Today I got up earlier than usual. When the alarm clock sounded at 5:50 a.m., I’d already been up for a while puttering around in the kitchen. I was moving from here to there, shifting around from one way to another, but I still felt uncomfortable. My whole body ached. The day before I’d watched the game between our Guantanamo and Granma.
Read MoreJimmy Carter meets in Havana, Cuba on Wednesday morning with blogger Yoani Sanchez, the day after his Tuesday encounter with President Raul Castro. On Monday he met with Cardinal Ortega. Official Cuban TV and websites have blasted Sanchez in recent days putting her in the front line of what they have dubbed the “cyberwar” against Cuba’s revolution and leaders.
Read MoreFormer Cuban President Fidel Castro believes that Muammar al-Gaddafi can defeat his NATO adversaries if he fights to the bitter end in his attempt to maintain power in Libya.
Read MoreA new week, a new campaign for Ankara’s diplomacy. After a victorious arm-twisting on Saturday with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to divert the leadership of the aerial war against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi from France to NATO, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has turned his attention to trouble closer to home, Syria.
Read MoreWhen the trunks of the trees move with every step you take, you know you are in a swamp. This is what happens when you walk over the seemingly firm and vegetation-covered ground over what was once a pit used to dump oil sludge in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest.
Read MoreGranma won a 15-12 slugfest over Guantanamo and Villa Clara out pitched Ciego de Avila 4-1 to take a 2-1 lead in their respective best-of-seven Cuba Eastern Division playoffs.
Read More“To those that hear my music clandestinely, I thank them for their boldness and affection. Let’s hope that someday they can listen to it freely on the radio and that the generations who aren’t familiar with me will learn about my existence, and not only through their parents.”
Read MoreFormer US President James Carter had a busy first day in Cuba on Monday. On his second visit to the island, Carter visited leaders of the Jewish community and some of their facilities. He also met with Catholic Church leader Cardenal Jaime Ortega.
Read MoreTo many Serbs, the action against Libya brought back the traumatic memories of bombing that left some 2,500 dead and profoundly devastated the country’s infrastructure.
Read MoreThe revolution contagion sweeping across the Arab countries has spread to Syria leading to rare protests challenging the grip of the ruling Baath Party on the country. The regime was quick to describe the turmoil as a foreign-inspired plot aimed at punishing the country for its support of groups opposed to U.S. and Israeli policies in the region.
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