Sancti Spiritus Gets Ready for Pedagogia 2013

Important experiences and topics are being discussed in Sancti Spiritus in the corresponding municipal forums prior the Pedagogia 2013 (Pedagogy 2013) international event scheduled for February, next year.

Local sources informed that this year, the debates will focused on the work of the professor and his/her professional performance, the training of teachers, environmental education, the overall care to children, and Jose Marti and Fidel Castro’s thought in the Cuban educational work, among other important issues. .

Guayabera from Faustino Oramas in Sancti Spiritus

A guayabera shirt from Cuban late musician Faustino Oramas, best known as El Guayabero, was recently added to the Sancti Spiritus’s such shirts collection.

Voces de la República Colloquium Back in Sancti Spiritus

The 14th Voices of the Republic (Voces de la República) Colloquium that is hosted in Sancti Spiritus May 15 through 18, will go more deeply into the complex political, economic, cultural and social characteristics of the Cuban nation from 1902 to 1958.

Fidel’s Reflections: The Horrible Things that The Empire Offers us

The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, says on his latest reflection that the reality undermines “the mountain of lies with which the United States intends to justify the inhuman destiny it reserves for the peoples of our America”.

Mirta Rodriguez: I don’t Like to Say that my Son is in Jail

Antonio has always tried to keep his mother informed on the projects he’s involved in. First he did it from the Florence federal prison in Colorado, and since January 2012, from the Marianna prison in Florida, where he serves a 21 years and 10 months sentence.

So she knows about his Math lessons -he’s paid $6,52/month for them-, and his latest painting based of photos taken by Silvio Rodriguez during his tour around Havana’s neighbourhoods… “In the misfortune of his life in jail, he tries to live out of there by writing, painting”, she commented.