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Contributing to Social Debate in Cuba

The 19th International Cuba Fair Book concluded on the seventh of this month with little recognition of the event’s contribution to debate in current Cuban society, as attention was centered on honored individuals and Russia, the guest country.

Appearing on the broad program, which began on February 11, were issues such as the decades-long silencing of the nation’s reality, book anthologies that were once accessible only to a minority of intellectuals, and social movements and authors who have emerged and “grown up” in the margin of officialdom.

Suicide as a Political Weapon in Cuba

The political prisoners who began the strike with Coco have already changed their minds and have all begun eating again. He, however, is continuing. He has already gone into shock one time and it’s possible that by the time this posting is published he will be on the verge of suffering a second attack.

Cuba Parliament Rejects European Condemnation

The National Assembly of People’s Power (unicameral parliament) rejected the “discriminatory and selective” condemnation of Cuba, approved by the European Parliament in response to the death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata, in a declaration released in Havana.

Cuba Asks to Reactivate Case of Cuban 5

The Cuban government asked the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to reactivate the case of the five Cubans imprisoned in the United States charged with espionage, whose detention was questioned by the Working Group on Arbitrary Arrests in 2005. Known internationally as the Cuban Five, the men have been in US prisons since Sept. 1998, after a politically charged trial in Miami, Florida.

Industriales Strikes First vs. Havana

Industriales continued its playoff run by defeating Havana Province 5-3 Thursday in the opener of the Western Division finals best-of-seven series. Behind the pitching of Odrisamer Despaigne, the Lions built a 5-1 lead in the seventh and hung tight to stop the Cowboys short on two scoreless innings by reliever Armando Rivero.

Industriales-Havana Province Open Series

Industriales and Havana Province square off in the Cuban Baseball League Western Division finals on Wednesday for game one a best-of-seven series.

Cuba Health Travel Insurance Question

Cuban authorities have created uncertainty in the tourism market due to a new regulation announced earlier this week that all visitors must have a travel health insurance policy approved by or purchased from the Cuban government.

Terry Fox Run Returns to Cuba

Relatives of Canadian Terry Fox will visit Cuba for the first time to take part in the 12th edition of the Terry Fox Run on March 20 throughout the island.

More Important Than Industries

This past December, the Cuban Ministry of Culture censored the Poesía sin Fin arts festival; though this event had taken place annually since 1999 in Havana’s outlying Alamar projects. The organization sponsoring the celebration was OMNI-ZONA FRANCA, and its coordinator Amaury Pacheco agreed to an interview with Havana Times.

With Cuba’s Doctors in Haiti

“We were told this was a very rough area, with a lot of crime when we learned where we would be working,” said Arnaldo Santa Cruz, a physical therapist from Havana. But with over 6 weeks in operation, the Cubans are respected and protected by Belair’s community.

Today, like every day, women with babies and their young children, grandmothers and the odd man, wait patiently to see one of the “Cuban doctors” as the entire group is known. At the end of a long morning diagnosing and treating acute respiratory infections, scabies, and other common conditions plaguing Port-au-Prince’s population, a young girl arrives with a too-small bundle swaddled in a towel.