October 2012 - Page 19 of 27

Missile Crisis Discussed in Cuba

The Cuban Academy of History is convening a scientific workshop next week in Havana to discuss the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962.

US Renewing Licenses to Travel Agencies Organizing Trips to Cuba

An entity within the US Treasury Department has begun renewing licenses of some travel agencies that organize trips to Cuba,.

Horse Drawn Cart Drivers on Strike

One hundred and ten carriage drivers, including their assistants, conducted a work stoppage this past last Friday at the Varadero beach resort to protest high taxes, reported the Hablemos Press.

Greatest Number of Drug Seizures in 8 Years

The Cuban government seized 1,644 kilograms of drugs during the first half of 2012, the highest figure in the last eight years, reported by the island’s Ministry of Interior last week.

Danny Glover: Record Venezuela Turnout Hands Chávez Convincing Mandate to Continue Social Agenda

We go to Caracas to speak with actor and activist Danny Glover, who traveled to Venezuela to monitor the election. Glover predicts that “we may find that certainly President Chávez and those [other Latin American leaders] who are re-elected will really create a new page in this history of this region.

A small, fragile being

Interview with Cuban actor Ivan Garcia about his role playing author Virgilio Piñera in Tomás Piard’s made for TV film “If you’re going to eat, wait for Virgilio”.

Cuba Exhales after Venezuelan Vote

Most Cubans are breathing easier this week. The victory of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela will ensure them a stable supply of oil in exchange for the work of tens of thousands doctors, educators, sports trainers, etc. from the island who are employed in his health and education programs.

Playoffs in Venezuela: The Final Score

In recent weeks, the spirit of the people of Venezuela has been like what I can only compare to a baseball playoff. I’m making this comparison from my point of view as a Cuban who has never seen the streets of Havana spontaneously filled other than in the final series of the playoffs, especially if the capital’s Industriales team plays Santiago de Cuba.

In Search of a Lost Audience

“It’s good that at least that someone is still inspired by literature,” I said, thinking about the less than 15 people who showed up for the two poetry readings I’ve given this month.

Cuba Can Learn from Chavez and Venezuela

The Cuban Revolution began the second stage of the independence of “Our America”; but today it is our responsibility to learn the way independence is being best guaranteed by the Bolivarian peoples of Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia.Chavez’s call for dialogue and “coexistence,” as well as his recognition of the role of the opposition are new paradigmatic milestones of the new form of socialism being sought.