Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes will finally travel to Cuba in early October, he announced in a press conference during a ceremony to commemorate the 189th anniversary of the independence of Central America. Funes, who resumed relations with the island in June 2009, will be the first president from his country to visit the socialist system Caribbean island nation.
Read MoreThe detention in Cuba of U.S. agent Alan Gross is an obstacle to attempt to improve what could be more than a dialogue between countries, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela affirmed. Gross was arrested in December 2009 and remains in prison accused of espionage.
Read MoreTropical Storm Karl is concluding its passage through the Yucatan peninsula on Wednesday evening in route to the Gulf of Mexico with another land encounter predicted for the east coast in the state of Veracruz or Tamaulipas sometime Friday. Cuba was never threatened by TS Karl.
Read MoreCuba plays Venezuela, its closest political and economic ally Venezuela, in an opening night game on October 1, at the Pan American Qualifying baseball tournament to take place in Puerto Rico from October 1-12.
Read MoreOne of Cuba’s banner dance troupes, Danza Contemporanea, is currently touring Australia and received a highly favorable critique by the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday. The group troupe is performing for US $37 – $56 a ticket at the Playhouse through September 18.
Read MoreThe rap duo “Cubanos en la red” will carry out during September several activities to support the conservation of the environment in the Cuban capital, the local press reported. The musicians have called for a concert today in the Havana municipality of Playa dedicated to the protection of the ozone layer, while on Saturday they will work with the Acualina project to clean areas of the capital’s 17 kilometers of coastline.
Read MoreFour of the ex Cuban political prisoners asked the European Union (EU) to maintain the Common Position toward Cuba, a policy established in 1996 and that conditions relations with the island on political reforms. In a rally organized by the right-wing European Popular Party, the four dissidents, who were freed thanks to the mediation of Spain and the Catholic Church, urged keeping the pressure on the government of the Caribbean island nation until all opposition members have been released.
Read MoreThe details of how the cooperatives will be organized and how they will purchase raw materials and other inputs, and market their products, has yet to be made public.
Read MoreTropical Storm Karl formed Tuesday well south of western tip of Cuba and appears headed for a landing on the Yucatán Peninsula on Wednesday afternoon.
Read MoreThe funeral services for Rev. Lucius Walker Jr. will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, September 17, 2010 at Convent Avenue Baptist Church in New York City (420 W 145th Street, New York, N.Y., states the IFCO/Pastors for Peace website.
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