The commemoration of International Women’s Day takes place today at the Mausoleum to the Martyrs of the Second Eastern Front in the province of Santiago de Cuba, reports the Cuban Information Agency.
Read MoreOfficial delegations from over 50 countries, as well as thousands of Venezuelans, are now concentrated around the Caracas Military Academy, where at noon the official funeral of President Hugo Chavez begins, reported dpa news.Also to take place on Friday is the swearing in of Nicolas Maduro as the interim president.
Read MoreWhen it all looked like Team Cuba was on a roll, after sweeping through the first round of the World Baseball Classic undefeated, the islanders took a hard blow from the Netherlands in the first game of the second round of double elimination play, losing 6-2.
Read MoreSpanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo urged Angel Carromero today to go to court if he has “new evidence” on the accident in which Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya died, and for which he was sentenced in October as the driver.
Read MoreThe remains of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died on Tuesday of cancer, will be embalmed and displayed in the “Museum of the Revolution” in Caracas indefinitely, said Vice President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday.
Read MoreCuban President Raul Castro has arrived in Caracas, Venezuela on Thursday afternoon to take part in the tribute to Hugo Chavez underway with the presence of leaders of numerous countries.
Read MoreDue to a continental anti-cyclonic influence, we will have good weather throughout the period. The probability of rain is minimal. Maximum temperatures will fall to around 23°C (73°F) at the start of the period, when they will begin to rise gradually to reach the 28°C (82°F) by the end
Read MoreThe 15th Cuban edition of the Terry Fox Run will take place on Saturday across all of Cuba, where organizers expect a massive influx of domestic and foreign runners, according to their announcement on Tuesday.
Read MoreThe president of the French Senate, Jean-Pierre Bel, on Tuesday called for the lifting of the European Union’s (EU) “Common Position” against Cuba and an end to the US blockade of the island, reported Prensa Latina.
Read MoreThe Wu Opera, from China’s Zhejiang Province, performed in the Spring Festival in Havana’s Chinatown as part of the troupe’s tour of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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