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November 16th

First Cuban athlete defected in Veracruz

Cuba's government confirmed that one of their athletes defected from the delegation at the XXII Central American and Caribbean Games 2014, taking place in Veracruz. Read More

Here it’s again! Cubacel Double Bonus in Recargasacuba.com

From November 18 to 21 Cubacel announces Double Bonus Offer, enjoy one more time the happiness of your family and friends in Cuba. Recargasacuba.com offers the best prices plus excellent additional gifts. Read More

November 14th

Royalton Cayo Santa Maria was rated the best all inclusive hotel on TripAdvisor

Royalton Cayo Santa Maria Hotel, located north of Villa Clara, is the best resort in the world, according to the 2014 TripAdvisor site list "all inclusive regime." Read More

Cuban kayaker dies at 26 years old

The kayaker Maikel Zulueta Arencibia, 26, died in Sancti Spiritus victim of a cardiovascular attack while training with his students. Zulueta won two Pan American Games titles and several medals at Central. Read More

Discrete performance of Cuban weightlifters at the World Championships

The Cuban team for the World Weightlifting Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan includes Jordanis Espinosa, Adriel La O and Victor Quinones, a brief and inexperienced team whose main objective is to prepare for the next Central American Games. Read More

Researcher Jesus Jambrina receives Four Synagogues award

The president of Jerusalem Sephardic Community, the oldest of the Holy Land, announced the award of the medal of the Four Synagogues to Cuban professor Jambrina Jesus, for all the efforts to investigate and disclose the Jewish legacy of Zamora. Read More

Veracruz-2014: seven competitions were suspended for lack of participants

The Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization (CASCO)today confirmed the suspension of seven events in six sports in the Centrocaribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico, from 14 to 30 next. Read More

Richard Blanco presents his new book

Richard Blanco is the first gay poet and the first Hispanic in a presidential inauguration of Barack Obama in 2013. Son of Cuban parents he was born in Florida where he presents his new book recounting experiences and stories from his childhood. Read More

Biomaterials Congress in Havana

An International Congress on Biomaterials, Biomat 2014, will take place soon in Cuba to update criteria and concepts related to global progress of this science, said the organizing committee of the meeting. Read More

Camagüey celebrates the Feast of Tinajón

Started yesterday in the city of Camagüey the V Feast of Tinajón, an event that brings together and showcases the vast potential of local art. It also will meet the Camagüey Music seminar, dedicated to musicians Jorge Gonzalez Allué, Juan Formell and Marín Varona. Read More