When Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva addresses a meeting of world leaders next week, he is expected to proudly claim that his country has already met – and exceeded – one of the key U.N. development goals: reduce by half the proportion of people living in extreme poverty and hunger.
Read MoreCuba’s Meteorological Institute (INSMET) reports Thursday morning that what was Tropical Storm Karl is now a hurricane, the third currently active in the Atlantic region along with Igor and Julia. None of the storms are considered a threat to Cuba.
Read MoreSalvadoran President Mauricio Funes will finally travel to Cuba in early October, he announced in a press conference during a ceremony to commemorate the 189th anniversary of the independence of Central America. Funes, who resumed relations with the island in June 2009, will be the first president from his country to visit the socialist system Caribbean island nation.
Read MoreThe detention in Cuba of U.S. agent Alan Gross is an obstacle to attempt to improve what could be more than a dialogue between countries, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela affirmed. Gross was arrested in December 2009 and remains in prison accused of espionage.
Read MoreWhen assuring that the model no longer works, the Commandant facilitated the path being pursued by General Raul Castro so that he can change everything that he judges necessary to change, without other political leaders being able to oppose him, shielded behind the flag of “Fidelism.”
Read MoreThe information formerly provided through the Banco Metropolitano website is still available, although through a somewhat different route – the Banco Central de Cuba. Here’s the step-by-step way to get the current exchange information you need.
Read MoreTropical Storm Karl is concluding its passage through the Yucatan peninsula on Wednesday evening in route to the Gulf of Mexico with another land encounter predicted for the east coast in the state of Veracruz or Tamaulipas sometime Friday. Cuba was never threatened by TS Karl.
Read MoreTraveling without documents to the United States from Latin America can turn into an odyssey, in which migrants have to elude common criminals and drug traffickers along the way, not to mention the laws on migration. But now another obstacle is emerging: a wall between Guatemala and Mexico.
Read MoreCuba plays Venezuela, its closest political and economic ally Venezuela, in an opening night game on October 1, at the Pan American Qualifying baseball tournament to take place in Puerto Rico from October 1-12.
Read MoreOne of Cuba’s banner dance troupes, Danza Contemporanea, is currently touring Australia and received a highly favorable critique by the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday. The group troupe is performing for US $37 – $56 a ticket at the Playhouse through September 18.
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