Javier Herrera writes in Havana Times: Ministers, Cynicism, and Mockery In any normal country – and I say “normal” because in the dystopia called Cuba nothing functions like in the rest of the world – the Ministers and other government authorities have the obligation to face the people and account for their management, especially when
14yMedio reports from Havana via Translating Cuba: In Spite of the Economic Crisis, Cuba Stages an Expensive International Wine Festival International businessmen from the wine world gathered this week at the Hotel Nacional in Havana for the government-sponsored XXII Wine Fair. The presentation of the most recent products and most expensive wines from the Spanish
Franky Quintana, a pitcher for the Cuban national team, has escaped communism and slavery to the Castro dictatorship, defecting during the Fifth Caribbean Baseball Cup in Puerto Rico. Quintana adds to the mass exodus of Cuban sports competitors, becoming the 51st Cuban athlete to defect this year. Via CubaNet (my translation): Baseball player Franky Quintana