Fidel Castro turns 86 on Monday August 13, in a stage of his life where he seldom appears in public. The man who governed Cuba for nearly a half century still writes newspaper columns, which are also read word for word on the national television news.
Read MoreIsrael Rojas (a member of the popular musical duo Buena Fe) protested Cuban television’s censorship of his latest music video “Ser del Sol” (Being of the Sun), which is about a homosexual relationship between two women.
Read MoreCuban Santeria priest Jose Manuel Rodriguez was charged on Wednesday by police in Puerto Rico of killing Brendali Sierra Ramos, a leading businessperson.
Read MoreThe Buena Vista Social Club Orchestra and diva Omara Portuondo will be showcased today at the Castell de Peralada Festival, being held until August 22 in Spain.
Read MoreThree Cuban national soccer team players, Yenier Marquez, Alain Cervantes and Aliannis Urguelles, resigned noted Mario Herrera, the soccer commentator on the Cuban radio station COCO.
Read MoreFour Cubans will climb into the ring today to box in the semi-finals of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Read MoreWith the title Irremediablemente juntos (Hopelessly Together), theaters around Havana are showing the latest film by Jorge Luis Sanchez, who previously gave us his hit film El Benny and much earlier directed several important documentaries for the history of Cuban cinema.
Read MoreCuban runner Dayron Robles suffered an unexpected pulled muscle when taking the fifth hurdle as he competed in the final of the 110-meter hurdle run, thus dashing the hopes of the Cuban idol and world record holder.
Read MoreThe leader of the Socialist Youth of Spain, Nino Torre, yesterday urged the governing Spanish Popular Party to give an explanation if it is confirmed that Angel Carromero (the leader of that organization’s youth organization) traveled to Cuba to fund dissidents.
Read MoreThis year Cuba will have its first solar photovoltaic power plant, said Mario Alberto Arrastia, a specialist with the Cubaenergia company. In an attempt to break with the traditional fossil fuels based approach, the plant will produce 1,500 megawatts (MW) of energy.
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