Radio and Television Marti, based in Florida, criticized Havana Archbishop Jaime Ortega on Thursday for his recent statements concerning 13 people who took over a Catholic church on the island in March just before the Pope’s visit to the island.
Read MoreMexican senators Francisco Arroyo Vieyra, Yeidckol Polevnsky and Carlos Sotelo, who attended a parliamentary meeting in Havana, believe that Mexico could forgive the debt owed to it by Cuba, reported the Mexican daily La Jornada.
Read MoreCiego de Avila defeated Las Tunas 4-1 on Sunday and now heads into the semifinals of the Eastern Division of the Cuban Baseball League against Granma.
Read MoreUS agent Alan Gross, 63, is getting desperate in a Cuban jail where he is serving the third year of a 15-year sentence for endangering the island’s national security.
Read MorePedro Luis Lazo, the towering right hander who pitched 20 seasons with Pinar del Rio in the Cuban Baseball League, has come out of a 14-month retirement and will pitch for the Pirates of Campeche in the Mexican League (Triple A Level).
Read MoreCinderella Matanzas in the west and surprising Granma in the east, have made it to the semifinals of the Cuban Baseball League. Both teams came from behind to defeat Sancti Spiritus and Villa Clara.
Read MoreThe 47th Capablanca Memorial Chess Tournament will begin today at the Riviera Hotel in the capital. Russian players Ian Nepomniachtchi (with an ELO rating of 2,716) and Vladimir Potkin (2,642); Czech competitor Victor Laznicka (2,693), and local players Leinier Dominguez (2,725) and Yuniesky Quesada (2,625) will be the main challengers to “Chucky” – who will attempt to retain his crown.
Read MoreThe award-winning Spanish actress Victoria Abril will attend the First Latin American Monologue Festival, which is being organized by the Tomas Terry Theater in Cienfuegos, confirmed the head of the institution.
Read MorePoets from Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Angola, the United States and Cuba are sharing their works from May 2 to 7 in the eastern provinces of Cuba as part of the International Conference of Verse.
Read MoreGranma newspaper reported today on a letter from Pope Benedict XVI that was sent to Raul Castro on April 3 expressing the Pope’s appreciation for the welcome he received on the island during his apostolic visit in March.
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