Cuban pole-vaulter Yarisley Silva will participate in the Diamond League in Stockholm, Sweden, on Friday, which will be her first competition since walking away with the silver medal in the recently concluded Olympic Games.
Read MoreThe famous Cuban saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera will perform this week in celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of the prestigious Café Central jazz club in Madrid, reports the website El Norte de Castilla.
Read MoreThe vice president of Cuba’s Council of State, Esteban Lazo, traveled to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to attend today and tomorrow’s inauguration of centrist Danilo Medina, the newly elected president of that country.
Read MoreThe blog of Cuba’s new left Critical Observatory Network (Red Observatorio Critico) reached the figure of 100,000 visits on Tuesday, reads a note on the website of the group, which — based on the island — declares itself “anti-authoritarian and anti-capitalist.”
Read MoreOver 70 percent of the electric generators purchased by Venezuela from Cuba are currently out of service due to a lack of spare parts and maintenance, said Victor Poleo, a one-time official of the former Ministry of Energy and Mines of that South American nation.
Read MoreOn the morning of August 14, 1867, in the eastern Cuban province of Bayamo, independence leader Perucho Figueredo composed the La Bayamesa military march, which became Cuba’s National Anthem.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, 1,500 census offices will open across Cuba, where for three months preparation will be underway for conducting, implementing and monitoring the national survey, to be carried out from September 15 to 24.
Read MorePerformances by Cuban musician X Alfonso and his band were well received at the La Cueva cultural center, in the Germanic capital, as part of the group’s current European tour. The singer will now perfrom in Sweden.
Read MoreCuba and China signed agreements on Saturday in Havana to conduct joint research on therapeutic antibodies for treating cancer and to facilitate the rehabilitation of motor functions of the brain.
Read MoreThe medical team within the Cuban delegation at the London Olympics revealed yesterday that sprinter Dayron Robles suffered a torn muscle in his right leg and is undergoing treatment.
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