The French vessel Dignité-Al Karama is the only boat from the Freedom Flotilla II actually sailing for Gaza in an attempt to break the Israeli blockade imposed in 2006. At the same time, six Spanish members of the humanitarian aid mission went on hunger strike in the Greek capital.
Read MoreOn July 9, thousands of people converged on Michelson Boulevard to witness the culminating activity of the Caribbean Festival: The burning of the Devil. This ceremony consists of the beating of drums while flammable materials are used to construct a giant effigy that symbolizes evil. (66 photos)
Read MoreReviving U.S.-Iran friction over Iraq may have more to do with deteriorating relations over Iran’s nuclear program than with uncertainty over U.S. troop levels in Iraq beyond the end of this year.
Read MoreThe statistics document an absolute reduction of the population, falling to about 11,242,638 residents in 2010. This meant that last year on the island there lived some 2,500 less Cubans than in 2005.
Read MoreThe one chamber Cuban parliament will hold one of its two regular annual sessions starting August 1, announced its chairman Ricardo Alarcon.
Read MoreIn the past, many women took advantage of the non-state economic sector, but generally in subordinate roles as helpers who were family members, often without any remuneration whatsoever, and as such they remained essentially invisible.
Read MoreHow does the metamorphosis of a leader into a dictator occur? Is there a way of diagnosing a potential dictator? Not all leaders become dictators, but most dictators (if not all of them) have been leaders.
Read MoreYerandi Basart Ramos is one of the most outstanding young exponents of children’s theater and puppetry currently active in Cuba. As he stated during our interview, “What started out as an adventure later became a problem for me.”
Read MoreViolence against women is rampant, devastating and tolerated in South Sudan and the new country needs to address these gross human rights violations and train people, especially soldiers, to respect women’s rights.
Read MorePassing in front of the Saratoga Hotel in Old Havana, I saw a photo that caught my attention. It wasn’t that the teenager in the photograph was so attractive, instead I was drawn in by the slogan at the top of the picture: “Noble Havana.”
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