The previously undefeated Cuban youth baseball team (with players under the age of 15) went down in defeat on Monday to the Venezuelan team during the final game of the World Baseball tournament being held in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Read MoreCanadian citizen Horacio “Odaine” Lumley was found dead after falling from third-floor balcony of a hotel at Cuba’s famous Varadero beach resort, reported the Café Fuerte website on Saturday.
Read MoreCuban cyclist Lisandra Guerra has risen to fifth place in world rankings in the cycling sprint category, with 240 points, announced the International Cycling Union (UCI) on Monday.
Read MoreCuban activist and theorist Pedro Campos wound up as the winner of the 2012 Casa Cuba essay contest sponsored in Havana by the Catholic magazine Espacio Laical and the Centro Cultural Padre Felix Varela.
Read MoreAward-winning Cuban jazz musician Chucho Valdes said on Sunday in San Jose, Costa Rica, that his retirement from the stage is still far off, but that when he finally has to do that, his suffering will be “of a grand magnitude.”
Read MoreJose Daniel Ferrer, the leader of the political opposition group Union Patriotica de Cuba, was released on Sunday morning after being held incommunicado since last Thursday in Santiago de Cuba.
Read MoreCuba’s Ministry of Public Health announced today that the recent outbreak of cholera in eastern part of the island is now over, after having registered a total of 417 cases, including three deaths.
Read MoreTropical Storm Isaac gained a little in organization and strength last night as it churns on a northwest track in the direction of New Orleans or further east on the Gulf Coast. Back in Cuba, rains persist in a large part of the country. No serious damage to infrastructure or loss of life has been reported.
Read MoreTropical Storm Isaac swept over eastern Cuba Sunday, bringing heavy rains and strong winds a day after hitting Haiti. It was expected to next head towards the Florida Keys.
Read MoreThe center of Tropical Storm Isaac left Cuban territory near Guardalavaca, Holguin at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday afternoon with no loss of life or serious injuries reported thus far. At 8:00 p.m. Isaac was located by the National Hurricane Center at 80 miles (130 km) east-northeast of Camaguey.
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