Havana Peace Concert seen by Citizen Reporter

  When I saw the picture for the first time, I thought it was a photo-montage. Since I was not able to attend the "Concert of the Century" in Havana, a common friend emailed me a short note and a JPG...

First Artist, Ready for Havana Concert

Grammy Awarded singer Olga Tañón,  arrived in Cuba to take part in the concert "Peace without Borders", next Sunday  in Havana. The Puerto Rican singer will open the list of foreign artist in...

Danny Rivera will join Juanes at Havana Concert

Puerto Rican singer Danny Rivera expressed satisfaction for joinning Juanes at the Havana Concert, September 20. “I'm honoured and pleased” for the invitation. Since Juanes announced his intention of making one...

Juanes to CNN: Plans for Havana Concert Going On

Colombian singer Juanes confirmed last Saturday in an interview with CNN in Spanish that plans for the Havana Concert, next September 20th, are going on. Talking with journalist Nayeli Chávez in a three...

UNESCO declares Nicaragua Illiteracy-Free

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has declared oficially Nicaragua as territory free of illiteracy. The rate of illiterates in that country has fallen from 20,7% to...

Patient in Same Condition: US - Cuba Blockade

Growing Newspapers' Ed-Ops, legislators, religious leaders, artists and filmmakers coming to the Island, loosening for Cuban born to travel and send money, direct  post and phone calls... but the US blockade...

Miami Extremists Want to Burn Juanes

The Miami based extremist organization "Vigilia Mambisa", destroyed CDs and burned a black shirt in protest against the scheduled concert of Colombian singer Juanes in Cuba. At the famous 8th Street of Miami, a...

Crazy War against a Concert in Havana

Cuban singer and composer Amaury Pérez Vidal, one of the organizers of the concert of Colombian singer Juanes in Havana, next month,  told The Associated Press that there is a "crazy and media war" against...

Juanes or McCarthy back to Havana?

Some reactions in Miami to the Colombian singer Juanes publicized concert  in Havana,  next September, seem to revive the era of the most accentuated MacCarthysm.    As if we were in the late...

Ana, Bill and Co. Already Here

.Tropical Storm Ana was at 14.4 north and longitude 50.0 west or about 805 miles east of the Leeward Islands this Saturday.  Ana is the first Tropical Storm named in this Hurricane Season for the Atlantic Ocean...

Five Cubans jailed for Fighting Terrorism

I know it's a difficult case to understand, but I think this is worth reading.  A highly biased Jury, working in the wrong city (Miami) have broken the lives of these five brave men (and their relatives) for...

A Victim of the US blockade dies in Havana

Mary McCarthy, a lovely Canadian woman who almost lived in the poverty due to US economic blockade against Cuba,  passed away last week in Havana at the age of 108.  Despite her husband left her a lot of...