The Cuban government has decided to eliminate the monthly quota of cigarettes distributed through the nationwide basic products rationing system. The smokes were available way below cost on the same list as subsidized food and hygiene products, reported IPS on Wednesday. The move is part of the policy of President Raul Castro to reduce government spending.
Read MoreSalvadoran President Mauricio Funes asked the opposition to overcome “the ideological past” regarding Cuba, with which he established diplomatic relations after he became president on June 1, 2009, which had been broken for almost 50 years, in statements to the press in the Central American nation. Funes postponed his September trip to the island because of agenda matters.
Read MoreThe US government should relax sooner than later restrictions on travel to Cuba, the governor of the state of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, affirmed in statements to the MSNBC TV channel from the island’s capital. Richardson also considers that the embargo has not worked and announced he would discuss with the Cuban authorities the case of U.S. contractor Alan Gross, detained since December 2009.
Read MoreThe words of Mavis, the images that relate the rape that she suffered by an adult in school, as well as her loneliness and sadness make us think that the title of the film should be something different. It’s the society that’s wrong, and society is made up of all of us who judge. We don’t understand and we even hurt those who are different from the majority. “Neither the homosexuals nor the heterosexuals accepted me; I was an outcast. It was like I was some kind of weirdo in this society…”
Read MoreWe just added 26 more great new pictures to this gallery of Havana street scenes. The Cuban capital is full of life out on the city streets, even more so during the hot, humid summer months. (77 photos)
Read MoreThe Cuban Espacio Laical magazine, published by the lay Catholic community, rejected a letter sent to Pope Benedict XVI by representatives of the island’s political opposition, which it considered part of an international campaign to torpedo the Catholic Church’s mediation regarding the political prisoners.
Read MoreAnother six Cuban political prisoners will soon be released, announced today the Archbishopric of Havana, which has announced all the releases up to now. With these prisoners a total of 32 opposition members imprisoned since 2003 have been released and they have asked to leave for Spain, according to the negotiations between the Cuban government, the Catholic Church and Madrid.
Read MoreCuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega asked US authorities during a recent visit he made to Washington that they accept the released political prisoners who have expressed interest in traveling to that country, Orlando Márquez, spokesman for the Archbishopric of Havana, announced.
Read MoreFormer Cuban President Fidel Castro met with a group of Cuban scientists to inform them of the dangers of a possible nuclear war and its consequences for the planet, the island’s state-run press reported today. Castro is carrying out a campaign in the Caribbean nation to warn about the war that could break out in the next few weeks between the United States, Iran and Israel.
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