Marino Murillo, Vice-president of the Council of Ministers, said today in this capital that Cuban farmers are ready to increase agricultural yield, in order to contribute to the replacement of imports
Threats against Cuba were increasing more than usual and after the tragic incidents that took place at the Peruvian embassy in 1980, statements from US officials and the movements of naval units against the island were on a daily basis
I dare to imagine that day as a beautiful Sunday. It was 50 years ago on May 15th, 1960, during a in a fishing day and later at the award ceremony of the 11th Ernest Hemingway International Marlin Fishing Tournament
After two initial months showing decreases in the amount of visitors, in March and April Cuba recovered its grounds to ratify itself as a leading Caribbean destination in tourism, although it has access to only 50 percent of its natural market because of the U.S. blockade
Newsweek magazine published in its website what may be called the funeral march of the Cuban Revolution: just another one.
The public debate these days has gone from the everyday problems to the baseball play-off series, Villa Clara vs Industriales
The media campaign against Cuba goes beyond the limits of imagination. Now the new farce is endorsed by the U.S. State Department spokesman, Philip Crowley: Cuban dissident Darsi Ferrer was awarded the “honorable mention” of the 2009 Defenders of Freedom Award
“A 65-year-old woman has been on a hunger strike for 25 days in Spain.” The newswire does not mention the woman’s name
With 12 Grammy awards to its credit and millions of young fans in Iberoamerica, Puerto Rican band Calle 13 has its feet well set on the ground and it has found “a map” for authenticity
In 1997, filmmaker Steven Spielberg recreated in one of his films the story of a schooner which left Havana in the nineteenth century, full of slaves who rebelled and after taking command of the ship ended up in a point very close to the American coast of Long Island