When Caribbean journalists met in Antigua in late March to discuss the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) that was signed between the European Union and the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) countries in 2008, they were told that the absence of tax treaties, foreign exchange controls and language barriers were among the factors preventing the full implementation of the accord.
Read MoreA bus carrying Turkish citizens who went to Karameh in an act of solidarity with Palestinians was attacked by Jordanian police and thugs, breaking many windows and injuring several occupants.
Read MoreAl-Nakba, or ‘catastrophe’, is the term describing the mass deportation of a million Palestinians from their cities and villages in 1948, including massacres of civilians, and the razing to the ground of hundreds of Palestinian villages, to establish the State of Israel.
Read More“Humor from my Pen,” an exhibition of political cartoons by Gerardo Hernández Nordelo one of the imprisoned Cuban Five, opens Saturday, June 4, and runs through Friday, June 17th at the Old Venice Jail Gallery, 685 N. Venice Boulevard, Venice, California.
Read MoreEver since she was little, Adela promised herself that she didn’t want to have to make the same sacrifices as her mother. She committed herself to becoming a professional, and she did just that.
Read MoreThe exhibition “Autorretrato” (Self-portrait) assembles almost a hundred pieces created over the last ten years by the acclaimed Cuban artist Nelson Dominguez, with recurrent issues such as the family and nature. (20 photos)
Read MoreThe 3rd Havana Times Photo Contest closes its mail box to entries in one month on June 15th. For all the information on how to participate visit this post: http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=37103
Read MoreIn the West Bank, dissident voices questioning the Palestinian Authority’s increasingly authoritarian rule have become rare. But a young musician in Ramallah refuses to hold his tongue.
Read MoreSpontaneous parades are not permitted in Cuba. All of them must be guided by the officialdom. The LGTB community, disallowed until a few years ago, has been winning official “recognition.” (19 photos)
Read MoreIt’s said that Yoani Sanchez and other Cuban bloggers opposed to the government are our enemies. But in my opinion, those embezzling, thieving and lying leaders are more dangerous than any inflammatory message that might navigate over the Internet.
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