Havana Times will be on the scene in Charlotte, North Carolina for the Democratic Party Convention the first week of September. We will focus on the 6,000 delegates from around the USA and their role in drafting the party platform.
Read MoreAfter exiting Haiti, Tropical Storm Isaac will move near or over Eastern Cuba on Saturday, it is expected to skirt the north coastline later today and then approach the Florida Keys, probably with hurricane strength on Sunday.
Read MoreThe winds of Tropical Storm Isaac have increased to 70 mph as it readies for a landfall in Haiti in the coming hours, before continuing on to eastern Cuba. At 11:00 p.m. the center was located by the National Hurricane Center at 65 miles south-southwest of Port Au Prince, Haiti and 245 miles southeast of Guantanamo, Cuba.
Read MoreA political opposition group, the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation, reported on Thursday that dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer was arrested at his home in Santiago de Cuba.
Read MoreCuban experts on Thursday began studying rock paintings that were previously unknown to scientists on the island. These representations are located in the Los Panaderos Cave, in eastern Holguin Province.
Read MoreAn Argentinian trade mission will travel to Havana in September as an advance party for that South American nation’s participation in the 30th International Havana Trade Fair (FIHAV 2012).
Read MoreCuban boxing coach Blas Iglesias could become the first foreign coach to receive New Delhi, India’s Dronacharya Award.
Read MoreThe first “Virgilio Piñera International Theatre Festival” is being held in Miami from August 17 to September 22 under the title “Un fogonazo del absurdo” (An Explosion of the Absurd), in honor of the centenary of the birth of the prolific Cuban playwright.
Read MoreCuba’s civil defense system issued an advisory, kicking off preparations the passing of Tropical Storm Isaac. A tropical storm warning is in effect for the eastern and central provinces of the island. Isaac currently packs 60 mph winds and is moving west-northwest at 14 miles per hour.
Read MoreAs Tropical Storm Isaac churns swiftly into the mid Caribbean a warning is out for heavy seas on the northeastern coast of Cuba with possible flooding in low-lying areas beginning Friday afternoon.
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