As I learned about Haitian President Michel Martelly’s recent visit to Cuba, I was forced to reflect on my childhood memories in La Guira, Banes, a United Fruit Company Soweto-type, sugar cane plantation community in Holguin.
Read MoreThe massive destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy in New York, New Jersey and elsewhere in the United States prevented the media from reporting about another massive destruction that has crippled Santiago de Cuba and placed nearly one million people on the brink of economic collapse and created even greater uncertainty about the future of this 500-year-old city.
Read MoreOn September 18, 1980, a joint Soviet Union-Cuba exploration spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the former Soviet Union, under the command of Colonel Yuri Romanenko and the Cuban Colonel, Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez.
Read MoreThe following is the monthly calendar (in Spanish) of film showings at the Cinemateca de Cuba which includes the Charles Chaplin theater and the Charlot videoteca, both located on 23rd St. between 10th and 12th in Havana’s Vedado District.
Read MoreThe following is the monthly calendar of film showings for July 2012 at the Cinemateca de Cuba which includes the Charles Chaplin theater and the Charlot videoteca, both located on 23rd St. between 10th and 12th in Havana’s Vedado District. For more information call (537) 838-2844 or write [email protected].
Read MoreThe history of Guantanamo is cruel, sinister and associated with tragedy and misfortune. Before the revolution this was the most neglected and backward area of the country, one where education, health care, communications, sports, industry and culture were noted for their low levels.
Read MoreCiego de Avila’s 20-0 “super knockout” thrashing of Granma in last night’s Oriental League opening semifinals contest was hardly very gripping or even faintly artistic. But it certainly was a game that put several dents in the professional baseball record books.
Read MoreHere is the film list for the Chaplin Theater and the Charlot Video Room for the month of April. A highlight of the month will be the director of Oscar winner The Separation presenting his film as well as a weeklong Young Filmakers Festival.
Read MoreThe Charles Chaplin Theater in Havana, which also hosts the Charlot Video Room, presents the most varied selection of films offered in Cuban cinemas with a program that usually changes daily. The showings are often by country or by theme.
Read MoreThe following is the monthly calendar of film showings for February at the Cinemateca de Cuba which includes the Charles Chaplin theater and the Charlot videoteca, both located on 23rd St. between 10th and 12th in Havana’s Vedado District.
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