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The head of the New York Philharmonic met with Cuban officials and toured facilities in Havana on Saturday ahead of a possible visit to the communist-led island by the orchestra later this year.
Quarter of island population 60 or older by Nick Miroff, GlobalPost HAVANA — This country reached a tipping point in 2006. It wasn't any one event in particular, but according to Cuba's Office of National Statistics, the island's population of 11.2 million stopped growing that year, and dipped slightly. And it has been falling ever since. Cuba's population is projected to decrease by 100,000 by ...
The Royal Ballet of London is making its first ever appearance in Cuba for a tribute to Cuba's National Ballet and its founder, renowned ballerina Alicia Alonso.
Jorge Luis Prats, who left Cuba in 2004, will perform at the 2009 Caramoor International Music Festival in Katonah on Thursday.
Our trip to Cuba was sponsored by the United Jewish Communities as an outreach to the Jewish community there. We visited three congregations in Havana and a small community in Santa Clara, about a four-hour ride from Havana.
The Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba will stop in Corvallis, Albany and Newport today and Tuesday.
A brightly colored bus is making its way through Oregon and headed south to Texas on its way to Cuba.
The orchestra, hoping to notch another exotic destination in its touring history, said on Thursday it had been invited to perform in Cuba and was seriously considering such a visit.
HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba has acknowledged the defection of baseball pitcher Aroldis Chapman, a week after he walked away from a tournament in the Netherlands.
The Royal Ballet of London said it will perform in Havana on Tuesday for the first time in its 78-year-old history, featuring an appearance of its star Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta.
There is a new documentary featuring former Boston Red Sox pitcher and legend Luis 'El Tiante' Tiant. The Lost Son of Havana is a 102 minute film that follows Tiant on his 2007 return to Cuba after 46 years in exile.
Cuba has acknowledged the defection of pitcher Aroldis Chapman, a week after he walked away from a tournament in the Netherlands.
The New York Philharmonic is headed to Cuba to explore the communist nation after being invited to perform there in the fall.
HAVANA—Cuba has acknowledged the defection of pitcher Aroldis Chapman, a week after he walked away from a tournament in the Netherlands. The Communist Party daily Granma said Friday that Chapman has hired baseball agent Jaime Torres to represent him.
Carlos Ochoa and Renaldo Alfonso haven't seen each other for several years, but when they greet in the lobby of the Fort Wayne Marriott on a recent Saturday afternoon, it's with a hearty handshake and Ochoa's cheery call, "Hey, Camaquey. Photo caption: Bishop Felipe de Jesus Estevez, a Cuban refugee, celebrated Mass during the reunion. Photo by Samuel Hoffman | The Journal Gazette
RACINE — There are billboards in Cuba that describe what one day’s worth or even a few hours’ worth of the trade embargo costs Cuba — a whole year’s worth of school textbooks or Braille typewriters, Sabine Caspar said.
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