The discovery was made in documents from the defunct Communist regime of East Germany, where accusations have already surfaced that forced laborers built IKEA products in the 1970s and 1980s. Read More
Gross was arrested in Havana in December 2009 for his work in a semi-covert U.S. program promoting political change by increasing Internet access in Cuba and later sentenced to 15 years in prison. Read More
Prosecutors are seeking to convict Mohammed, who is to enter court today for the first time since 2008, and four others for their roles in a conspiracy that used hijacked passenger planes to destroy the World Trade Center in Manhattan Read More
Socialism has been Cuba's official economic policy for more than a half-century, and some 85 percent of the Cuban workforce is employed by the state. Read More
Sosa returns to the Bay Area on Sunday afternoon to kick off the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival with his Afreecanos Quartet featuring tenor saxophonist-percussionist Peter Apfelbaum, electric bassist Childo Tomas and drummer Marque Gilmore. Read More
The Cuban National Ballet Company has scheduled other shows in the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Guangzhou, until May 4, where they will be dancing Swan Lake, choreographed by Alonso after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Read More
Levy and Burke ranked on top of the leaderboard this week with a total score of 27 points (out of 30).<br /> <br /> “He’s a warrior!” said Burke excitedly. Read More
In sheer numbers and percentages, Cuban women’s advance is notable. Cuba has a high number of female professional and technical workers (60 percent of the total work force in those areas) and in Parliament (43 percent), as well as high levels of primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment, according to the Gender Gap report. Read More
As predicted specialists, Cuban and Dominican advanced as first and undefeated in groups B and A, respectively, with victories Tuesday at the Mexican (25-17, 25-22 and 25-9) and Puerto Rican (25-19, 25-22, 15-25 and 25-13), in that order. Read More
The comment by Parliament Chief Ricardo Alarcon has residents, exiles and policymakers abuzz with speculation that the much-hated exit visa could be a thing of the past Read More
