Cubans Rescued Adrift in the Gulf
Four Cubans aboard a raft in the Gulf of Mexico were rescued on Saturday by personnel of the Mexican navy, announced the National Immigration Institute.
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Protestor Released in Santiago de Cuba
The social worker Andres Carrion Alvarez, who was detained and roughed up just before the Mass of Benedict XVI in Santiago de Cuba on March 26, was released late Friday, reported the website of the Miami-based “Radio Marti.”
Read MoreChavez Returns to Cuba for Longer Stay
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez made his sixth trip to Cuba in two months on Saturday, to continue his radiotherapy treatment against cancer. On this occasion, Chavez plans to stay for over a week in Havana, unlike the last three visits when he arrived on Saturday and returned home on Wednesday evening.
Read MoreAmericas Summit Ends in Discord over Cuba, Malvinas
The Summit of the Americas ended without a final declaration, with Cuba and the Malvinas Islands being the chief apples of discord.
Read MoreUS Wall on Cuba Under Attack
A half century of attempts from Washington to bring down the Castro government in Cuba through an economic embargo, travel ban and diplomatic isolation is under attack from friends and foes alike at the VI Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia.
Read MoreChavez Bows Out of Americas Summit
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez decided today not to attend the Summit of the Americas in Cartegena, Colombia (April 14-15) for medical reasons.
Read MoreChavez Undecided on Americas Summit
The VI Summit of the Americas officially begins today in Cartagena, Colombia and as of last night the presence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was still undecided on making a stopover en route to Cuba for a fourth round of radiotherapy treatment.
Read MoreRene Gonzalez of the Cuban-5 Back in US
Rene Gonzalez, one of the Cuban Five, returned to the United States on Friday, after spending two weeks in Havana to visit his seriously ill brother. The trip took place under total discretion after Gonzalez received special permission for the trip from Judge Joan Lenard in Miami.
Read MoreObama Grits His Teeth at Cuba
US President Barack Obama today laid the blame for poor US-Cuba relations squarely on Havana for its not acquiescing to Washington’s demands on how the island should be governed.
Read MoreUS Yachts Still Unauthorized to Participate in Cuban Regatta
US yacht owners are still waiting permission from their government to travel to Havana to participate in the race sponsored by the Hemingway International Yacht Club of Cuba.
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