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July 31st

Cuba’s Fidel Castro Meets With Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met with former Cuban leader Fidel Casro this weekend during Cuba’s ceremonies to mark the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the revolution led by Castro Read More

Cuba looks to medical tourism as income source

Football legend Diego Maradona blazed a path for Cuba to become a medical tourism destination when he traveled to the island for drug addiction treatment in 2000. Read More

Party Leaders of Cuba and Democratic Korea Hold Talks

The head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee of the Workers'' Party of Korea, Kim Yong Il, and his counterpart in the Communist Party of Cuba, Jose Ramon Balaguer, held talks  on issues of common interest. Read More

Cuban Chess Player Bruzon Conquers Canadian Tournament

Cuban Grand Master (GM) Lazaro Bruzon was crowned champion in the Open Chess in Quebec, Canada, said today the website of the event. Read More

Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez: Everything to know about the Phillies’ Cuban import

Gonzalez’s six-year, $49M deal is the largest contract ever given to a Cuban player. Read More

July 30th

Colombian peace talks resume in Cuba as conflict rages

The Colombian government and leftist FARC rebels resumed peace negotiations in Havana on Sunday after a recess of more than two weeks Read More

Fidel Castro: 'Slander' over case of seized arms

Foes of Havana have tried to manipulate the case of Cuban armaments seized at the Panama Canal on a boat bound for North Korea, Fidel Castro said in a letter Read More

Cuba's First Heavy Metal Band To Defect: 'We Didn't Expect Things To Happen The Way They Did' -

HIPNOSIS guitarist/vocalist Giovany Milhet spoke to Miami New Times about the Cuban heavy metal band's decision to request political asylum after arriving in Miami last Monday morning Read More

Cuban National Ballet co-founder Fernando Alonso dies at 98

Alonso ex-husband of ballerina and fellow National Ballet co-founder Alicia Alonso Read More

July 28th

Phillies land Cuban pitcher Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez

<br>The Philadelphia Phillies and 26-year-old Cuban pitcher Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez have reportedly agreed to a six-year contract worth $60 million Read More