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February 25th

Begins the application process for the elections in Cuba

Cuba starts Tuesday the process of nominating candidates for delegates (councilors) of the municipal assemblies of People's Power, who make up the lists for partial elections next April, official media reported. Read More

Raul Castro will visit Uruguay to witness the change of command

Cuban president Raul Castro and the presidents of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega; Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro; Chile, Michele Bachelet; Paraguay, Horacio Cartes; and Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, confirmed their attendance, next Sunday, at the inauguration of the new president of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez. US Vice President Joseph Biden and King Philip VI of Spain will also witness the presidential inauguration. Read More

Lisandra Guerra won bronze medal in World Championship

Cuban Lisandra Guerra won a bronze medal in the keirin test during the World Cycling Championship held this weekend in Paris, France. Read More

Cuba and Ukraine will face in boxing in Kiev

Wranglers of Cuba will visit on Friday to Otamans of Ukraine with the same quintet that exceeded 4.1 to Warriors of Mexico in the V World Series of Boxing (WSB), according to the National Commission of that discipline. Read More

Cubatabaco wins case in the Supreme Court of the United States

The US Supreme Court granted a victory to the Cuban company Cubatabaco in its lawsuit against a US company for the use of the name of Cohiba cigars in this country, closing a long legal battle. Read More

Leinier Domínguez is in fifth place in the Chess Grand Prix

Leinier Dominguez finished the eighth round of chess Grand Prix Tbilisi ranking fifth in the standings, led by Russian Evgeny Tomashevsky. Read More

Cinematheque of Cuba has a new venue

The Cinematheque of Cuba has been for years the temple where movie lovers have the opportunity to enjoy cycles of the best directors in the history of cinema. Right now, when it turn 55 years old, leaves its traditional seat in Charles Chaplin Movies. The new venue for installing this iconic institution was the Movies 23 y 12, which also plans to open several interior spaces like the Café Buñuel or bookstore Gérard Philipe. Read More

Roenis Elias still struggling to shine with the Mariners

Roenis Elias began last season as a pitcher who had never opened a duel in a higher category A. He ended unexpectedly gaining a position as a fifth starter of Mariners and reached ten victories. Read More

Rookies of Cuban baseball

This list of Cuban baseball prospects, still producing talents nonstop, focuses on establishing a long-term value. Therefore, many of these players are more linked to the future that an immediate impact. Read More

Cuba announces a new election law

Cuban president announced the enactment of a new electoral law which shall govern the general elections of 2018, and completion of the VII Congress of the Communist Party (PCC), set for next year. Read More