Blog Archives April 2012

Cuba Welcomes Solidarity Brigade from 22 Nations

The Primero de Mayo International Brigade, comprised of activitists from 22 nations, arrives in Cuba on Monday to attend May Day celebrations. A bulletin issued by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) stated that this time, about 260 brigade members from 22 countries of the five continents will arrive in Havana.»

Roosters and Crocodiles for the First Time in Playoffs

The Victoria de Giron Stadium may literally explode on Tuesday night (8:30 pm, local time) when Sancti Spiritus Roosters and Matanzas Crocodiles face for the first time ever in the history of Cuban baseball playoffs.»

Social Protests Continue in Chile

Demonstrations against layoffs of professors, expulsions of students from colleges and privatizing laws marked the week ending on Saturday in Chile with a familiar rally demanding another educational model.»

Sancti Spiritus Backs Solidarity-with-the-Five Campaign

After five days on solidarity demonstrations, the “Five Days for the Cuban Five” campaign was concluded this Saturday in the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus. This effort was the equivalent to the campaign launched in Washington DC, to demand the return of the Cuban Five to the island.   While intellectuals and personalities from America and other countries joined »

US Campaign on Cuban Five Concludes

The campaign “Five Days for the Cuban Five” to demand the U.S. government to release five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly held in U.S. prisons immediately will conclude on Saturday in this capital, with the hope of having promoted consciousness and gained supporters.   Today’s activities include the debate “Obama Give me Five,” which opened at a community center on Friday, »

Sancti Spiritus Maceo Park Granted Recognition

Sancti Spiritus’s Maceo Park, best known as La Caridad Park, was granted a mention in the recently celebrated tenth award ceremony of the National Preservation and Restoration Prize.»

Cuba Takes Science to Dominican Republic Book Fair

Contemporary science does not meet basic human needs due to an arbitrary distribution of wealth, said the Cuban Doctor Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart at the beginning of the scientific program of the 15th International Book Fair in the Dominican Republic.»

Drought Settles in Sancti Spiritus, Central Cuba

Zaza dam, the largest in Cuba, remains in an alarming situation.

Without making noise, drought has settled in Sancti Spiritus, a Cuban central province. Evidences show decline in the historical records of rainfall and contraction in the availability of water in reservoirs.»

Actions Continue in Washington for Release of Cuban Five

The campaign “Five Days for the Cuban Five” to demand that the Barack Obama government release five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly held in U.S. prisons immediately is taking place for fourth consecutive day in this capital on Friday. Ambassador Jorge A. Bolaños Suárez, Head of the Cuban Interests Section, officially opened “Five Days For The Cuban Five” in Washington D.C  »