It was a most unlikely debut staged in a most unlikely venue, but with his brief appearance in the ninth inning of Saturday night’s big league season opener between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona D-Backs, former Las Tunas shortstop Alex Guerrero entered the record books as the 175th Cuban native to appear in a major league uniform.
Read MoreAll writers dream with launching a book without having people yawn out of boredom. If capturing the attention and earning the admiration of an audience is a success in and of itself, then poet Antonio Salvador (born in Puerto Rico, but every bit as Cuban as the rest of us) should no doubt feel very satisfied.
Read MoreAn audit at the International School of Film and Television (EICTV) of Cuba uncovered serious irregularities leading to the arrest of three employees and the resignation of the director.
Read MoreThe following is the monthly calendar for May 2013 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 MoreNicolas Maduro was sworn in yesterday as interim president of Venezuela before the National Assembly, the same day as the funeral of President Hugo Chavez, who died after a nearly two-year fight against cancer. Maduro then asked the board of elections to call a new presidential election, which they did on Saturday, setting the date for April 14, 2013.
Read MoreWhile Cuba’s vaunted national team was reestablishing some much-needed credibility last month at the Haarlem Baseball Week, ex-patriot Cuban players were also continuing to make considerable noise on more-celebrated major league diamonds.
Read MoreOakland A’s rookie slugger Yoennis Céspedes has already surrendered his share of the Cuban League single-season home run record. But apparently not looking back, Céspedes has been busy enough making his own loud splash at the big league level during Major League Baseball’s opening week.
Read MoreHavana Film Festival (Dec. 1-11) tickets go on sale on Monday in the Cuban capital. As in recent years a “passport” good for 15 films cost 20 regular Cuban pesos (0.80 USD). Over a dozen cinemas will be presenting the several hundred films throughout the festival. The festival is a favorite among Havana residents, many of whom save up their vacation time for this time of year.
Read MoreThere’s no doubt that Peteco was one of the most colorful characters in Havana’s intellectual life of the 1980s and ‘90s.
Read MoreRafael knew what awaited him if he returned to the island branded a counter-revolutionary: public ridicule, his children shamed, psychological abuse of his wife, evil stares, telephone calls…
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