Author: Circles Robinson

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro assumed the responsibility for the marginalization against homosexuals in the 1960s, although he affirmed he doesn’t have “that type of prejudice,” in statements published today by Mexico’s La Jornada daily. Castro justified that “great injustice” with the fact that he was involved in other political questions, such as the Missile Crisis.

The governments of Cuba and China will increase their cooperation in the area of security, Zhou Yongkang, member of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party, affirmed during a meeting in Beijing with Abelardo Colomé Ibarra, the island’s minister of the interior. Both nations maintain trade relations valued at more than 1.5 billion dollars.

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro visited for the second time in less than two months the National Aquarium, on this occasion accompanied by U.S. journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, Julia Sweig, specialist at the U.S. Council for Foreign Relations, and Adela Dworin, president of the Cuban Hebrew Community. The delegation saw the dolphin show, spoke with the board of directors and dolphin trainers, in addition to exchanging opinions on the international situation.

The month comes to a close on Tuesday with three tropical cyclones simultaneously churning in the Atlantic. The latest, Fiona, is expected to take a similar path as Hurricane Earl making it of little threat to Cuba but dangerous for island countries in the eastern Caribbean.

Mexico’s La Jornada newspaper publishes an extensive interview on Monday with former Cuban President Fidel Castro. The leader of the Cuban revolution discloses details of his illness that saw him on the brink of death four years ago.

Hurracane Earl has picked up steam on Monday morning as it crosses the northern Leeward Islands and heads for the Virgin Islands. It is not expected to threaten any part of Cuban territory.