The Latin America contact for the French Communist Party, Obey Ament, is predicting a crushing vote in favor of Cuba when the UN General Assembly presents a report this coming Tuesday on the US embargo of the island.
Read MoreAfter having reserved it to the national public sector since 1959, the Cuban government is opening its struggling sugar industry to foreign investment, reported Reuters. Today a contract will be signed with the Brazilian giant Odebrecht to manage a sugar mill on the island.
Read MoreWe conclude the 4th HT Cuba Photo Contest by publishing the winners and special mentions. We had two winners from Cuba: Leonardo Oña Pacheco in the Musicians category and Eduardo Javier Garcia in the category of Uniforms. Carolyn Looby of Australia for Games, Bill Klipp of the USA for Pets and Mariska Verbeij of The Netherlands for Trees. (15 photos)
Read MoreCuban blogger Yoani Sánchez and between 20 and 25 other dissidents were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday according to a report just in from DPA news.
Read MoreCuban soccer player Maikel Chang Ramirez (one of four players who slipped away from the national team in October while in Canada to seek political asylum in US), said he is “not a traitor.”
Read MoreCuban sexologist Mariela Castro, the daughter of the current president, Tuesday celebrated the fact that the Constitutional Court of Spain recognized gay marriage, a move that is hoped will be approved this year by the parliament on the island.
Read MoreThe designers of the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) in Havana were presented with the 2012 Vittorio de Sicca Award for Architecturee in Rome by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano.
Read MoreRenowned Cuban dramatist Nicolas Dorr will soon be seeing the Havana debut of his most recent work “Breve temporada de invierno” following its world premiere in New York.
Read MoreThe second round of municipal elections in the hurricane-recovering eastern provinces of Holguin and Santiago de Cuba will take place this Sunday, announced the National Electoral Commission (NEC) on Wednesday.
Read MoreThe Cuban government will charge fifty percent of the cost of building materials purchased by families affected by Hurricane Sandy, as of next Monday with previous purchases receiving a retroactive credit.
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