Exploratory talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerilla organization were held in Venezuela and Cuba, reported the AFP, citing information published Sunday by the El Tiempo newspaper in Bogota.
Read MoreThe increase in taxes on imports that went into effect on Monday will mean an increase in prices on the island, according to statements made to the AP news agency by new business operators on the island.
Read MoreEight Brazilian companies in the textile and footwear industries met with their Cuban counterpart on Friday in Havana for a round of business negotiations aimed at increasing trade between the two countries.
Read MoreThe Cuban television program “La Mesa Redonda” (The Round Table), will be reduced to one hour starting September 10, reported the Café Fuerte website.
Read MoreThe new school year began in Cuba on Monday. The ministry of education announced that 1,890,000 students were registered for primary and secondary (junior high) schools, 34,000 less than last year, an indication of the shrinking school-age population on the island.
Read MoreThe film Una Noche (One Night), by the British filmmaker Lucy Mulloy, will be premiered on September 8 at Havana’s La Rampa Theater, reported the newspaper Juventud Rebelde. The US-Cuban-British co-production focuses on the misadventures of a strange love triangle between the two youth and the sister of one of them who tries to cross the 90 miles that separate Cuba from Miami.
Read MoreFrom today until September 29, nominations of candidates for delegates to the Municipal Assemblies of People’s Power will be made in the neighborhoods across the island. The National Electoral Commission envisions that close to 8.5 million people are eligible to vote.
Read MoreThe National Statistics Office of Cuba (ONE) reports that the country is producing less food than five years ago, while food prices rose 20 percent in 2011 alone.
Read MoreSeveral political dissidents were detained for several hours in Havana on Saturday after being stopped en route to a meeting of the opposition group Estado de SATS, reports the Cubaencuentro website. Short-term detentions, with no charges filed, has become the routine method used of late by State Securty.
Read MoreThe following is the monthly calendar (in Spanish) of film showings at the Cinemateca de Cuba which includes the Charles Chaplin theater and the Charlot videoteca, both located on 23rd St. between 10th and 12th in Havana’s Vedado District.
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