Cuban Baseball Season Schedule for 2013
The 2013-2014 Cuban baseball season gets underway on November 3rd in the city of Santa Clara, announced sports authorities on Wednesday. We bring you the schedule courtesy of baseballdecuba.com.
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Weather in Havana Oct. 3-9
The northwest Caribbean Sea is currently in a low pressure area with cloudy skies and scattered thunder storms. The system has a good chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the coming days, and is expected to bring rains to the western portion of the country through Saturday, when the weather will improve significantly.
Read MoreDying Angola 3 Prisoner Herman Wallace Freed, Conviction Overturned
A dying prisoner has been released in Louisiana after serving nearly 42 years in solitary confinement, longer than any other person in the United States. Herman Wallace and two others, known as the Angola Three, were placed in solitary in 1972 following the murder of a prison guard. The court decision that sent him to prison was overturned on Tuesday.
Read MoreJazz Plaza 2013 Set for December 19-22
The 29th International Jazz Plaza 2013 Festival, to be held in Havana on December 19-22 will be dedicated to Cuban musicians Bebo and Chucho Valdes, announced by the Organizing Committee.
Read MoreCuban Group Holds Public Discussion on Labor Code
The Critical Observatory Network held a public discussion on Cuba’s draft Labor Code in the El Curita park in Centro Habana on Sunday. The activists distributed leaflets to passersby, inviting them to participate in the discussion of what will be the new legislation that regulates labor relations on the island.
Read MorePaco de Lucia in Cuba after 26 years
The Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucia will offer a concert Wednesday night at the Karl Marx Theater in this capital, as part of the Fifth Leo Brouwer Chamber Music Festival , after 26 years of having played in Cuba.
Read MoreUSA Boots Three Venezuelan Diplomats
The United States expelled three Venezuelan diplomats in response to the same action taken against three members of the US Embassy in Caracas. Among those expelled is Calixto Ortega, Charge d’Affaires, the highest ranking official at the embassy, as the two countries do not have relations at the ambassadorial level.
Read MoreJesse Jackson Leaves Cuba, Didn’t See Alan Gross
Jesse Jackson completed his four-day visit to Cuba Monday. While he did meet with representatives of the FARC guerrillas in Havana for peace talks with the Colombian government, he was unable to see US agent Alan Gross, who is in his fourth year of a 15-year sentence for endangering Cuban national security.
Read MoreMaduro Expels 3 “Yanks” from US Embassy
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered the expulsion of three US embassy officials, including the charge d’affaires, whom he accused of conspiring against his government and instigating actions against the national electricity system. The US State Deptarment has denied all charges.
Read MoreMore Cuban Doctors Leave for Brazil
Cuba sent off its second group of doctors to work in Brazil in the controversial new health program of the government of Dilma Rousseff. The group is part of the 4,000 Cuban doctors recruited to work in the poorest areas of Brazil in the “More Doctors” program.
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