The first successful slave uprising happened in Haiti when French occupying forces were defeated and an independent republic was born on January 1, 1804. Haiti has never received the deserved international recognition and homage this monumental accomplishment deserves.
Read MoreThe UN General Assembly voted on Friday in New York to reelect Cuba to the 47-member UN Human Rights Council for the period 2017-2019. The island had been elected in 2013 to a three-year term (2014-2016) on the body with headquarters in Geneva.
Read MoreThe Venezuelan opposition today reiterated its call for a national 12-hour strike on Friday, as a new protest action against the government of President Nicolas Maduro, which seeks to avoid a recall referendum. Venezuela is Cuba’s leading political and economic ally supplying the island with virtually all of its imported oil on highly favorable terms.
Read MoreThe UN General Assembly will overwhelmingly adopt on Wednesday a new resolution calling on the United States to end its economic embargo on Cuba, which Washington maintains despite its new policy of openness towards the island.
Read MoreThe Venezuelan opposition condemned Friday the suspension of the collection of signatures to trigger a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro, describing it as a “coup” against the electoral right of Venezuelans. Protests will take place on Wednesday.
Read MoreOn Saturday, hundreds of people temporarily stopped work at multiple construction sites at the site of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. Here’s more on the ongoing protest.
Read MoreThe Cuban government announced today it is sending a medical team to Haiti for the relief of the victims after the devastating hurricane “Matthew”.
Read MoreThe center of hurricane Matthew left Cuban territory near Baracoa at 2 a.m. Wednesday heading north. Strong winds, rain and coastal flooding persist in some areas of eastern Cuba and people are cautioned to stay put until the storm totally passes.
Read MoreHurricane “Matthew”, a Category 4 monster storm, touched land this afternoon at 6:00 p.m. at the eastern end of Cuba with winds of over 130 miles per hour. The eye of the hurricane is expected to last two hours over the island.
Read MoreThe full force of hurricane Matthew is over Haiti on Tuesday morning where catastrophic consequences are forecast and the storm’s center is expected to reach far eastern Cuba by this afternoon.
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