Life as Castro's daughter-in-law Miami Herald
Idalmis Menéndez can't help but smile when she recalls meeting her first husband. Visiting an aunt on the outskirts of Havana, she was startled when a young man appeared in the patio, smelling of fresh dough and tomato sauce. ''He told me he was a pizza maker,'' she giggles. ``And that he adored my hair. It was love at first sight.''
Radio, TV Martí face a congressional probe CubaNet
A congressional investigation of TV and Radio Martí is slated for early 2007, a Massachusetts Democrat said. By Christina Hoag And Oscar Corral, choag@MiamiHerald.com. Posted on Wed, Dec. 20, 2006.
Spanish Thing Football365.com
'We need leaders, managers and players who can come in with some fresh ideas.' Rather than this crie de coeur being another example of a doom-mongering Fleet Street journalist getting their panties in a bunch over the lamentable state of our national sport, this was an editorial in Marca - Spain's leading football paper - to describe an apparently pitiful landscape that will sound quite familiar
Bed Check | In Olot, a hotel for gastronomes Miami Herald
A lot of folks visiting Spain these days come looking for either avant-garde architecture or nueva cocina gastronomy. At Mas Les Cols in Olot, north of Girona in the upper reaches of Catalonia, they get both.
Idalmis Menéndez, who now lives in Spain, provides a rare and sometimes surprising up-close view of life in Fidel's Miami Herald
Castro's former daughter-in-law recalls excitement, resentment Idalmis Menéndez can't help but smile when she recalls meeting her first husband.
Film Listings San Francisco Bay Guardian
Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Robert Avila, Kimberly Chun, Michelle Devereaux, Susan Gerhard, Max Goldberg, Dennis Harvey, Johnny Ray Huston, Jonathan L. Knapp, Laurie Koh, Lynn Rapoport, Jason Shamai, and Chuck Stephens. The film intern is Sara Schieron.
Thursday 11/30 Sag Harbor Express
Story, Songs and Playtime for babies and toddlers at the John Jermain Memorial Library. 11 a.m. Main Street, Sag Harbor. Every Thursday. 725-0049. Young Adult Book Club for teens ages 12 to 18. 3 p.m. John Jermain Library, Main Street, Sag Harbor. Free. Meets every other Thursday. 725-0049.
SNP's 'wishful thinking' on oil cash The Scotsman
WENDY Alexander, the new convener of Holyrood's finance committee, has rubbished SNP plans to build an independent Scotland on North Sea oil revenue as "wishful thinking".
Fiercely distinct Catalonia Boston Globe
RUPIT -- We woke to birdsong and the faint clang of a bell on a sheep. Outside the terrace window, the scene could have been from centuries ago. Mist rose from a gorge cut by a rippling river. Medieval buildings in warm stone the color of oatmeal hung over narrow streets, and the sound of villagers greeting each other in
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