The residents of Isla de la Juventud know a lot about hurricanes, but it wasn’t enough to avoid the destructive power of Hurricane Gustav two years ago. Concern is now growing because the forecast is for a very active hurricane season, which runs through Nov. 30.
Read MoreThe Vatican foreign minister’s visit takes place in the midst of the dialogue between the Catholic Church and the government on the issue of political prisoners.
Read MoreThe defence attorney of Gerardo Hernández, one of the five Cubans imprisoned in the United States charged with espionage, will present today in the Federal Court of Miami a collateral appeal or habeas corpus with the aim of proving the irregularities which took place during the trial. Hernández was sentenced in 2001 to two life sentences and 15 years in prison, and the review of his case was rejected by the Supreme Court.
Read MoreHAVANA TIMES, June 15 – The foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) decided Monday to postpone for next September the conclusions on their annual review of the policy toward Cuba, waiting for the results of the dialogue between the Catholic Church and the island’s government, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos reported IPS. Moratinos received his colleagues’ mandate to continue the talks with Havana.
Read MoreJosefina Vidal of the North American desk at the Cuban Foreign Ministrys said in response to a report drafted by the US State Department that in Cuba “there is no trafficking of minors for sex, only an exemplary protection of children, teenagers and women.”
Read More“The International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5 will present the art exhibit, From My Altitude; the original paintings of Antonio Guerrero, one of the Cuban Five, serving long sentences in the US for defending their country against terrorism. Through the paintings participants at the USSF will be able to learn about the case of these brave men,” states the Committee press release.
Read MoreOfficials of Cuba and the US meet later this week in Washington to talk immigration, the third time under President Obama that they have met to monitor the 1994 agreement under which the US is supposed to issue 20,000 visas to Cubans each year.
Read MoreThe Council of State, the highest body of power in Cuba, agreed to appoint Gustavo Rodríguez as minister of agriculture with the aim that the current minister, Ulises Rosales del Toro, “dedicate himself full time to the strategic task of the sustainable increase of agricultural production.”
Read MoreThe average minimum temperature has increased in Cuba by 1.4 degrees Celsius in the last 40 years, while precipitations have gone down by 10 per cent and drought periods have become more frequent, according to a research by Braulio Lapinel, Virgen Cutié and Cecilia Fonseca, of the Climate Center of the Institute of Meteorology.
Read MoreArchbishop Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican’s foreign minister, will also take part in the conference, during a June 15-20 visit to Cuba. His schedule includes talks with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, Cuba’s bishops, and possibly President Castro.
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