address to a fundraiser in Miami Obama said, “We have to be creative and we have to be thoughtful and we have to continue to update our policies.”
Read MoreCuba Publishes Partial Final Statistics from 2012 Census
Cuba’s National Bureau of Statistics and Information published today a summary of the final results of some indicators investigated in the Population and Housing Census in 2012. The census confirms the trend of population aging on the island, and the reduction of its total population, now 11,167,325 inhabitants, less than a decade ago.
Read MoreMan who Hijacked a Plane to Cuba in 1984 Returns to US
William Potts, an American almost 30 years ago hijacked a commercial airliner and forced to divert to Cuba, returned today to the United States where he was immediately arrested and is expected to be tried by air piracy, reported dpa news.
Read MoreFARC and Colombian Gov. Reach Significant Agreement
The Colombian government and the FARC guerrilla group announced today in Havana, Cuba the reaching of an agreement to close the second point of the peace talks, stalled for weeks by differences over the political future of the guerrillas.
Read MoreCuban Baseball Season Begins
Freddy Asiel Alvarez won a close 2-1 game against Matanzas in the official debut of the 2013-2014 Cuban baseball season on Sunday in Santa Clara. The star pitcher was not at his best but managed to go 6.2 innings allowing only 5 hits and an unearned run.
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