An elderly Panamanian businessman has been jailed in Cuba for more than a year in what is variously described as a case of corruption or attempts by Havana to renege on its debts or switch more of its trade to businessmen from politically sympathetic countries. Read More
Cuban Communist Party daily Granma complained Friday that some salaried teachers are breaking the law by charging fees for individual tutoring. Read More
Alex Cuba may have recently received his third Latin Grammy nomination - he won the award for Best New Artist in 2010, and got the nod this year for the video to "Eres Tú" - but he still wants more. Read More
Sancti Spiritus hurler Ismel Jimenez denies the piece of news spread by www.baseballdecuba.com entitled: Ismel Jimenez Leaves Cuba for a Future in the MLB. Read More
Companies of over 70 countries of Latin America, Europe, the United States and China will take part in the 15th edition of Havana’s International Theater Festival, to be inaugurated on October 25. Read More
Entrepreneurs of Cuba and Brazil will begin on Thursday in this capital a meeting on technical and commercial exchanges that could add values to their respective sugarcane agribusiness chains. Read More
Cuba has authorized its state-run tourism industry to contract out lodgings, meals, excursions and other activities to private businesses in a boost to a growing "non-state" sector. Read More
Cubans arriving today grew up on the island after the revolution, and their relationship with their homeland is different than the wave of immigrants who arrived immediately after Fidel Castro took power. Read More
The 64-year-old woman who swam from Cuba to Florida is attempting to swim in a pool in midtown Manhattan for 48 straight hours to benefit victims of Superstorm Sandy. Read More
