Cuban opposition member Orlando Zapata passed away in Havana’s Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital after 85 days of hunger strike, reported Elizardo Sánchez, president of the Cuban Commission of Human Rights and National Reconciliation. Zapata was considered a “prisoner of conscience” by Amnesty International.
Read MoreWithout specifying the date, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he will be traveling soon to Cuba to meet with former President Fidel Castro, out of the public eye since July 2006 for health problems.
Read MoreBrazil’s President Lula da Silva meets with Fidel Castro on Wednesday in Havana after arriving Tuesday from Cancun, Mexico for an official visit. The trip is Lula’s fourth to the island during his eight years in office.
Read MoreSantiago de Cuba defeated Las Tunas on Tuesday 6-5 to force do-or-die date for both teams on Wednesday for the last ticket to the 2009-2010 Cuban Baseball Playoffs. Norge Luis Vera pitched the final innings to get the victory.
Read MoreWhile the massive Cuban medical aid to Haiti —both before and after the January 12th earthquake— is continuously a topic of the Cuban media, in most of the international press it is a buried story.
Read More“I think we should reflect and we must listen to the youth,” said Silvio Rodriguez, adding, “a country without young people is destined to be a shadow, a ghost.”
Read MoreAround 50 imprisoned Cuban opposition members asked Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to intercede for them with his counterpart Raúl Castro when he meets with the latter next Wednesday in the Cuban capital, according to a letter released in this city. According to the dissidents, Lula, who is scheduled to arrive in Havana on Tuesday, could be “a magnificent interlocutor to get the Cuban government to decide to carry out the urgently needed economic, political and social reforms.
Read MoreThe socialist system is relatively new, in contrast to capitalism which has some 300 years of development behind it. Human beings are not perfect, and neither is the revolution. It is not exempt from human errors, apart from the question of whether socialism is or is not a better system.
Read MoreThe Vuelta a Cuba cycling competition concluded on Sunday with Arnold Alcolea of Cuba winning his second consecutive championship.
Read MoreHard-hitting Las Tunas stands in the way of perennial contender Santiago de Cuba seeking another playoff opportunity. The last ticket to the postseason in the Cuban Baseball League will be decided in Las Tunas on Tuesday and possibly Wednesday when the two teams make up games that were postponed during the regular season.
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