The Cuban government projects to lay off 170,000 workers this year as part of a reorganization plan aimed at “updating” the island’s socio-economic system. Large scale layoffs are a keystone of the government’s attempt to rescue the depressed economy. The only labor union federation, the CTC, fully supports the layoff program.
Read MoreThe Cuban women’s squad will play in the NORCECA pre-Olympic volleyball matches in Mexico from April 27 to May 6, with the hope to win a ticket to the London Olympics.
Read MoreThe US Committee to Free the Cuban Five announced that on Monday a full page ad will be published in The Washington Post demanding freedom for the five Cuban intelligence operatives imprisoned in that country.
Read MoreCuban guitarist and composer Leo Brouwer will conduct the Zagreb Symphony Orchestra today in its “Star Series.” The concert will be held in the capital city’s Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall.
Read MoreA group of Cuban-Americans met on April 16 and 17 in Washington with US congressional representatives, members of the US State Department and the Cuba Interests Section in the US to exchange views on relations between the two countries.
Read MoreOne of the top prizes at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival has gone to Cuban actor Javier Nuñez Florian, who went missing upon arriving in the US for the annual movie competition.
Read MoreThe transfers of ownership of motor vehicles and housing continues to rise after its legalization last year. Emerging from decades of prohibition of sales and transfers, the tendency is for such an increase in transactions to continue.
Read MoreThe Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation has received support from the European Union to launch the creation of the Mozart Lyceum of Havana in October of this year.
Read MoreThe secretary general of the Organization of American States, Jose Miguel Insulza, said on Tuesday in Washington that the inclusion of Cuba in the next Summit of the Americas is a problem that the US must solve.
Read MoreThe Cuban state-run oil company Cupet began repairing its deteriorated Cardenas-Matanzas pipeline as part of gradual improvements being made in that industry on the island.
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