The ruling Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) asked the Committees for the Defence of the Revolution (CDR), the largest mass organization in the island, to explain to citizens the changes in the economic model and especially the laying off and relocation of half a million persons employed in the state sector.
Read MoreThe real risk if dying of cancer in Cuba increased by 78.21 per cent between 1970 and 2006, revealed an investigation published by the Revista Cubana de Salud Pública magazine. According to the study, the increase could be directly related to the continuous aging of the island’s population.
Read MoreGenetically modified ‘terminator’ mosquitoes are the latest weapons that the Malaysian government wants to use against the deadly dengue fever, but activists and environmentalists say the public health risks of introducing a new ‘artificial’ strain of mosquito are far too high.
Read MoreHershey, one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the U.S., is lagging behind other companies in taking steps to ensure decent working conditions in its supply chain, charges a new report prepared by Global Exchange, Green America, the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF), and Oasis USA.
Read MoreHurricane Karl with its 195 kph (120 mph) winds is poised to strike Mexico’s Gulf Coast near Veracruz later on Friday. A Hurricane warning is in effect for a considerable stretch of the coastline of the state of Veracruz .
Read More“The Cuban Five should have been returned to Cuba shortly after their arrest, as is the custom when foreigners are arrested in the United States on missions for their home countries and their activities here caused no harm,” said Leonard Weinglass.
Read MoreReligion is a phenomenon that has accompanied the development of Cuban society, and it unquestionably revived after 1990, with the beginning of the “Special Period.” That economic crisis brought the need for atonement. (22 photos)
Read MoreRev. Lucius Walker Jr. —founder of the Pastors for Peace organization who died on September 7— received a eulogy written by Amy Rabideau Silvers in the Journal Sentinel of Milwaukee, where he started his career as a pastor and activist.
Read MoreUS journalist Jeffrey Goldberg has been taking heat from rightwingers for not demonizing Fidel Castro enough in two recent articles for Atlantic Magazine. In an article titled America’s Absurd and Self-Defeating Cuba Policy, Goldberg gives details of the attacks he’s received and presents his take on them.
Read MoreOrganizations working for the rights of undocumented immigrants are using the crisis triggered by the massacre of 72 migrants a few weeks ago near the U.S. border to press for in-depth changes in Mexico.
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