Nyad’s Cuba Swim Attempt 32 Years Later!

<p style="text-align: justify;">Diana Nyad’s Cuba swim attempt 32 years later has everyone talking! Wow, it’s been that long since she tried to swim from Cuba to Florida? Nyad is now 61 years old. You go girl! Truly, what an inspiration this woman is. It’s hard to believe it was 32 years ago that she first attempted the Cuba to Florida swim. Read More

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Cuba Not on TS Fiona’s Projected Route

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA TIMES, August 31 — The month comes to a close on Tuesday with three tropical cyclones simultaneously churning in the Atlantic. The latest, Fiona, is expected to take a similar path as Hurricane Earl making it of little threat to Cuba but dangerous for island countries in the eastern Caribbean. Read More

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Report - Bob Dylan in Cuba -'The best ice cream and the worst spoons'

<p style="text-align: justify;">Two Bob Dylan stories from La Habana, both related to Mariachi-type musicians in restaurants. First, at a little seafood place, there was a quartet of wonderful musicians playing traditional Cuban music (including ones these groups play for tourists: "Perhaps" and "Besame Mucho"). Read More

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Book about Cuba Published in Japanese Language

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, CUBA.- The book “Crazy About my Cuba” by Tomiaki Nishimura, professor of the University of Kagoshima in the city of Kyushu, was launched in Japan. Read More

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Gabriela Mistral, the First Latin American Nobel Prize Winner

<p style="text-align: justify;">When the Nobel Prize Award ceremonies resumed on December 10, 1945, —just a few months after the end of World War II— in Stockholm, Sweden, a Chilean woman, Gabriela Mistral, was presented with it. Read More

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Hurricane Earl could take aim at Carolinas by Friday

<p style="text-align: justify;">After dealing a glancing blow to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Hurricane Earl was heading back out into the open Atlantic Tuesday, but forecasters warned the large and dangerous storm could have the Carolinas in its sights later this week. Read More

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Former Cuban leader admits 'injustice' for gays and lesbians during revolution

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said he acknowledges the persecution of gays and lesbians during the Revolution in his country, according to a newspaper interview published Tuesday. Read More

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