Cuban athlete Yarelis Barrios (who was a silver medalist at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, the World Championships in Osaka in 2007 and in Berlin in 2009), once again walked away with the silver medal in the discus throw – this time at the Zurich Diamond League athletics rally.
Read MoreThe authors of the five best-selling titles in Cuba this summer — three of them about sexuality — were awarded on Friday on Havana’s Paseo del Prado esplanade during the Festival of Books and Reading.
Read MoreThe US Republican running mate, Paul Ryan, committed an error by supporting the ending of the embargo against Cuba for years, but now he has corrected his position, said Cuban-American Congressional representative Mario Diaz-Balart on Thursday.
Read MoreThe general secretary of the Workers’ Central Union of Cuba (CTC), Salvador Valdes, speaking on national television on Friday, predicted mass participation by the members of that organization in the upcoming general elections.
Read MoreThe Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil, Fernando Pimentel, signed an agreement on Thursday in Havana granting a $200 million loan to the island for agricultural development.
Read MoreHow many homosexuals are there in Cuba? How many same-sex couples are living together? How many transsexuals does the island have? And how many bisexual and lesbian households exist in Cuba? Cuban blogger Francisco Rodriguez wants some answers.
Read MoreCuban-American politicians were prominent in the news this last week before and during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida. We take a look at events involving Senator Marco Rubio, Rep. David Rivera and candidate Joe Garcia.
Read MoreWe present you our Havana Cultural Calendar for September. Since many of the venues for concerts and other activities do not publish a monthly calendar of events we will be adding onto our calendar as the month progresses and further information is made available.
Read MoreThe US Treasury Department is implementing new measures that impede the “People to People Program,” established under President Barack Obama in 2011 to facilitate travel between that country and Cuba.
Read MoreThe current economic reforms being implemented by Cuban President Raul Castro will be insufficient to raise the living standards of the island’s people, according to a study released on Monday in Havana by the local Catholic magazine Espacio Laical.
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