Opening night plenary featured Robert Pastor, U.S. national security advisor on Latin America and the Caribbean during the Carter administration, who led the first secret negotiations with the Cuban government after diplomatic ties were severed in the early 60’s.
Read MoreThe Cuban government concluded the process of releasing political prisoners begun in 2010, after 115 opposition members were freed, among them 52 of the ones convicted in 2003, the Spanish Foreign Ministry reported in a communiqué. Out of that group, only a dozen decided to remain on the island, while the rest travelled to the European country.
Read MoreCuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez questioned the international community’s commitment with the recovery of Haiti, more than a year after the earthquake that devastated that Caribbean country, when speaking at U.N. Security Council. Rodríguez criticized the use of the financial aid in programs not controlled by the Haitian government and highlighted the island’s cooperation in the reconstruction of the public health system.
Read MoreThe Cuban authorities will try to make more efficient the sugar harvest through the introduction of Brazilian harvesters, global positioning systems (GPS) and the reorganization of cane transportation, among other experimental measures designed to modernize that sector, said sources from the Ministry of the Sugar Industry.
Read MoreCuban dancer and choreographer Carlos Acosta was awarded the 2011 National Dance Prize, Iván Tenorio, president of the jury, announced. Acosta, born in 1973, is a guest artist of the Royal Ballet of London; the American Ballet Theatre, of New York; and the Kirov Ballet, of Saint Petersburg.
Read MoreCuba is sticking to its plans to begin oil exploration this year in its territorial waters in the Gulf of Mexico, and has assured neighboring countries that “every reasonable” safety and environmental protection measure will be taken, in an area still haunted by the disastrous effects of the crude oil spill in 2010.
Read MoreWith time one comes to understand that all around us move hidden forces: octogenarian spies, decorated dissidents, not-so-independent journalists, crypto-bloggers, and secret operatives playing the roles of freemasons, academics and artists.
Read MoreTo the chagrin of the home team fans Granma and Pinar del Rio blasted their way to first game wins on Wednesday in the Cuban baseball semifinal playoffs.
Read MoreFor several months in Havana Times, comments on articles have appeared possessing a very Cuban feel. Not out of paranoia, but from curiosity, I began to wonder who this person could be who comments daily about almost all the postings if very few people in Cuba have access to Internet.
Read MoreMy decision to visit Fukushima – the area worst hit by the massive quake, tsunami and nuclear power accident on Mar. 11 – was taken one afternoon last week after a long meeting with scientists.
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