On one of my last trips during my year in Venezuela, I went to Colonia Tovar, a very distinctive place in the state of Aragua. More than 90 percent of the original immigration to Colonia Tovar came from the Kaiserstuhl region of southwestern Germany. (13 photos)
Read MoreI experienced the most difficult moments of the Special Period crisis when I was only 16. I had just entered high school when we received the news of the collapse of the socialist camp; the consequences would soon follow.
Read MoreThe Cuban tax office know as the ONAT, is carrying out a campaign to get taxpayers to pay up on time instead of falling behind and risking penalties. Ana Evora a specialist at ONAT said that as in previous years, personal income taxes should be paid up by March 1. She noted that those persons who became self-employed in the last four months of 2010 will have a one-time exemption from filing.
Read MoreCuban-American senators Bob Menendez and Marc Rubio presented an amendment that would block any flight from the United States to the island or any other country considered a sponsor of terrorism, according to the list drawn up by Washington. In January, President Barack Obama lifted a group of restrictions to facilitate “people-to-people” contacts between the two countries.
Read MoreThe policy of dialogue toward Cuba is the only one that works in the European Union’s relations with the island, contrary to blockade and isolation, Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jiménez said in statements before the Spanish Congress of Deputies. Jiménez underlined the importance of “being present in the process of reforms” begun in the Caribbean country.
Read MoreThe United States should take Cuba off the list of countries that sponsor terrorism, while the island’s authorities could release contractor Alan Gross, to facilitate the rapprochement between the two nations, former governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson affirmed in statements at the Brookings Institute in Washington.
Read MoreThe Young Filmmakers Exhibit of the Cuban Institute of Cinema Arts and Industry (ICAIC) will take place February 22-27 in the Cuban capital, announced filmmaker Fernando Pérez, president of the event, in which 17 works of fiction, 24 documentaries and 21 animated cartoons will compete. Perez said: “Not only do we wish to give each one the voice and the opportunity to exhibit their works, but also that they be the ones who participate in each of the details of the organization and holding of the event.”
Read MoreRailroad accidents in Cuba left losses for more than 2.4 million dollars in 2010, José Rafael Araújo, director of Inspection and Auditing of the Railroad Union, announced. The principal causes of these events, which cost the life of 19 persons, were the bad state of the tracks and negligence when driving the equipment.
Read MoreAnalysis by Jim Lobe* HAVANA TIMES, Feb 16 (IPS) — Four days after the stunning departure of Hosni Mubarak from
Read MoreWhen U.S. President Barack Obama raised the curtain on a six- year, six-billion-dollar Global Health Initiative (GHI) in May 2009, he appeared to be embarking on the path of promises that paved the way to his election victory earlier that year.
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