Following a meeting with representatives of the 8-nation ALBA bloc, Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Sunday that those nations have not yet decided whether they will be attending the Summit of the Americas in Cartegena, Colombia.
Read MoreCuban pianist and composer Frank Fernandez has been invited to the reopening of the Bolshoi Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, set for on March 22, according to statements by the artist in Havana.
Read MoreCuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes got off to a fairy tale start in Major League Baseball on Saturday with his debut in the Spring Training Grapefruit League. In three at-bats he managed a walk, single and solo home run. He drove in two runs and also caught the only ball hit his way to top off the perfect day.
Read MoreA 4.8 magnitude earthquake was felt in several southeastern Cuban municipalities in the early morning on Saturday. No injuries or damage has been thus far reported.
Read MoreJuan Manuel Corzo, president of the Colombian legislature, spoke Thursday with his Cuban counterpart, Ricardo Alarcon, to strengthen inter-parliamentary ties.
Read MoreThe family of American Alan Gross, who is serving a sentence of 15 years in prison in Cuba, has appealed to Pope Benedict XVI to intercede for his release. Pope Benedict XVI will be in Cuba from March 26-28.
Read MoreThe Third Meeting of Young Critique and Research “Thinking Cuba” is being held today and tomorrow in the capital at the Pabellón Cuba facility sponsored by the Association Hermanos Saiz (AHS).
Read MoreThe Havana Numismatic Museum put on display this past Friday coins and medals relating to the history of the Vatican, in an exhibit consisting of items from different pontifical periods.
Read MoreFormer inmate Yoel Gonzalez Vargas, one of the 2,900 criminals pardoned by Raul Castro in December, is a fugitive from justice after being accused of assault, reported the Café Fuerte website.
Read MoreCuba blamed the United States on Thursday for keeping it from attending next month’s Summit of the Americas.”There has been no surprise,” Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez told a press conference in Havana. “It’s been the chronicle of an exclusion foretold.”
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