Limitations set on Cuban mail to the U.S.

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Cuban postal service will not mail any letter or package addressed to the United States weighing more than 453 grams (16 oz.), the daily Granma announced Thursday. Read More

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Wife of former Alimport leader dies in plane crash

<p style="text-align: justify;">The wife of long-time Alimport Chairman Pedro Álvarez Borrego was among the 65 victims of the Nov. 4 crash of an Aerocaribbean ATR-72 en route from Santiago to Havana, exile Web site Diario de Cuba reported. Read More

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Piñón on Energy: China taking on strategic role in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">China could play a very important and strategic future role in Cuba’s energy sector.According to a recent Reuters report, Chinese engineering and construction companies, backed by Venezuelan-guaranteed loans,are to build the new Cienfuegos heavy oil refinery and associated industries such as liquefied natural gas and petrochemical plants. These projects signal China’s strategic interest in Cuba. Read More

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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Yuris Nórido. Before I began reading I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem, I found a singular confession of the author, Maryse Condé, "Tituba and I have lived in close intimacy for a year. During our very long conversation, she has told me these things that she had not confided to anyone." And such ease with which Maryse speaks of the supernatural will accompany us throughout the book. Read More

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China vows closer ties with Cuba amid "complex international circumstances"

<p style="text-align: justify;">21:14, November 25, 2010. China on Thursday vowed to boost mutual support and understanding with Cuba and deal with challenges arising from "complex international circumstances." Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping meets with Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada (L), president of the Cuban National Assembly of People's Power, in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 25, 2010. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng) Read More

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JoJazz Music Contest in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">The JoJazz Contest 2010 is one of the proposals of great importance for the booming jazz movement in Cuba by early 2010, which will highlight the legacy of outstanding contrabassist Orlando (Cachaito) Lopez (1933-2009). The 13th edition of that contest, starting November 25 through 28, will prove what the islanda´s new jazz musicians can do on stage. Read More

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Cuba says islanders perform miracles for their wages to endure the whole month

<p style="text-align: justify;">The island nation says it will update its economic model to make it "more socialist." MADRID, 24 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) The ruling Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) has recognized&nbsp; the islanders have become "specialists in domestic figures" because they have to perform "miracles" for their salaries to endure the whole month in a "sort of subsistence economy." Read More

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Cuba starts process of reform in 2010

<p style="text-align: justify;">20:36, November 24, 2010.The Cuban government launched an "unavoidable" process of economic reform in 2010 involving a shift away from state-run to private business, with the goal of "updating" the socialist model. The authorities said reform was an economic "update" plan for the island country, based on the ideological premise that "only socialism is capable of overcoming difficulties and preserving the achievements of the Revolution." Read More

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Authentic Cuba Travel Announces 4 Cuba Education Tours for 2011

<p style="text-align: justify;">Authentic Cuba Travel Announces 4 Cuba Education Tours for 2011 -- North American Educators to Explore Cuban Educational System, Registration Limited PRWeb.Under the auspices of the Cuban Teacher Union, the University of Havana and the University of Santiago de Cuba, Authentic Cuba Travel has launched four official tours to Cuba for North American professors, teachers, and educators for 2011. Read More

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Cigar Lovers Meet in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Tomas Armenteros Crespo. Once again, the prestige of Cuban cigars summoned demanding smokers from all over the world to reaffirm the importance of this product, this time via Partagas trademark. Read More

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