Former Cuban President Fidel Castro and Brazilian theologian and author Frei Betto met in Havana for several hours on Friday afternoon. A short press note states that Castro and Betto, discussed “international topics of mutual interest including the situation in Libya.”
Read MoreA new group of 30 doctors, nurses and technicians arrived in Haiti this week as part of the Cuba’s medical aid mission to the neighboring Caribbean country that is already over 1,300 strong.
Read MoreThe Cuban authorities will extend to the entire country a study carried out in the province of Mayabeque, southeast of Havana, to control the distribution of milk, affected by problems in the quality of the product, transportation and conservation. More than 70 per cent of the milk in the country comes from the cooperative and farmer sector.
Read MoreThe U.S. government expects that agent Alan Gross will get a fair trial in Cuba and that he will be allowed to return home, since he has not committed any crime, State Department spokesman Philip Crowley affirmed on Thursday.
Read MoreThe Maryland resident faces up to 20 years in prison for “acts against the independence and territorial integrity” of Cuba.
Read MoreCuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez insisted on the need to eliminate the common position that governs the relations of the European Union (EU) with the island, noting it is the principal obstacle in the normalization of bilateral affairs. Rodríguez spoke in Brussels after a meeting with the Cuban official with Catherine Ashton, chief of European diplomacy.
Read MoreWomen barely represent 38 per cent of the enrolment in technical-professional schools in Cuba, Deputy Minister of Education Kenelma Carvajal announced, pointing to gender-related prejudices as the main cause of this imbalance.
Read MoreCuba will benefit 240,000 persons in Haiti with the implementation of a literacy program through the “Yo sí puedo” method, which will be advised by specialists from the island, reported IPS. According to UN figures, only 52.9 per cent of the Haitian population is literate.
Read MoreHousing construction has nosedived in Cuba since 2006, when 11,373 new homes were built, according to a report by the National Office of Statistics (ONE). In 2010 barely 34,014 homes were built. The housing shortage is one of the biggest problems facing the Cuban population, especially felt by the youth who find it nearly impossible to live independently.
Read MoreCuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez asked U.S. President Barack Obama and Google to finance “a satellite belt that would provide Internet to the Third World,” in a message published in his blog Segunda Cita. Rodríguez was one of the founders of the New Song Movement, one of the island’s most important musical currents in the 20th century.
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