Former Cuban President Fidel Castro opened an educational complex in Havana on Tuesday, reported on by the Cuban TV news. The report said the center was built at the initiative of Fidel himself, and had the support of military and civilian workers of his own Personal Security Directorate.
Read MoreThe Special Development Zone at Mariel, under construction for several years, already contains several factories and port facilities. Operations begin in the next several weeks as a free trade industrial zone, the first of its kind in Cuba.
Read MoreNo significant variation will be observed in the temperature, with the maximum remaining about 31°C (88°F), and the minimum around 22°C (72°F). The sea surface temperature will be approximately 25°C (77°F) and 26°C (79).
Read MoreThe Cuban government allowed the international media access to several of its prisons in Havana on Tuesday, a few weeks before the UN Human Rights Council’s regular and comprehensive review of practices on the island, reported dpa news.
Read MoreSuccessful cooperation between Cuban and US authorities led Tuesday to the end of a kidnap drama involving a US couple and their two children. Joshua and Sharyn Hakken and their two young children, Chase and Cole, arrived by boat to Cuba on April 7 to the Hemingway Marina on the west side of Havana.
Read MoreThe official site Cubadebate.cu published Tuesday a series of photos of a “personal encounter” between a political analyst and host of a TV program in Venezuela and former Cuban President Fidel Castro. The report emphasizes the good health and lucidity of the senior advisor of his brother Raul Castro’s government.
Read MoreThe government of Raul Castro confirmed today that an American couple who kidnapped their two children after losing custody arrived to Cuba with the kids on Sunday. Cuban officials expressed a willingness to turn them over to U.S. authorities.
Read MoreCuban dissident Eliécer Avila has summoned from his Facebook page for a campaign to defend the right of Cubans to the Internet, reports Diario de Cuba.
Read MoreThe Cuban wrestling team culminated its efforts on Sunday in the Pan American Championships with four gold medals and one bronze. The tournament was held at the Rommel Fernandez Grand Hotel in Panama, reported JIT online.
Read MoreCuban dissident Elizardo Sanchez will start a European tour on April 22 that will include a visit to the UN Human Rights Council, reports Diario de Cuba. He will be in Geneva, along with exiled activists, to attend the Council’s periodic review of the situation in Cuba, to take place on May 1.
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