The internal dissident movement in Cuba faces some big challenges in 2011, after ending the year with low marks from the top U.S. diplomat in Havana, according to confidential cables made public by Wikileaks.
Read MoreComing off a successful fall and summer tournament season, Team Cuba has once again retained its prestigious top slot in the IBAF (International Baseball Federation) World Baseball Rankings.
Read MoreEarlier this year (2010), Aduana General de la República de Cuba (General Customs of the Republic of Cuba) updated their website. Known as AduaCuba and located at www.aduana.co.cu, it is available in both Spanish and English, although the English section is not as comprehensive.
Read MoreThere are several locations in Cuba called Morón, found in the provinces of Ciego de Ávila, Santiago de Cuba, Matanzas and La Habana. We assume you are talking about the Morón that is located about 40 km due north of Ciego de Ávila, surrounded on the north and east by a vast quagmire of sedge, water and reed in the path of major birth migration routes, and on the route to the islet of Cayo Coco, which is visited by many Canadians.
Read MoreA traveler can either take out an insurance policy in one’s home country before departure, or can choose to take out a policy of insurance and assistance from a Cuban insurance company (Asistur S.A.) upon arrival at the airport, port or marina.
Read MoreRecently, the Instituto has undergone major renovation and reconstruction (almost complete), financed by the state, to make it more modern, more comfortable for patients, and outfitted with updated technology.
Read MoreThe Cuban women’s volleyball team won their first match after two losses at the World Championships by edging Kazakhstan three sets to two (25-20 15-25 25-27 25-23 10-15) on Sunday.
Read MoreCuba will face The Netherlands in the championship game on Sunday of the Intercontinental Cup baseball tournament being played in Taiwan. On Saturday the Cubans came from behind to defeat Italy 5-3 and conclude the first two rounds of play undefeated.
Read MoreOne of the ways we extol violence —us, regular people, those of us who don’t have the power to decide who we go to war with or not— is through our national anthems.
Read MoreTwo perfect games during international tournament competitions by the same pitcher is something never before witnessed in the almost three-quarters-of-a-century history of such matches. That these unique games occurred in that pitcher’s first-ever two starts is far more significantly ground-breaking still.
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