The Australian open water swimmer Chloe McCardel will try to cross the nearly 170 kilometers from Havana to Florida said Jose Miguel Diaz of Havana’s Hemingway International Yacht Club. The former triathlon athlete, 27, will attempt to overcome the distance sometime between June 10-20, depending on the weather.
Read MoreThe Cuban government today rejected the publication of the list of “state sponsors of terrorism” in the US on Thursday, which includes the island along with Iran, Sudan and Syria. Despite several calls to remove Cuba from the “blacklist”, Washington decided to keep it on as it has since 1982.
Read MoreThe renowned Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez returned on Thursday to Havana after a tour of more than three months abroad, possible after the immigration reform that entered into force on the island in January. Sanchez sailed through immigration with no problem.
Read MoreFor yet another consecutive year, the United States has decided to keep Cuba on the State Department’s annual State Sponsors of Terrorism list, in spite of ever more frequent calls to remove the country from this black list, where it has figured since 1982, DPA reported.
Read MoreThe young Cuban computer whiz, Eliecer Avila, who rose to fame as a student leader when he publically questioned Cuban immigration policy with Ricardo Alarcon, former president of the National Assembly, returned to the island today. He hopes to create a new political party on the island.
Read MoreA Cuban court today opened a trial against two directors of a UK company detained since 2011 on charges of corruption in the island, a week after holding a similar process against a Canadian citizen in another closed-door trial against Sarkis Yacoubian, a businessman and director of Tri-Star Caribbean, also on corruption charges.
Read MoreThe internationally famous Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez heads home today after an over three month world tour, taking her criticism of the Cuban government/system to several continents. The biggest question is how she will be received by the Havana authorities
Read MoreCuban authorities ruled out today widespread Internet access to homes on the island, despite the expansion of public infrastructure. “It is foreseen that [someday] Cubans may have a connection at home, but the initial priority is for public access,” at government cybercafés, said Cuban Vice Minister of Communications, Wilfredo Gonzalez Vidal.
Read MoreThe Cuban government announced today that it will expand the supply of public Internet access on the island. The authorities said they will open 118 cybercafes across the country starting on June 4, reported dpa news on Tuesday.
Read MoreIt’s playoff time in Cuba as the 2012-2013 baseball season is down to the final four: Sancti Spiritus, Villa Clara, Matanzas and Cienfuegos. Surpisingly, the two teams that played the Cuban championship series last year, Ciego de Avila (the defending champs) and Havana’s Industriales, were eliminated before the post season begins.
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