Mythic Cuban bar Sloppy Joe’s, a watering hole for a who’s who of Hollywood stars during Prohibition, reopens its doors Friday in Havana. The revived bar is in the center of old Havana, just steps away from Central Park and some of the city’s grand hotels. “Tomorrow, Friday,…
Fidel Castro attends school ribbon-cutting in Cuba
Leaders inaugurating public works projects is a staple of Cuba, and a surprisingly spry-looking 86-year-old Fidel Castro has done it for the first time since stepping aside as president in 2006, media here reported on Thursday. The elder of the Castro brothers opened the Havana school for 140…
Report: Anti-government couple spotted in Socialist Cuba with children
Onetime anti-government activist Joshua Hakken, who allegedly kidnapped his two children from their grandmother’s home in Florida, has reportedly been spotted in Cuba with his wife on the boat authorities said they used to make their escape. CNN reported on Tuesday that a man at a marina in Havana…
Fidel Castro makes first public appearance in three years (PHOTOS)
Fidel Castro makes first public appearance in three years (PHOTOS)Get short URLLink copied to clipboardemail story to a friendprint versionPublished: 04 February, 2013, 07:57
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Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro speaks to reporters at a polling station in Havana February 3, 2013. (Reuters)Iconic revolutionary and a former Cuban leader Fidel Castro appeared in public for the first time since to 2010 to cast his ballot in Cuba’s general election on Sunday.Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (C) casts his ballot at a polling station in Havana February 3, 2013 in this picture provided by Cubadebate. (Reuters)”);
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This is the first time, the Cuban hero has voted publically in the last three elections since falling ill in 2006 and handing over power to his brother Raul in 2008.The 86-year-old was broadcast on state run television wearing a blue plaid shirt and light blue jacket and talking to reporters for over an hour about the island’s economy, Latin American integration and the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez..Around 95 percent of Cubans over 16 years of age are expected to cast ballots as they take to the polls on Sunday to elect 612 Communist deputies to the National Assembly and more than 1,000 delegates to provincial assemblies.Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro arrives at a polling station in Havana February 3, 2013. (Reuters)Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (C) casts his ballot at a polling station in Havana February 3, 2013 in this picture provided by Cubadebate. (Reuters) … Read More
Cuba prepares for parliamentary election
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Obama’s Telemundo Comments On Cuba Criticized By Official
HAVANA — A senior Cuban official sharply criticized U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday for suggesting Cuba was stuck in the past, saying the only anachronistic element of the relationship is Washington’s half-century-old economic embargo.
Josefina Vidal, the head of the Foreign Ministry’s North American affairs division, said Obama was poorly informed if he thought Cuba had not changed in recent years. She said her country has always been willing to negotiate improved relations with the U.S.
Miami Gun Buyback Event In Overtown Nets An AK-47 (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Miami’s second gun buyback program of the month hauled in 79 firearms Saturday — including a sawed-off AK-47 assault rifle with a 40-round clip. There was also a sawed-off shotgun that had reportedly been found by an 8-year-old boy at his elementary school in Little Havana. “That could have led to tragedy,” said Miami Police Chief Manuel Orosa. “That kid could have played with that weapon, could have shot it, could have shot a friend, could have shot himself.”Read More…
