Only days after the festivities and nights of partying ended from the famous Santiago de Cuba carnival (July 21-29) the city dressed for a funeral to honor its fallen martyrs. July 30th marked the 55th anniversary of the 1957 murder on order of the young urban rebel leaders Frank Pais and Raul Pujol Arencibia at the hands of hired hands of the dictator Fulgencio Batista. (21 fotos)
Read MoreCuba’s National Council for the Performing Arts, an institution under the Ministry of Culture, gave its support to the cultural project “Opera in the Street,” which was recently questioned and punished by some political and administrative bodies on the island.
Read MoreCuba’s Ministry of Interior issued a formal report on the investigation of the accident that killed two opposition figures, one of whom was Oswaldo Paya Sardinas, the leader of the Christian Liberation Movement, the largest dissident group in the country.
Read MoreThe Cuban authorities stated today that Angel Carromero, the Spanish driver of the crashed vehicle in which dissidents Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero died last Sunday, is responsible for the tragedy.
Read MoreTypical hot humid summer weather will continue for the period. Some afternoon rain is a possibility on Thursday, Friday and Saturday with the rest of the period expected to be partly cloudy in the capital. The maximum temperatures will remain stable at a high of 33°C (90°F) and minimum temperatures will not dip below 24°C (75°F).
Read MoreCuban president Raul Castro said today that his offer to talk with the United States still stands, including topics such as human rights and freedom of the press, if the dialogue takes place “under equal conditions.”
Read MoreDozens arrested on Tuesday during the funeral Mass for the dissident Oswaldo Paya were released by Cuban police by Wednesday. The citizens were arrested after shouting Freedom, Freedom!, which is taken by the authorities as a counterrevolutionary slogan.
Read MoreCuban president Raul Castro spoke on Monday at the closing of the first of two brief annual sessions of the Cuban legislature. His main theme was the advance of the economic reforms on the island. We present you an official translation of the complete speech.
Read MoreGuillermo Farinas and other Cuban dissidents were detained Tuesday in Havana, at the end of the funeral mass for Oswaldo Paya. Paya, 60, regarded by Cuban authorities as a key opposition figure, was killed in a car accident late Sunday.
Read MoreThe bi-annual meeting of Cuba’s National Assembly of Popular Power (parliament) concluded on Sunday without the body taking up the issue of immigration reform, despite Cuban President Raul Castro having announced such an action on two separate occasions.
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