- Venden "Idolo" del cubano Wilfredo Lam en 3,2 millones euros
- Freedom for the Cuban Five Demanded from Europe and North America
- Havana: Venue of 10th Iberian-American Meeting on Gender and Communication
- Cuban Health Minister Calls upon Developing Countries to Cooperate with Each Other
- Mozambique’s Premier Receives Cuban Vice-President
- Cuban Oil Refinery to eliminate all Pollutants in its Emissions
- Cocoa Production Increases in Guantanamo
- Antonio Guerrero: Merit Collaborator of the Museum of Natural History
- Sixth International Law and Justice Meeting Kicks Off in Havana
- High Percent of Filling Reservoirs in Santiago de Cuba
- Extraordinary Fruit Delivery in Santiago de Cuba
- Pastor en EE.UU. propuso encerrar y electrificar a los gay
- EEUU niega visa a académicos cubanos
- Final Playoff: Tigers Roar Again in Lions Headquarters
- Entrevista a José Pertierra: El juicio a Posada Carriles fue una batalla entre el teatro y la evidencia
- Exponen sobre cambios en administración de justicia en Cuba
- Ciego 8-3 sobre Industriales, serie 2-0
- Por más equidad de género en las agendas mediáticas
- ¿Podrá un patriota cubano verdadero votar por un republicano?
- Capital del medio ambiente en serranía holguinera
- Once deportistas camagüeyanos estarán en Londres 2012
- Radialistas de Camagüey valoran en Florida calidad del trabajo periodístico, artístico y creativo
- Una vez más EE.UU. niega visas a académicos cubanos
- Aroldis Chapman: Viviendo a toda maquina
- Jueces cubanos expresan indignación por amañado juicio contra los Cinco
- Destacan práctica jurídica cubana acorde con actualidad nacional
- Una ventana abierta entre Chávez y su pueblo desde hace 13 años
- El tiempo en La Habana 24-30 mayo
- Esta noche, premiación del festival cultural de la ACLIFIM (Portada)
- Cuba: confianza en la justicia institucional
Judge rejects effort to open CIA volume on Cuba
By PETE YOST
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge has ruled that a final volume of the CIA's
three-decade-old history on the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba can
remain shrouded in sec... Continue reading
Cubans say reforms under Raúl Castro must speed up
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
5/9/2012
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
Analysts say changes related to the workforce 'should go slow'
The slow pace of implementation of economi... Continue reading
South Africa: We Shouldn't Be Bailing Cuba Out
By Geordin Hill-Lewis, 9 May 2012
Today the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry voted to approve the
R350 million economic assistance package to Cuba, including a
"solidarity" grant ... Continue reading
Cuban Identity: Between Shame and Pride / Jeovany Jimenez Vega
Jeovany J. Vega, Translator: Unstated
In my last post I talked about the emigration/immigration issue, but I
didn't mention there what I consider the worst sequel, which is the lack ... Continue reading
Speaking of frustrations
May 8, 2012
Maria Matienzo Puerto
HAVANA TIMES — My mother used to always tell me: "Study Maria. One day
things are going to return to normal, and you'll get back more from
knowledge than what you spent."
I ... Continue reading
You're So Lucky to Live in Cuba
May 8, 2012
Rosa Martinez
HAVANA TIMES — When he reads this post, my good friend Paul is going to
say — once again — that all we Cubans do is complain. He's from the US.
Likewise, my Italian friend Julia... Continue reading
Travel may free up for Cubans
Change only weeks away, official insists
By Paul Haven
Associated Press
Monday, May 7, 2012
HAVANA — After controlling the comings and goings of its people for five
decades, communist Cuba appears on the verge of a dec... Continue reading
Cuba: Letting Others Make the Changes
May 7, 2012
Veronica Vega
HAVANA TIMES — In a chance encounter a few days ago, I heard a few words
that shook me to the core. The friend of a friend was talking about his
girlfriend, the daughter of a member o... Continue reading
Cubans Defined by Abbreviations
May 7, 2012
Dariela Aquique
HAVANA TIMES — Our grammatical rules are aided by a few shortcuts, both
in linguistics as well as in writing. One good example of this is the
use of abbreviations. Those in spelling and s... Continue reading
Goodbye Union and May Things (Not) Go Well
May 7, 2012
Daisy Valera
HAVANA TIMES — I'm going to request to resign from the union on May 15,
I wasn't able to on the 1st. In the worker evaluation reports they do on
me every three months, no ... Continue reading
Unions in Cuba: Who Do They Defend?
May 8, 2012
By Samuel Farber*
HAVANA TIMES — In the 1930s, at the height of Stalinist terror, a
Russian miner called Aleksei Grigorievich Stakhanov, became famous – and
infamous – for supposedly having extra... Continue reading
Cubans in Seoul
05-07-2012 17:01
Visit to serve as catalyst for improved ties
A rare economic delegation arrived in Seoul Monday. The mission consists
of officials and businessmen from Cuba, one of the four countries with
which Korea has no diploma... Continue reading
University of Michigan groups visit Cuba after Obama eases travel
restrictions
Posted: Sun, May 6, 2012 : 1:11 p.m.
Jacqueline Haber grew up hearing stories of Cuba, the communist island
her father, once a member of the Cuban military, fled nearly h... Continue reading
Posted on Sunday, 05.06.12
CUBA/VENEZUELA/U.S.
