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Scanned from the book Album Azul de Cuba, compiled and edited in exile by Aurelio Garcia Dulzaides in Miami Florida in 1965.
Since the foundation in Cuba of the independent republic to its fall into communist hands, the country obviously progressed as statistics and history indicate. In other words, from May 20th 1902 to December 31st 1958 the growth took place with notable speed and efficiency. It is surprising how the Cuban people evolved spiritually and materially in less than fifty years of independence and self-government. On the other hand, after January 1st 1959 its relapse has been both…
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By FREDERIC J. FROMMER | AP
“Pingpong diplomacy” thawed relations between the United States and China in 1971. Can “baseball diplomacy” help do the same for the U.S. and Cuba?
Americans ranging from 12-year-old ballplayers to softballing senior citizens are visiting the communist island to engage in their own kind of field work, and there’s talk of another trip by a major league team.
These bat-and-ball initiatives come as the Obama administration takes steps toward improving relations with the Cold War rival, such as loosening financial and travel restrictions on Americans with relatives on the island.
“I think it…
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Prensa Latina
The eighth edition of the Havana Auction doesn’t come down to solely a commercial proposal. This year it provides pleasant surprises and is conceived as a wide-ranging event referred to as Art in Cuba.
For the first time are offered 25 lots of decorative Arts composed of different objects and signatures recognized in the market of this specialty, exhibited in the Sancti Spíritus hall of Cuba’s Hotel Nacional. The 45 lots of Cuban art bring together 35 artists of different generations in expressions of painting, sculpture, drawing and photography.
Standing out on this occasion is the presence of…
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American Association for the Advancement of Science - Press Release
Peter C. Agre, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Nobel laureate in chemistry, is among the members of a non-governmental U.S. delegation that will visit Cuba for discussions on science policy from November 10th through 13th.
The visit includes meetings with leading Cuban scientists and policy officials.
It is meant to explore research issues and multilateral science venues that might be conducive to U.S.-Cuba scientific cooperation.
The trip comes at a time when scientists in the United States and in Cuba have…
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By Jorge Casuso | Miami New Times
When Miami sports agent Juan Ignacio Hernandez Nodar, 51, flew into Miami Friday after spending 13 years in a Cuban jail, he felt a bit like Rip Van Winkle. The small children he had left behind were all grown up and Miami had sprouted a new skyline.
Hernandez, who tried to help Orlando “El Duque Hernandez” and other baseball stars defect from the Communist island, served “every last day” of his 15 year-sentence. (A Cuban jail-year is 10 months long.) And he believes what he did was right.
“What we did we did…
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Boston.com
In a little-known nook of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, with a fine view five floors above Boston Harbor, lies a book-lined room with a lion skin throw rug, a scrapbook with photographs of old fishermen, and a host of other odd relics from Cuba.
Entry is permitted only by appointment.
The 30-year-old collection is a peculiar exhibit in a museum built to honor the late president, given his efforts to overthrow the island country’s leader, Fidel Castro.
The collection, instead, serves as a repository of information about another American icon from the same era: Ernest Hemingway.
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Guardian.co.uk
The actor Sean Penn has flown to Cuba to chase what would be the biggest scoop of his career as a part-time journalist: an interview with Fidel Castro.
The Oscar winner, who last year bagged interviews with Raúl Castro and Hugo Chávez, is reportedly on assignment for Vanity Fair in his quest to meet Cuba’s former president.
In a sign of Havana’s approval the communist party newspaper Granma covered Penn’s visit yesterday to the Island of Youth, where he visited a gallery and met artists.
According to the online magazine tmz.com Penn hopes to ask Fidel about Cuba’s evolving…
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By Bill Chastain | MLB.com
Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman arrived in New York on Wednesday seeking the opportunity to sign with a Major League team and cash in on what the market might yield for a 21-year-old left-hander with top-of-the-rotation potential, according to multiple reports.
Chapman showcased his abilities for Cuba in March during the World Baseball Classic before defecting this summer when Cuba played in a tournament in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. After defecting, Chapman established residency in Andorra. Several teams had planned to see Chapman throw in Europe, but upon the advice of his agent, Edwin Mejia, he decided…
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(Original title is Havana Times: The First Anniversary. As many Havana Journal readers know, I have been a long time critic of Circles Robinson and the Havana Times since he was never up front with his job as a worker for the Cuban government. See my comments in bold in parenthesis added to the otherwise unedited article below.)
By Circles Robinson
HAVANA TIMES, Oct. 15 - One year ago I was on vacation in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, sitting in a friend’s apartment during the second week of October editing the diary posts and features…
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Our writer from Havana has sent us this information regarding the Partagas Meeting of Customers and Friends that will be held in Havana from November 16th to the 19th.
Monday November 16th - WELCOME
Time: 8:00 pm
Price: 50.00 CUC
Dinner-Buffet and Cocktails
Tasting of three Habanos made especially for the event.
Show awards and acknowledgments of special participants
Tuesday November 17th - DAY AT THE BEACH
Departure from Partagás and Hotels 9:00 am
Price: 75.00 CUC
Water Sports, Dancing, games, cocktails, tasting of three special Habanos and…
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