Belarus President Meets with Cuba’s Economic Czar
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday received Cuban “reform czar” Marino Murillo, who is on a working visit to the European nation.
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Fishing Tourney Concludes Today in Guillermo Kay
The Third International Jardines del Rey “Big Game Trolling” Tournament, concludes today in Cayo Guillermo, on the northern coast of the central province of Ciego de Avila.
Read MoreChina-Cuba Economic Agenda Progresses
Cuba and China are making progress on the development of a medium-term economic agenda, said the island’s first deputy minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Orlando Hernandez today in Beijing.
Read MoreBrouwer-Flamenco Project Tour
The Brouwer-flamenco Guitar Project, which performed at the recently concluded Leo Brouwer Festival of Chamber Music, will tour several countries, said the group’s leader, Cuban-born guitarist Joshua Tacoronte.
Read MoreNo Change Envisioned in US Visa Requirements for Cubans
US visa requirements for Cuban citizens will remain “unchanged,” meaning they will “still need a visa or valid permission to enter this country,” said US State Department spokesman William Ostick.
Read MoreEver Fonseca Wins National Arts Award 2012
This year’s coveted National Award for Arts was awarded on Thursday to Havana painter, sculptor and ceramist Ever Fonseca. “Only death will stop me,” said Fonseca, a member of the International Association of Artists.
Read MoreDissident Handed 2.5-Year Prison Sentence
The Municipal Court in Guantanamo Province sentenced political opposition figure Rafael Matos Montes de Oca to two years and six months in prison on charges of “predisposition for social dangerousness,” according to the independent Hablemos Press agency.
Read MoreDissidents in Madrid Urge “Discretion” over Immigration Reform
The Observatorio Cubano de Derechos Humanos, funded by the controversial US National Endowment for Democracy and based in Madrid, warned on Wednesday about the “wide margin of discretion” maintained in the hands of Cuban authorities with respect to the new immigration reform on the island.
Read MoreUK Hails Cuban Immigration Reform
The British government applauded the reform of Cuban immigration policy announced on Wednesday by the Cuban government, considering it a “positive step” toward “freedom of movement by Cubans.”
Read MoreFidel Congratulates ‘Giron’ Med School Graduates
The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, on Wednesday sent written congratulations to all graduates of the Victory at Giron Institute of Basic and Pre-Clinical Medical Sciences in Havana.
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