Descendants of former Cuban businessman Rafael Lucas Sanchez Hill have filed a lawsuit in Spain against the Melia hotel chain. The Sanchez Hills, who live in the United States, are seeking 10 million dollars as indemnification for Cuba lands seized by the government in 1960, after Fidel Castro seized control of the island.
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The US based online travel giant Expedia has agreed to pay $325,000 in fines to the United States government for violations related to the embargo against doing business with Cuba.
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He doesn’t remember what he ate for lunch that day, but he does remember throwing up until his insides hurt. He was dizzy and couldn’t breathe properly, about to pass out. El Chino had lied down for a little while to have a siesta nap and cool down in the hot afternoon, in Havana’s Tallapiedra neighborhood.
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Movie Theater in Rafael Freyre, Holguin, Cuba. By Marek Byra, Canada. Camera: Samung Sm
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Rural leader Medardo Mairena, released on June 11, along with 55 other political prisoners, denounced the torture he lived in custody in the first press conference he gave after being released. He also said he will continue in the struggle until there is democracy and the rule of law in Nicaragua.
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While greater Internet access has encouraged the creation of solidarity groups which share information about how to deal with food shortages, SNET, Havana’s street network, is fighting to survive in the face of Cuba’s new internet regulations.
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We replace belts and brake pads, Camaguey, Cuba. By Alfredo Angueira, Cuba. Camera: Blackberry cel
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Haitian authorities should conduct a swift and comprehensive investigation into the killing of journalist Pétion Rospide and ensure those responsible are brought to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
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Tens of thousands of workers around Brazil on Friday joined a general strike against President Jair Bolsonaro’s controversial pension reform plans, with protesters erecting burning barricades while public transport was affected in the main cities.
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Merchant Irlanda Jerez spent 329 days as a prisoner of the Ortega-Murillo regime. During that time, she was interrogated nude, beaten, tortured and groped by an official of the La Esperanza prison. She was released on Tuesday, June 11, but she was unable to return to her home in Managua because hours previously it had been sacked and occupied by the Ortega-allied paramilitary.
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