“I’m going to an experience I always wanted to live”, the stellar Cuban baseball player Yulieski Gourriel Castillo said after signing with the Yokohama Dena Baystars from the Japanese Professional Baseball League. Accompanied by his father, Lourdes, who played in that Asian country, the third baseman of Cuba national team, noted he will have to overcome obstacles like being far »
Blog Archives 2014
Mujica Urges Obama to Free Cuban Anti-terrorists
Uruguayan president Jose Mujica asked Barack Obama to take action and free the three Cuban anti-terrorists, who are still in US prisons, since the issue is a major factor to improve relations with Cuba.»
Cuba-US Relations: Pressure on Obama Continues to Grow
Religious leaders in Washington called today for President Barack Obama to exercise courageous authority to improve relations between the United States and Cuba.»
Japanese Baseball: Cuban Frederich Cepeda Already a Yomiuri Giant (+photos)
Cuban baseball player Frederich Cepeda, born to Sancti Spiritus province, was officially presented as member of the Yomiuri Giants, of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Cuba: Fastballs for Frederich Cepeda in Online Interview (Photos) Cepeda on the NPB: I have a lot of Expectations Cepeda vs Japan: A Homerum that Made History (video)»
It is up to Cubans to Decide What’s Going to Happen in Cuba
Interview with Alexander Korniak, an Englishman who feels himself like a guest in Cuba.»
Russia Condemns Inclusion of Cuba in U.S. Terrorism
Russian FM spokesman Alexander Lukashevich, reiterated that the U.S. State Department’s decision to include Cuba on the list of terrorist sponsoring countries has no basis whatsoever.»
Cuba: Raul Castro Receives Bolivian Peer Evo Morales
The President of Cuba’s Council of State and Ministers, Army General Raul Castro Ruz, received Evo Morales, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, who made a brief visit to Cuba.»
The Holy Trinidad of Cuba Through the Lens of Calixto N. Llanes (+photos)
The village of Trinidad combines features of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries.»
La Ribera: Tavern by the Yayabo River (Photos)
This is the first installation of its kind to be erected in the town of the Holy Spirit»
Cuba: Fastballs for Frederich Cepeda in Online Interview (Photos)
On Tuesday, May 6th, Cuban star outfielder Frederich Cepeda engaged in an online interview with the digital version of Escambray Newspaper, from the Cuban central province of Sancti Spiritus.»