A year after establishing strict regulations applicable to Cubans wishing to travel to Ecuador, Rafael Correa’s government has decided to eliminate the letter of invitation hitherto required of visitors from the island. The move could drastically increase arrivals.
Read More“Crocodiles don’t eat crocodiles,” says the refrain of a popular Cuban song. It comes to mind now, in connection with the story I’m about to tell. It has to do with events in the former Yugoslavia and today’s Crimea.
Read MoreAs Russia and the United States/European Union continue in dispute over the former’s annexation of Crimea and troop buildup near the Ukraine, visiting Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart made it clear where Cuba stands.
Read MoreSome 80 thousand spectators attended the free concert this past Saturday by Cuban singer Silvio Rodríguez in the Zocalo Square of Mexico City, reported La Jornada newspaper.
Read MoreFive years after the ethnic civil war in Sri Lanka was won by the Sinhalese government, with thousands of Tamil civilians killed in the final weeks, the UN Human Rights Council authorized its High Commissioner to investigate if human rights abuse occurred. Cuba was in the minority opposing the investigation.
Read MoreFollowing declarations by Nicolas Maduro alleging that three Air Force generals had attempted to stage a coup the Venezuelan Armed Forces declared on Wednesday that they remain strongly united, DPA reported.
Read MoreThe mayor of the Venezuelan city of San Cristobal, Daniel Ceballos, was dismissed from his post and sentenced to a year in prison after a summary trial on charges of disobeying a direct order to contain anti-government protests.
Read MoreThe Guantánamo detainees accepted by Uruguay “are not dangerous,” the nation’s Interior Minister, Eduardo Bonomi, told reporters in Montevideo on Monday (March 24), referring to the five Syrians and one Palestinian that President José Mujica agreed to take in as refugees.
Read MoreThe president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, reported today before a mission of foreign ministers of the Union of South American Nations (Unsaur) that his government had foiled a coup plot, with the arrest last night of three air force generals.
Read MoreThe Venezuelan government put in practice today a new currency exchange rate that represents significant de-facto devaluation; the largest in history, analysts told dpa news. The rate was pegged at 51.86 Bolivars to the US dollar.
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