The vaccination campaign directed to protect the most vulnerable ten percent of the Cuban population is now approx. a third completed with 373,438 vaccinated since it began earlier in the month. The vaccines were donated by the World Health Organization. The Cuban health authorities have warned that the virus is present on the island and the campaign is to lower risks.
Read MoreAn earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale was felt in four eastern Cuban provinces (Santiago de Cuba, Granma, Guantanamo and Holguin) on Monday night, informed the National Seismological Service. It was the 23rd tremor registered in 2010.
Read MoreSpanish singer-songwriter Joaquín Sabina affirmed he would not sign any document condemning the Cuban government for the human rights situation in the island. “I will not sign any manifesto or letter against Cuba while there exist things like Guantánamo (prison camp) or the (economic) blockade,” said Sabina in statements to the press in Mexico.
Read MoreFirst on Friday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton actually blamed Cuba for the continuation of Washington’s half century economic blockade on the island. Then, in an interview published by Spain’s El Pais daily, First Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez seconded Clinton’s demands on Cuba.
Read MoreThe chief of the General Staff of the Cuban Armed Forces, Alvaro López Miera, arrived Sunday in Russia heading a military delegation from the island with the aim of reviewing the state of bilateral cooperation in that area, reported the Cuban press. In September 2009 the two countries signed an agreement to modernize the Cuban army.
Read MoreThe Police in the Cuban capital blocked the weekly march of the Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White) on Sunday reported IPS news service. The women are carrying out an ongoing protest demanding the release of their husbands and relatives which they claim are held as political prisoners.
Read MoreSeveral groups of internationally recognized Cuban musicians will perform at concerts in Havana and Santiago de Cuba at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday in opposition to a string of attacks by the United States against the island’s government on accusations of human rights abuses.
Read MoreUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday that Cuba’s leaders Raul and Fidel Castro do not want Washington to lift the economic blockade on the island, in place for a half century. However, the Obama administration and Congress have the power to end the blockade independent of whether the Cuban leaders really want that to occur.
Read MoreLess attention grabbing than a hunger strike is the matrix of people that is expanding —node by node— among people in this country who are interested in change. This is an effort that I would say is being directed toward true emancipation.
Read MoreHow can you achieve change when there is no real dialogue, not even among revolutionaries themselves; or when they don’t give space in the country’s only press to the opinions of communists and revolutionaries who promote a socialist perspective different from the failed official outlook; or when they reject other writings dealing with those issues?
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