Some reader comments on a previous post gave me the idea of dealing with the issue of family remittances by trying to discern their true social impact and economic repercussion in Cuba, going beyond any politically motivated myth.
Read MoreThe White House had virtually taken for granted Senate ratification of a key part of that agenda – a new strategic arms reduction treaty (New START) with Russia, particularly after it ceded chief Republican interlocutor on the accord, Sen. John Kyl, the extra 4.1 billion dollars he sought to add to the 80 billion dollars committed to the administration’s proposed five-year nuclear-weapons modernization program.
Read MoreWe don’t have yellow journalism in Cuba; and we don’t we need it. Every day we hear the sensationalized details concerning some armed robbery or a rape. These days people are talking about a daring bus holdup.
Read MoreThe Cuban government began the second stage of the National Seminar to prepare cadres and specialists on the Economic and Social Policy Guidelines proposed for the next Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), to be held in the second half of April 2011, reported IPS. The island’s authorities say they will later call for debates in grassroots organizations of the Party and the Young Communist League (UJC), as well as in the communities.
Read MoreJurists from around 20 countries will analyze the case of the Cuban Five imprisoned in the United States charged with conspiracy to commit espionage, during the 10th International Meeting of Penal Sciences, which will begin next November 23 in the Cuban capital, Miguel Angel García, coordinator of the event’s Organizing Committee, announced. The island’s authorities consider the Cuban Five as heroes of the fight against terrorism and demand that US President Barack Obama order their release.
Read MoreFormer Cuban President Fidel Castro will speak today to university students in a message that will be broadcast on the Mesa Redonda program of the island’s state-run television. The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution spoke last September 3 to a crowd of students on the steps of the University of Havana, whom he lectured on the need to avoid a nuclear war,
Read MoreThe 32nd Havana Film Festival is only two weeks away from opening. Cuba’s foremost cinema happening includes hundreds of full length and short films from Latin America and around the world and takes place from Dec. 2-12. (10 photos)
Read MoreIf all Cubans, wherever they are, fail to come together at this crucial moment in history in defense of our country and the Cuban government does not introduce new policies and strategies, it is a real possibility that our country’s name will be added to those of Guam, Palmyra Atoll, Virgin Islands, Wake Island, Midway Island, Puerto Rico and others.
Read MoreThe cholera outbreak continues to spread. “We have cases in all departments”, said yesterday Nigel Fisher, coordinator of the humanitarian action for the United Nations in Haiti, “although the Haitian authorities this weekend said that only six of the ten departments have been affected by the disease” stressing that “According to epidemiologists, the number of cases will increase significantly”.
Read MoreA submarine fiber optic cable which is expected to greatly increase internet connection speed in Cuba will soon be operational, and is creating moderate expectations among civil society on the island, where private access to the net is not a government priority.
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