The secretary general of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) and member of the Council of State, Yolanda Ferrer Gomez, was replaced on Saturday during a plenary session of the women’s organization, which was chaired by Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, the second secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba.
Read MoreActress Daisy Granados, one of the iconic faces of Cuban cinema, is in Miami to debut her one-person show, “Leyenda,” on October 12 at the club “Hoy Como Ayer”.
Read MoreThe National Council of the Cuba Workers Federation (CTC) on Saturday announced it would hold the twentieth congress of the labor organization next year.
Read MoreThe Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, will hold meetings today with Brazilian businesspeople in Sao Paulo. The aim of the gathering is to deepen trade ties between the two countries.
Read MoreVenezuelan president Hugo Chavez yesterday won a third term in office with a solid, almost ten percentage point victory over rival Henrique Capriles. This will allow Chavez to remain in power until 2019 and Cuba to continue receiving its lifeline of imported oil. The vote was 55% to 44%, less of a margin than in previous elections but still considerable.
Read MorePolling places opened at 6:00 a.m. local time in Venezuela on Sunday for crucial presidential elections with the current leader Hugo Chavez, 58, seeking a third term that would keep him in office through 2019.
Read MoreCuban blogger Yoani Sanchez was released on Friday by the Cuban authorities after being detained for 30 hours, she reported on her blog Generation Y. Sanchez had been arrested on Thursday along with her husband Reinaldo Escobar en route to Bayamo in eastern Cuba.
Read MoreThe Havana International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, in its 34th edition, will recognize three teachers of the seventh art: Italy’s Michelangelo Antonioni, France’s Chris Marker, and Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer.
Read MoreThe Cuban government is trimming back its system of free education and promoting more practical areas of study in a move to reduce costs and satisfy the nation’s labor force needs, reported Reuters based on figures of the island’s National Statistics Office.
Read MoreThe trial starts today in Bayamo of the Spanish politician Angel Carromero, who is charged with manslaughter in the deaths of dissidents Oswaldo Paya and Hector Cepero. The family of Paya traveled to the eastern Cuban city on Thursday.
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