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June 9th

Cuba’s private eateries to compete in culinary festival

Havana: Cuba’s privately-owned restaurants, the “paladares” that have proliferated under President Raul Castro’s economic reforms, will take part for the first time in Cuba’s biggest culinary festival. Read More

Cayman Islands prepare for more Cuban migrants

Facing a potential increase in the flow of Cuban migrants, authorities in the Cayman Islands are reviewing their preparations for an exodus and policies on denying assistance and repatriating the Cuban migrants. Read More

Raul Castro turned 82 in reminder of aging leadership

Cuba's Raul Castro is marking his 82nd birthday in another reminder that time is running out for the aging generation that has led the country since the 1959 revolution. Read More

June 4th

No Xi Jinping, but Cuba played host to Chinese officials this week as well

Senior Communist Party official Guo Jinlong met with the Cuban leader Raul Castro this Saturday Read More

Cuba Hosts World Wind Energy Event

Cuba will show its progress at the 12th Congress of the World Wind Energy Association and Renewable Energy Exhibition (WWEC2013), which begins today at the Conference Center in Havana. Read More

June 2nd

US Denies Visas to Top Cuban Athletes

The US Interests Section in Havana denied visas to Cuban Olympic medal athletes Yargelis Savigne and Yipsi Moreno, who were scheduled to participate today in the 4th Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon. Read More

British businessmen await Cuba's verdict as graft trial ends

The two-day trial of two top executives of a British investment fund ended in Havana on Friday with a five judge panel expected to deliver its verdict within 10 days. Read More

June 1st

Cuba prepares int'l cup to honor boxing legend Stevenson

Cuba prepares for 2014 a three-day international tournament in honor of the World and Olympic champion Teofilo Stevenson, considered the best fighter in the history of amateur boxing Read More

Bonds between Cuba and China are in their Best Moment, Says Guo Jinlong

Relations between the Parties and governments of China and Cuba are in the best moment of their history. Read More

Cuba says inclusion on U.S. terrorist list 'shameful'

In what has become an annual ritual, the United States on Thursday kept Cuba on its list of "state sponsors of terrorism" and Havana reacted angrily, calling it a "shameful decision" based in politics, not reality. Read More