Cuba News Headlines. Cuban Daily News - Havana

Cuban First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura met in Peru

nesy — Sat, 17 May 2008 07:55:45 -0400

Cuban First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura met in this capital with Cyprus President Demetris Christofias, and Paraguay's President-Elect Fernando Lugo.

School Ship ‘Capitan Miranda’ of Uruguayan Navy will Visit Cuba

nesy — Sat, 17 May 2008 07:48:09 -0400

The Ministry of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR) announced on Friday that the ‘Capitan Miranda’ School Sailing Ship of the Uruguayan Navy will arrive in Cuba on Saturday for an official visit until May 27th.

Cuba’s National Statistics Office presented a new publication Thursday entitled Cuba’s Environmental Panorama 2007

nesy — Sat, 17 May 2008 07:40:53 -0400

Cuba’s National Statistics Office presented a new publication Thursday entitled Cuba’s Environmental Panorama 2007 as part of activities leading up to World Environment Day on June 5.

Brazilian Troupe at Havana’s Theater Season

nesy — Sat, 17 May 2008 07:34:22 -0400

The exquisite sensitivity and humor of circus performance was brought to Havana’s Mella Theater by Brazil’s Udi Grudi Comic Musical Theater.

Cuban pianist Robertico Carcasses: Five Years of Timba-Funk

nesy — Sat, 17 May 2008 07:27:49 -0400

Last week, Cuban pianist Robertico Carcasses celebrated five years at the helm of the Interactivo project that mixes jazz, rock and rap; for which he deserves to be called a pioneer of timba-funk.

Uxi, a Cuban magazine dedicated to Free Software and Open Codes by the University of Information Sciences

nesy — Sat, 17 May 2008 07:23:42 -0400

Uxi is the name of a Cuban magazine with an electronic format published by the Universidad en las Ciencias Informáticas (University of Information Sciences) (UCI in Spanish), which is accessed free of charge and its contents are in Spanish.

"Love in Times of Cholera" of Garcia Marquez Novel on Film in Havana, Cuba

nesy — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:36:03 -0400

The version for the big screen of the novel "El amor en los tiempos del colera" (Love in Times of Cholera) by Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1982 Nobel Literature Prize, attracts the attention of film buffs in Havana.

In Havana, Cuba: Cuban Translators Hold Symposium

nesy — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:21:08 -0400

Veteran and young members of Cuba’s main translating entity: ESTI (Team of Translation and Interpreting Services), are participating in a three-day symposium in Havana as part of activities to commemorate the 35th anniversary of this organization that offers its services in more than 15 languages.

250 delegates in 2nd World Meeting on Women, Gender and the Law Begins in Havana

nesy — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:08:05 -0400

The meeting will be attended by some 250 delegates from Cuba and Latin American and European countries.

Prima Ballerina Assoluta Alicia Alonso to receive the Golden Medal of Merit in Fine Arts from Spain

nesy — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:01:31 -0400

The famous choreographer and Prima Ballerina Assoluta Alicia Alonso will receive the Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Arts from the Spanish Council of Ministers, which every year awards personalities or entities that contribute to the promotion and spreading of art, culture and artistic heritage.