Below, readers will find 12 highly important events that made headlines and had a significant impact on Cuba and Cubans during 2014. These were selected on the basis of their impact on the country’s political, economic and cultural spheres.
Read MoreHere’s a story some are calling “diplomaculate conception.” The wife of one of the Cuban Five, just released from prison after 16 years, is expecting a baby in just two weeks thanks to some unusual diplomatic moves. (Video)
Read MoreViolent incidents occurred today in an area of southern Nicaragua, where the army and police broke up a demonstration of farmers protesting against the construction of an interoceanic canal, unofficial sources told dpa news.
Read MoreCuban president Raul Castro spoke to the nation today at noon, the same time that Barack Obama was making an address from the White House. The two leaders were addressing, in their own way, a successful diplomatic effort that included the release of prisoners Alan Gross, the three remaining Cuban Five members and an unnamed US agent who was also jailed in Cuba.
Read MoreMore than 3,000 people took part in a peaceful demonstration held in Nicaragua’s capital this Wednesday to demand respect for human rights and protest the building of an inter-ocean canal that the Chinese consortium HKND will begin in coming days.
Read MoreGraphic new details of the post-9/11 U.S. torture program came to light Tuesday when the Senate Intelligence Committee released a 500-page summary of its investigation into the CIA with key parts redacted.
Read MoreAs we broadcast from the United Nations Climate Summit in Lima, Peru, we speak with Pascoe Sabido of the Corporate Europe Observatory, which has just released a new report, “Corporate Conquistadors: The Many Ways Multinationals Both Drive and Profit from Climate Destruction.” “This is COP 20. For 20 years we’ve been going without progressing to a fair and progressive climate deal that we need,” Sabido says. “One of the big reasons is the aggressive lobbying of the fossil fuel industry both at the national level and here at the talks.”
Read MoreVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced Monday that he plans on launching a “powerful socialist offensive” at the beginning of 2015, aimed at ending the “economic war waged against the country by unpatriotic oligarchs,” DPA reported.
Read MoreThe Cuban doctor who recovered from Ebola after contracting it Sierra Leone returned to the island on Saturday. Felix Baez is the first known Latin American to have been infected with the deadly disease.
Read MoreThe Cuban doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone has recovered from the disease and will soon return to the island, according to a statement from the health authorities published today in Havana.
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