Fiber Optic Cable Between Cuba and Jamaica Now Operative
The Telecommunications Company of Cuba (ETECSA) began receiving international service through Cable & Wireless Jamaica starting May 13th, Diario de Cuba reported.
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Latin America
Brazilian Doctors Oppose Hiring Cubans
Brazilian doctors objected Wednesday to the recent announcement that their government plans to hire 6000 Cuban doctors to meet the shortfall of health professionals in interior regions of the nation, reports AP.
Read MoreAllan Nairn: After Ríos Montt Verdict, Time for U.S. to Account for Its Role in Guatemalan Genocide
Following last week’s guilty verdict in Guatemala’s historic genocide trial, reporter Allan Nairn says the United States should follow Guatemala’s lead and indict the Reagan administration officials who supported the genocide under General Efraín Ríos Montt.
Read MoreRíos Montt Guilty of Genocide: Are Guatemalan President Pérez Molina, US Officials Next?
The ruling marks the first time a former head of state had been found guilty of genocide in his own country. The judge in the case has instructed prosecutors to launch an immediate investigation of “all others” connected to the crimes. Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina was among those implicated during the trial’s testimony after having served as a regional commander under Ríos Montt’s regime.
Read MoreRios Montt Sentenced to 80 Years in Prison
Guatemala’s former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, was sentenced Friday to 80 years in prison on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. The judgment was divided into 50 years for genocide and 36 years for crimes against humanity
Read MoreDespite Evidence of Massacres, Former Guatemalan Dictator Proclaims Innocence at Genocide Trial
A verdict is expected as early as today in the historic trial against U.S.-backed Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, the first head of state in the Americas to stand trial for genocide. He is charged with overseeing the slaughter of more than 1,700 people in Guatemala’s Mayan region after he seized power in 1982.
Read MoreEduardo Galeano, Chronicler of Latin America’s “Open Veins,” on His New Book “Children of the Days”
One of Latin America’s most acclaimed writers, Eduardo Galeano is out with the new book, “Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History.” Galeano’s classic “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent” made headlines when Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez gave President Obama a copy at the Summit of the Americas in 2009.
Read More“Over the Line”: U.S. Agents Shooting Dead Innocent Mexicans Across the Border With Impunity
A joint investigation by the Washington Monthly and the Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute has found over the past five years U.S. border agents have shot across the border at least 10 times, killing a total of six Mexicans on Mexican soil. The killings have gone unpunished after a court ruled the Mexican victims have no standing to sue in U.S. courts since they died on their own soil.
Read MoreCuba-Brazil a Growing Relationship
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff received Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla Monday afternoon at the Planalto Palace. Coinciding with the Cuban’s visit to Brasilia, President Raul Castro welcomed, but in Havana, Fernando Pimentel, Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
Read MoreCuba to Send 6,000 Doctors to Brazil
Some 6,000 Cuban doctors will soon travel to Brazil to work in poor areas with a precarious health situation, the two governments decided today in Brasilia, reported DPA news. The negotiation of the agreement, carried out with the support of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
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