Cuban President Raul Castro expressed regrets Wednesday for the death of prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo on Tuesday. According to the official website, Cubadebate.cu, President Castro said that in Cuba “there are no tortured, there weren’t any tortured, and there wasn’t an execution. That happens at the [US] Guantanamo Naval Base.”
Read MoreThe following is the lineup for the Casa de la Musica Centro Habana, Casa de la Musica Miramar, Piano Bar Tun Tun, Cafe Cantante Mi Habana y Delirio Habanero for Feb. 25-28.
Read MoreVisiting President Lula da Silva met in Havana with his hosts Raul and Fidel Castro on Wednesday. The press photo was taken by the Brazilian presidency after Lula and Raul visited the port of Mariel, 30 miles west of Havana.
Read MoreIt’s true that poverty exists. Half of the population supports itself with miniscule salaries and these workers find themselves obliged to steal from their workplaces to survive. Nonetheless, it’s a mistake to think that this is the case for all the citizens.
Read MoreCuban opposition member Orlando Zapata passed away in Havana’s Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital after 85 days of hunger strike, reported Elizardo Sánchez, president of the Cuban Commission of Human Rights and National Reconciliation. Zapata was considered a “prisoner of conscience” by Amnesty International.
Read MoreWithout specifying the date, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he will be traveling soon to Cuba to meet with former President Fidel Castro, out of the public eye since July 2006 for health problems.
Read MoreBrazil’s President Lula da Silva meets with Fidel Castro on Wednesday in Havana after arriving Tuesday from Cancun, Mexico for an official visit. The trip is Lula’s fourth to the island during his eight years in office.
Read MoreToday Cubans are also discovering the benefits of “green medicine,” natural remedies that for a long time were associated with a low-level of cultural development and “obscurantism”; their use had been limited to people assumed to be “ignorant.”
Read MoreSantiago de Cuba defeated Las Tunas on Tuesday 6-5 to force do-or-die date for both teams on Wednesday for the last ticket to the 2009-2010 Cuban Baseball Playoffs. Norge Luis Vera pitched the final innings to get the victory.
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