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September 8th

Cuba´s President Raul Castro met with Venezuela Defense Minister

Cuba´s President Raul Castro met with Venezuela Defense Minister Gustavo Reyes Rangel, who is heading a delegation appointed by President Hugo Chavez, Cuban media reported on Sunday. Read More

Cuba hit by Hurricane Ike after midnight

Hurricane Ike has reach the shores of Cuba during the midnight from Sunday to Monday. Authorities in the island report that high winds and heavy rain hit the east of the island, flooding low level areas and causing rivers to burst their banks. Forecasts predicts that Ike will travel across Cuba from east to west and will leave in a point between Matanzas and Havana. Read More

September 7th

Hurricane Ike will reach Cuba tonight.

On this track, the core of the hurricane will move near or over eastern Cuba tonight, and near or over central Cuba late Monday, the USA National Hurricane center said. Read More

Judoca Víctor Sánchez primer cubano en competir en Beijing

El judoca Víctor Sánchez será el primer atleta discapacitado cubano en competir en los Juegos de la XIII Paralimpiada, cuando comiencen las acciones de esa disciplina hoy en el Gimnasio de los Trabajadores.<br /> Read More

Continuum: Slovakian Art in Cuba

The work of Slovakian artists caught the attention of Havana residents until the early 1990s, thanks to the intense work developed by the former Casa de la Cultura Checa cultural center, which was located on one of Havana’s busiest streets.<br /> Read More

Cuba: Fewer Guns, More Tourists

Guns tend to scare away tourists and keep locals in their homes after dark. There are few capitals left in the hemisphere like Havana, where you don’t feel like the nighttime is your enemy. Read More

US tops Cuba 1-0 in 1st trip to island in 61 years

Fans with the face covered cheer prior to a World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match between Cuba and United States in Havana Read More

National Defense Staff declared the alert stage (watch), today for the eastern provinces for Cuba

Cuba’s National Defense Staff declared the Alert stage (watch), today at four p.m., for the eastern provinces of Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba, Granma, Holguin, Las Tunas and Camaguey in the face of the possible track of hurricane Ike. Read More

Hurricane Ike near Turks and Caicos; Cuba braces

The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the large eye of an &quot;extremely dangerous&quot; Hurricane Ike is lurking &quot;near or over&quot; the Turks and Caicos islands as a fierce Category 4 storm. Read More

Hurricane Ike weakens, still a menace to Cuba

Hurricane Ike weakened on Saturday but still menaced Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico as a potentially ferocious storm while Tropical Storm Hanna drenched the U.S. Atlantic coast after barreling ashore in the Carolinas. Read More