A combined arsenal of five top Cuban aces and six “showcase’ Team USA hurlers shut down the opposing offenses in a classic thriller that stretched into extra frames and eventually found the Americans coming out on top by a slim 2-1 count in a contest ultimately decided via the once-lambasted but now increasingly celebrated extra-inning tiebreaker format.
Read MoreProtests were held across the country this weekend after a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty on charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.
Read MoreWithin 24 hours of arriving to Cuba almost three years ago I made the following conclusions about the society at large: smoking is allowed anywhere, yelling long distances is an accepted form of social interaction; and it is never acceptable to snitch on someone stealing something from their workplace..
Read MoreMaking Cuba’s official discourse reflect more and more aspects of everyday reality may well be one of the most important political processes undertaken on the island today. President Raul Castro’s pronouncements Sunday to the parliament were a clear expression of this process.
Read MoreSunday’s second-straight 4-0 shutout victory over the Dutch seemed to put an end to a run of almost uninterrupted recent Orange successes against Cuba, which was crowned the champion of the World Port Tournament.
Read MoreCuba’s Leuis Pupo, winner of an Olympic gold medal at London 2012, failed to obtain a medal at the World Shooting Cup held in Granada, Spain, participating in the rapid 25-meter shoot.
Read MoreTeam Cuba split a pair of tight games with resurgent Chinese Taipei on Thursday night (3-1) and Friday afternoon (1-2) and now stands on the verge of reaching Sunday’s tournament final. All that is needed now is a repeat performance of last Saturday’s tournament-opening 3-0 whitewashing of a spunky Curacao.
Read MoreWe begin today’s special on whistleblowers with Edward Snowden, who came forward in June as the man who leaked details about the National Security Agency secret programs to spy on Americans, foreign governments and individuals around the world.
Read MoreCuban hammer thrower Yipsi Moreno obtained a gold medal at the Stanislass competition in Nancy, Franch, with a 73.23 meter launch, JIT Online reported.
Read MoreMore and more closets are being torn open across the island, to the ultimate benefit of Cuban culture. This past Saturday (June 20) saw the inauguration of an art exhibition showing a collection of homoerotic drawings by renowned Cuban painter Servando Cabrera Moreno (1923-1981).
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