Jimmy Carter meets in Havana, Cuba on Wednesday morning with blogger Yoani Sanchez, the day after his Tuesday encounter with President Raul Castro. On Monday he met with Cardinal Ortega. Official Cuban TV and websites have blasted Sanchez in recent days putting her in the front line of what they have dubbed the “cyberwar” against Cuba’s revolution and leaders.
Read MoreFormer Cuban President Fidel Castro believes that Muammar al-Gaddafi can defeat his NATO adversaries if he fights to the bitter end in his attempt to maintain power in Libya.
Read MoreGranma won a 15-12 slugfest over Guantanamo and Villa Clara out pitched Ciego de Avila 4-1 to take a 2-1 lead in their respective best-of-seven Cuba Eastern Division playoffs.
Read MoreFormer US President James Carter had a busy first day in Cuba on Monday. On his second visit to the island, Carter visited leaders of the Jewish community and some of their facilities. He also met with Catholic Church leader Cardenal Jaime Ortega.
Read MoreUntil yesterday Cuba had an Economy and Planning minister who was also in charge of implementing the reforms in the country’s struggling economy. Now the government of Raul Castro has decided the job should be separated.
Read MoreUS President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) will make his second trip to Cuba starting Monday, March 28. Carter and his wife Rosalynn plan to be in Cuba for three days and are scheduled to meet with President Raul Castro and other Cuban officials.
Read MoreThe production delay in nine of the 39 sugar mills grinding in the current sugar harvest could endanger the results of this campaign, Cuba’s reported IPS. Despite the government’s investments, the breakages, production interruptions and organizational deficiencies have caused the poor yields of these sugar factories.
Read MoreCuba will extend in its tobacco plantations a new variety of this plant known as Corojo 2006, more resistant to plagues, created in the Tobacco Experimental Station of the western province of Pinar del Río, reported IPS. That region is known in the world for the quality of its tobacco leafs, used to make the famous Havana cigars.
Read MoreThe prosecutor’s office requested a 20-year prison sentence for Chilean businessman Max Marambio for the crimes of bribery, falsification of banking and commercial documents in the trial against him opened at the Havana Provincial Court, reported IPS. Marambio was tried in absence, since he has refused to appear before the Cuban authorities.
Read MoreLuis Posada Carriles, a Cuban exile militant, widely known in Latin America as the leading terrorist in the Americas, has begun his defense in a trial for perjury in El Paso, Texas
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