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Daily Archives: January 21, 2012

HOLGUIN, Cuba, Jan 21 (acn) The province of Holguin, considered the third top tourist area of Cuba, after Varadero and Havana, reached its peak in tourist arrivals in 2011 with more than 284,000 ... Continue reading
Afirman que la prisión los ha fortalecido en su lucha contra el gobierno de los hermanos Castro Continue reading
Agencias La Habana El Gobierno de Chile lamentó hoy la muerte del preso político cubano Wilman Villar Mendoza y manifestó su preocupaci... Continue reading
Muerte de Wilman VillarUn portavoz del Gobierno dijo que “el presidente de la República ha instruido al embajador de Chile en Cuba para efectos de expresar al Gobierno cubano nuestra preocupación por el respeto que se da en ese país a las lib... Continue reading
Continuing on a path of diversification away from Cuba, Toronto-based 360 Vox Corporation announced that a subsidiary entered a five-year asset management agreement for seven hotels in Canada and the United States. Under the agreement, the company, formerly known as Leisure Canada, will work closely with owner Ivanhoe Cambridge to provide asset management services and oversee [...] Continue reading
HAVANA — Amnesty International said Friday that it was on the eve of designating a Cuban dissident as a prisoner of conscience when he died following a hunger strike. It would have been the ... Continue reading
The problem of cattle has been a major problem in Cuba, for decades. In 1958 Cuba was in fourth place worldwide in cattle per capita (six million head of cattle for six million five hundred thousand inhabitants, for a 0.90), surpassed only by Uruguay (3.01), Argentina (2.39) and Brazil (1.01) — as a matter of [...] Continue reading
El gobierno cubano criticó la condena emitida por el gobierno de Washington por la muerte de un preso que al parecer realizaba una huelga de hambre y que la disidencia consideró como un opositor. Continue reading
Algiers (Algeria) January20, 2011(SPS) the Republic of Cuba, Thursday evening, presented 530 tons of sugar as a humanitarian aid for the Saharawi refugees, according to Saharawi embassy in Algiers. The Ambassador of Cuba in Algeria, Emilio Rodriguez, Continue reading
Geneva, Jan 21 (Prensa Latina) Cuba denounced at the WTO Dispute and Settlement Body that The United States violates its obligations to fulfill its verdicts. Ambassador Rodolfo Reyes said that among ... Continue reading
The Cuban government has denied that a man who died in custody on Thursday was a political prisoner who had been on hunger strike. State-controlled media said Wilman Villar had been in jail for ... Continue reading
Agencias La Habana Quieren 'manchar su imagen después de muerto', dice Maritza Pelegrino. ... Continue reading
Cuba on Thursday evening from multiple organ failure and septic shock resulting from pneumonia,. Cuba's government denies that Wilman Villar,… Continue reading
(EFE via COMTEX) -- Cuba's government lashed out at criticism over the death of prisoner Wilman Villar, saying its enemies have falsely labeled the man a dissident and a hunger striker. "Cuba regrets the Continue reading
Reacciones, Muerte de Wilman Villar“En ningún momento me agredió”, dijo Maritza Pelegrino, quien acusa al Gobierno de no haber atendido a tiempo a su esposo y cree que “lo dejaron morir”. Además, calificó de “manipulación” y “engaño... Continue reading
… de Santiago de Cuba, donde Villar fue enterrado ayer. … Patriótica de Cuba que lidera José Daniel Ferrer, expreso político del 'Grupo de los 75' … de Santiago de Cuba, inició una huelga de hambre en prote... Continue reading
DDC Madrid Se quejaban de problemas estomacales. Habían pasado sus vacaciones en Holguín. ... Continue reading
Cuba's Foreign Affairs Ministry on Saturday rejected the statements made by the US Department of State and the White House, considering them another example of the constant policy of aggression Continue reading
La viuda del preso cubano Wilman Villar, fallecido en una huelga de hambre según la oposición interna de la isla, calificó hoy de “manipulación” y “engaño” la versión del Gobierno que negó su ayuno y que fuera un disidente. Continue reading
Reacciones, Muerte de Wilman Villar“Murió porque las medidas no se tomaron para evitar su muerte. Es hora de que el mundo reaccione ante lo que sucede en Cuba”, señaló la médica, cuyo caso ganó popularidad hace dos años, cuando viajó a la ca... Continue reading
HAVANA -; The Cuban government is hitting back at Washington for critical statements about the death of a jailed dissident who has been described as a prisoner of conscience on hunger strike. ... Continue reading
Havana, Jan 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuba condemned on Saturday the manipulations in the case of inmate Wilman Villar Mendoza, who died on Thursday as a result of multi organ failure caused by a ... Continue reading
A statement from the Foreign Ministry calls Wilman Villar's death regrettable, but says it is unusual in Cuba. It complains that comments by the White House and the U.S. State Department show a permanent policy of aggression and meddling in Cuba's Continue reading
On November 6, 2008, published my first digital article on the site Kaosenlared (Chaos on the Web). Three months earlier I had graduated in journalist at the University of the Oriente, did not have this blog, and was about to begin working at the radio station where I would be located during my Social Service. [...] Continue reading
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She asks around: "What's the secret?" To which one wag replies, "There's no order-in pizza here; we can't become hikikomori." So hikikomori is known even in ... Continue reading
HAVANA, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Human rights activists and U.S. officials criticized the Cuban government after the death of an imprisoned Cuban activist who had been on a hunger strike. Continue reading
Cuba rechazó este sábado las críticas de España y la Unión Europea (UE) por la muerte del preso político cubano Wilmar Villar tras 50 días de huelga de hambre, y señaló a través de un portavoz que no “les asiste la más mínima autoridad mo... Continue reading
El preso cubano Wilman Villar, fallecido tras una huelga de hambre en la cárcel, según la disidencia, fue enterrado hoy en la localidad oriental de Contramaestre en “una atmósfera de intimidación policial”, dijo la Comisión de Derechos Human... Continue reading
Canada's national women's soccer team continues it quest for an Olympic berth when they take on Cuba in CONCACAF qualifying at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver tonight. Canad opened the ... Continue reading
La médica disidente cubana Hilda Molina, residente en Buenos Aires, dijo hoy que la muerte de su compatriota Wilman Villar después de una huelga de hambre es “un asesinato” porque “las autoridades (de la isla) podrían haber evitado” el fall... Continue reading
La mayoría de las personas cree que el Gobierno debiera tomar medidas urgentes, para impedir que sigan ocurriendo los repetidos derrumbes en diversos municipios habaneros Continue reading
La concentración, convocada por la plataforma 'Cuba Democracia … humanos en Cuba les sucede lo que a Wilmar Villar Mendoza' … de Santiago de Cuba tras una huelga de hambre de 50 días, según la oposición cubana, tras s... Continue reading