Ciudad de la Habana Region

Husband of Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez attacked

HAVANA (Reuters) - The husband of Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez said he was attacked by government supporters as he waited on Friday to confront state security agents accused of detaining and beating his wife two weeks...

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Psychiatric patients perform in Havana

A patient of the Eduardo Bernabe Ordaz Psychiatric Hospital performs in a play titled "El Caballero de Paris" on the street in Old Havana November 20, 2009. Psychiatric patients took to the streets of Havana on Friday to stage...

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Camilo Cienfuegos

Unknown and Controversial Leader of the Cuban Revolution Although he was one of the main architects of the revolution that overthrew dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959, outside of Cuba Camilo Cienfuegos is not a well known figu...

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With Havana Vanille by L'Artisan Perfumeur, We Can All be French & Fabulous

Bertrand Duchaufour, one of the most talented noses of the century, has created a fragrance whose purpose is to evoke the spices of the Caribbean, yet on my skin, it tells a different story. Havana Vanille does not take me to...

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U.S. Congress Studying Current Restrictions on Travel to Cuba

The U.S. Congress is looking at removing a decades-old policy that restricts travel by Americans to Cuba. Legislation introduced in Congress would abolish travel restrictions to Cuba. Action on the legislation likely will be...

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Cuba travel ban under discussion in Washington

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen blasted efforts to open Cuba up to U.S. tourists Thursday during a House Foreign Affairs Coomittee meeting, suggesting the tourist dollars would only keep the regime in power.

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70 percent of Cuba's farmland under threat

From correspondents in Havana, Cuba, 12:03 PM IST Havana, Nov 19 (EFE) Seventy percent of Cuba's land under cultivation is being affected by erosion, salinity and acidity, agriculture ministry officials said. The director of...

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1.5M per day getting swine flu vaccine in China

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press Writer HAVANA (AP) - "With initial efforts of containment, actually we not only reduced the impact of the first wave to China, but we also won time for us to prepare the vaccine" now being...

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Gilles Peterson's Havana Cultura Presentation in London Will Feature the Best of Cuba's New...

The Havana Cultura live band will celebrate the album release of Havana cultura on November 20th of 2009 at New Inn Yard in London. BBC Radio 1s Gilles Peterson teamed up with the award-winning Cuban...

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Top Cuban activist ends hunger strike, resumes normal diet amid reports she was gravely ill

HAVANA, Cuba - A hunger strike by a Cuban dissident has been a hot story for Miami-based Spanish-language media, and concern about her health even reached the halls of the U.S. Congress, where an anti...

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