US Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd began this weekend a visit to Cuba with the aim of exploring means to improve bilateral relations, IPS reported on Wednesday citing the Miami-based El Nuevo Herald. Dodd has been one of the principal promoters of a change of policy toward the island, which includes lifting the embargo and restrictions on travel to the Caribbean island nation.
Read MoreThe Committee of Relatives of the victims of the bombing of a Cuban plane in Barbados sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama in which they requested the release of the five Cubans imprisoned in the U.S. charged with espionage and asked for the sentencing of Luis Posada Carriles, the author of the attack on the Cuban aircraft in 1976.
Read MoreA sub-tropical depression formed last night to the north of the Dominican and Puerto Rico. Forecasters at Cuba’s Meteorological Institute (INSMET) predict the weather phenomenon will take a turn to the north in the coming hours, distancing itself from the Caribbean.
Read MoreCuba defeated Canada 4-2 on Tuesday with outfielder Yoennis Cespedes waking from a slump and driving in all of his team’s runs. Cuba is now 4-0 at the World Cup/Pan American Games qualifier taking place in Puerto Rico at the top of Group B.
Read MoreThe US government will process the emigration applications of the ex Cuban political prisoners established in Spain through the program of significant public interest benefits, which will allow them to establish themselves in the United States as an exceptional manner, a State Department official cited by the Miami-based El Nuevo Herald daily said.
Read MoreThe suburban agriculture programme was extended to 57 of Cuba’s 169 municipalities, Adolfo Rodríguez Nodals, head of the National Urban Agriculture Group who directs that initiative, said. The programme’s aim is to create a green belt around the population settlements to meet their inhabitants’ food needs. According to the specialist, by March 2011 almost all the island’s municipalities should be incorporated into this plan.
Read MoreThe earthquake of 5.1 degrees on the Richter scale registered yesterday by the Stations Network of the National Seismological Service in the eastern Cuban provinces of Holguín, Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo was the 40th of the year.
Read MoreUS Senator Christopher Dodd, the retiring chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, traveled to Cuba over the weekend reportedly to discuss ways to break the stalemate and improve bilateral relations. Dodd is a long-time opponent of the travel ban on ordinary US citizens from visiting Cuba and is a critic of the nearly half-century economic embargo on the island.
Read MoreParts of Eastern Cuba Shook from a 5.1 Richter Scale earthquake on Monday morning, with no reports so far of damage or injuries.
Read MoreThe president of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, will arrive today in the Cuban capital on an official visit, invited by his counterpart Raúl Castro. Funes is traveling with a political delegation and representatives of the business sector. During his stay he hopes to sign a cooperation agreement in the area of public health.
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