As details emerge in the shooting death of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, whose killer has yet to be arrested, community leaders have helped build wider momentum into their calls for justice in the case.
Read MoreThe recent occupation of several Catholic church buildings by opposition groups — including one which a dozen protesters maintained in the capital for 48 hours — is putting on the table another sign of how politics in Cuba is beginning to be played.
Read MoreThe Central Bank of Cuba changed the rules governing the import and export of hard currency in whatever monetary units, as well as Cuban pesos (CUPs) and Cuban Convertible Pesos (CUCs).
Read MoreCuban actor Reynaldo Miravalles, 89, who lives in the United States, traveled to Cuba this week to star in the movie Esther en alguna parte, directed by Gerardo Chijona.
Read MoreLobbyists in the United States are pressing Congress to pass a law that will levy a 10 per cent “user fee” on agricultural and telephone companies, remittances and travel transactions involving Cuba.
Read MoreA US federal judge in Miami authorized Rene Gonzalez to travel to Cuba for two weeks for humanitarian reasons to visit his ailing brother. Whether Gonzalez is effectively allowed to travel still depends on permission from the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Read MoreEveryone knows that when it comes to weddings, the bride’s grown always has to be the most beautiful. That is why it is the tradition in many countries for the guests never to wear white dresses or light colors, so as not to overshadow the bride.
Read MoreI didn’t spare words or irony to question the existence of a single political party here in my country. The same goes for a constitution that only allows us freedom of speech and the press in accordance with the aims of “socialist” society, and an electoral system designed so that we can’t choose.
Read MorePope Benedict XVI is to visit Cuba starting next Monday, and while the Vatican stresses the “pastoral” character of the three-day trip, it is also evident that the communist country has unique relations with the Roman Catholic church.
Read MoreFamed sociologist Frances Fox Piven and labor organizer Stephen Lerner discuss how Occupy Wall Street could grow into a major political movement that draws millions into the streets.
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