Representatives of 139 Cuban civil society organizations condemned the U.S. embargo against the island in the final declaration of the 7th Forum of Cuban Civil Society against the Blockade, convened by the Foreign Ministry of the Caribbean island nation.
Read MoreCuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas was awarded the Sakharov Prize granted every year by the European Parliament to persons or groups whose actions have been relevant in the defense of human rights, the protection of minorities, in favor of international cooperation or the development of democracy, Jerzy Buzek, speaker of this parliament, announced. This year Fariñas went on a long hunger strike to demand the release of sick political prisoners, which concluded when the release of 52 dissidents imprisoned in 2003 was announced.
Read MoreThe Spanish government has replaced Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos with Trinidad Jiménez, former health minister. Moratinos was the principal promoter of a new European Union policy toward Cuba instead of the Common Position, in force since 1996. Jiménez will make her debut next Monday in Luxembourg, when the top representatives of European diplomacy will decide if they maintain the current position toward the island.
Read MoreFormer Cuban President Fidel Castro affirmed that “all nuclear or conventional weapons, everything used to make war, should disappear,” in a message published today in the Cubadebate website. In recent months Castro has been carrying out a campaign to avoid a possible nuclear war between the United States, Israel and Iran.
Read MoreTropical Storm Richard formed on Thursday in the western Caribbean northeast of the Honduras-Nicaragua border, southwest of Jamaica, and south of Gran Cayman and western Cuba.
Read MoreI just returned from El Salvador, where I spoke with numbers of people. Among them was a young doctor who now works for the Ministry of Public Health, though she had previously lived in Cuba for 11 years where she studied for her degree and in her specialty. She spoke to me as if I were the only person who could understand her.
Read MoreBasically, its the four of us and all those who feel good about what happens here inside. There are children, neighbors, family members, friends who drop in frequently or appear after many years. All those who enjoy participating come and go as they please. It’s as free as that.
Read MoreThe Tun Tun Piano Bar is a pleasant place though distant from the center of the capital; it’s located on 35th Avenue and 20th St. in the Miramar/ Playa area. On Saturdays from 5:00 in the afternoon to 9:00 at night, come various trova musicians from different generations to offer their lyrical passages to the rhythm of guitar strings behind shots of rum.
Read MoreTheir voices echo those of the many Colombian women — peasant farmers, indigenous and black women, and mothers of victims of forced disappearance — who have mobilized for peace and to fight impunity in a country that has suffered a half-century of armed conflict between leftist guerrillas, government forces and the far-right paramilitary groups that joined the fray in the 1980s.
Read MoreIn an October 2010, post-Tropical Storm phone consultation with several of the resorts at Guardalavaca, they report that there has been no impact on the beaches from the BP oil spill, nor are any beaches closed.
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