Castro's desperate warning
BY ROGER F.NORIEGA
rfn@visionamericas.com
When an imperious bully like Fidel Castro starts to fear, his instinct
is to try to sow fear among his enemies. Today, with his ... Continue reading
Cuba oil drilling shifts west
that could raise risk for South Florida
May 03, 2012|By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON -- A giant floating rig hunting for oil north of Cuba is
about to move farther west to dig an exploratory well even ... Continue reading
U.S. government's Radio and TV Marti call Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega a
lackey
By William Booth, Sunday, May 6, 4:01 AM
MEXICO CITY — Criticism of the leader of the Catholic Church in Cuba,
who has been negotiating with the communist governmen... Continue reading
In dissidents' arrest following Pope's Cuba visit, a Cardinal neglects
his flock
May 4, 2012
Achy Obejas
Cuban authorities arrested dissidents Vladimir Calderón and Julio
Beltrán on April 28. Their crime? The two men were accused o... Continue reading
Spread Your Little Legs
May 4, 2012
Irina Echarry
HAVANA TIMES, May 4 — It was 7:00 a.m. at the Maternidad Obrera
Maternity Hospital, where my fear was making me sweat. The abortion
wing was full of impatient women: some nervous, others extremely su... Continue reading
Havana Nightlife an Important Addition to Cuba Holidays
Cuba holidays are not only about beaches. Capital city of Havana is an
incredible place to be a part of lively nightlife. Cuba, the Caribbean
gem! If you are looking to spend your next vacation... Continue reading
Urban Transportation in Cuba
May 4, 2012
Janis Hernandez
HAVANA TIMES, May 4 — Urban transportation, as the system vehicles for
moving people within cities, is one of the most pressing problems in Cuba.
Our economic and logistic inability to purch... Continue reading
Do You Like Cafe?
May 3, 2012
Haroldo Dilla Alfonso*
HAVANA TIMES, May 3 – "CAFE" is the acronym of a new Cuban-American
organization. It stands for Cuban Americans for Engagement, a promising
name that seems to indicate the will of thei... Continue reading
Cuba's little capitalists are ready to rumba
By Jeff Franks
HAVANA | Fri May 4, 2012 6:10am EDT
(Reuters) - When Ojacy Curbello and her husband opened a restaurant at
their home in Havana in late December, not a single customer showed up.
It was... Continue reading
Ikea 'used Cuban prisoners to make furniture'
By Matthew Day
Friday May 04 2012
Cuban prisoners made furniture for Swedish retail giant Ikea under a
1980s deal to produce thousands of tables and sofas, according to German
files.
The deal wa... Continue reading
Document - Cuba: Further information: Government critic released to
await trial
Further information on UA: 100/12 Index: AMR 25/017/2012 Cuba Date: 1
May 2012
URGENT ACTION
GOVERNMENT CRITIC RELEASED TO AWAIT TRIAL
Government critic Andrés C... Continue reading
Document - Cuba: Prisoner freed, if gives up political activism: José
Daniel Ferrer García
Further information on UA: 99/12 Index: AMR 25/016/2012 Cuba Date: 1 May
2012 URGENT ACTION PRISONER FREED, IF GIVES UP POLITICAL ACTIVISM
Prisoner... Continue reading
1 May 2012
World Press Freedom Day: Repression in the digital era
"States are attacking online journalists and activists because they are
realizing how these individuals can use the internet to challenge them."
Widney Brown, Senior Directo... Continue reading
2 May 2012
Cuba: "The authorities attack us because we talk about the issues people
face"
"I do not think a tweet from me is going to save anybody from prison but
it does save them from impunity"
Journalist and blogger Luis Feli... Continue reading
May Day in Cuba: The Doctors Out in Front
May 2, 2012
Fernando Ravsberg*
HAVANA TIMES, May 2 — This year's May Day demonstration in Havana's
Revolution Square was led by a broad representation of health care
workers, whose work abroad has ... Continue reading
Cuba: A Little Hunger and Lot of Poor Eating
May 2, 2012
Alfredo Fernandez
HAVANA TIMES, May 2 — As a Cuban, I'm always surprised with the way my
fellow citizens refer to hunger as a "thing of the past," since we felt
it sharply back... Continue reading
Cuba's New Mantra: Viva Private Business
by Nick Miroff
Listen to the Story
Two self-employed florists prepare bunches of flowers in Havana last
year. The Cuban government is stepping up economic reforms and estimates
that in four or five years,... Continue reading
Facades and Dangers
April 30, 2012
Dariela Aquique
HAVANA TIMES, April 30 — Busy and centrally located Heredia Street in
Santiago de Cuba contains much of our history – especially that which
relates to culture, since still located there is the h... Continue reading
Posted on Wednesday, 05.02.12
Journalism group cites censorship in 10 countries
The Associated Press
NEW YORK -- A journalists' group says that the Horn of Africa nation
Eritrea leads the world in imposing censorship on the media, followed
clos... Continue reading
Posted on Wednesday, 05.02.12
Cuban émigrés call for more involvement in the country
Cuban government-sponsored meeting of émigrés in Washington heard
requests for them to be more involved in Cuba.
By Juan O. Tamayo
jtamayo@ElNue... Continue reading
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