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The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) signed a loan agreement with Cuba, at a value of KD 4,400 million to finance a project to rehabilitate the drinking water system in Holguin City. A KFAED press release added...
Top 10 Bizarre Tourist Attractions^Top 10 Bizarre Tourist Attractions^Here is a list to help anyone heading off on a vacation. Instead of seeing the usual tourist attractions, why not check out some of this more offbeat ones?...
Fidel’s defining moments 1926: Castro is born in Mayarí, Oriente Province, eastern Cuba. Attends local Jesuit schools in Santiago de Cuba before studying at Belén, the elite high school in Havana. 1953: Having tried the life of...
A newly published book by Juanita Castro, younger sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro, has revealed that back in the 1960s she cooperated with the CIA whilst still living on the Caribbean island.
Human rights activist Lázaro Rosales Rojas was released from prison after completing a 3-year sentence on a conviction for being a "pre-criminal social danger." Rosales, 42, a member of the Council of Human Rights Rapporteurs,...
From correspondents in Havana, Cuba, 11:00 AM IST Havana, Oct 13 (EFE) Cuba is working on the dredging and technological modernisation of its three major ports in collaboration with China and Venezuela, official media said. The...
MIAMI, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- BACARDI®, the world's favorite rum, is unveiling today a new global multi-media advertising campaign, entitled "Spirit of BACARDI", with the first execution called "Island." The campaign...
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Oct 6 (IPS) - Even with her house practically in ruins, Isabel García wouldn’t dream of living anywhere else. She’d rather stay where she knows that no matter what corner she turns she’ll always be able to...
Agustín Cervantes, leader of the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL) in Santiago de Cuba, was arrested Tuesday, and faces a "summary trial" in the coming days, according to MCL leader Oswaldo Payá. The MCL is one of Cuba's most...
The embargo remains, but bicycles own the road. By Emma Brown and Jacob Fenston Washington Post Staff Writer and Special to The Washington Post Sunday, September 20, 2009 We were coated in a slick of sweat, diesel exhaust and...
