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Cuba's state-run economy has been in crisis mode for years, but it now faces some especially sobering arithmetic. With trade falling and debt stacking up, President Raul Castro has warned Cubans that the island's socialist system must change. And he's asking them for something they're not used to giving in public: criticism.
Madrid - Ibero-American General Secretary Enrique Iglesias on Wednesday gave his backing to Spain's controversial policy of stepped-up relations with Cuba, which Madrid wants the European Union to imitate during its EU presidency in the first half of...
Eight American scientists, including Nobel laureate in chemistry Peter Agre, are in Havana to engage in "science diplomacy."
Antonio Perdomo, who guided the Cuban women's volleyball team to Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996 and the bronze in 2004, has died of respiratory failure, according to a state television report. He was 66. Cuba's Institute of Sports told state TV that Perdomo died suddenly Monday morning in Havana.
The United States said it "strongly deplores" the forcible detention and beating last week of three Cuban bloggers on their way to a peaceful march in Havana.
Cuba's historic son group Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro will play the Little Havana club Hoy Como Ayer on Nov. 21, quietly breaking a six-year blackout on officially sanctioned performances in Miami by Cuban musicians from the island.
( American Association for the Advancement of Science ) Peter C. Agre, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Nobel laureate in chemistry, is among the members of a nongovernmental US delegation that will visit Cuba for discussions on science policy Nov. 10-13. The visit includes meetings with leading Cuban scientists and policy officials. It is meant to ...
HAVANA, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Russian Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu was in Havana Wednesday to discuss cooperation opportunities between the two countries, officials said.
MIAMI — The U.S. State Department has told Cuba it deplores last week's assault' on blogger Yoani Sanchez, one of the toughest of several expressions of support for the Havana writer.
Mixed with joy, sadness and the bond between a father and his son, Sunday night’s showing at the Dedham Community Theatre of Luis Tiant’s journey back to Cuba after 46 years in the documentary “The Lost Son of Havana” gave a touching glimpse into the fascinating life of one of Boston’s most beloved sports legends.
Cuba has cut two staple foods from the monthly ration books that most islanders depend on, edging closer to a risky full elimination of the decades-old subsidies.
Havana The Examiner Infosearch: José F. Sánchez Analyst Director Research Dept. La Nueva Cuba November 7, 2009
A local travel agency that arranges flights to Cuba is locked in a legal battle with the state of Florida.
The U.S. State Department issued a statement late Monday decrying attacks on three Cuban bloggers, including one who has gained international attention for her searing observations about life on the communist island.
When undefeated Harley-Allendale-Columbia met undefeated Cuba-Rushford in the Section 5 Class DD girls’ volleyball championship game on Saturday, one team had to lose - as simple as that.
MIAMI, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Hurricane Ida grew in strength Sunday as it neared the northeastern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula and was expected to pass by Cuba, officials said.
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