Swedish FM: Cuba Dialogue Includes HR
Human rights form part of the dialogue with Cuba, affirmed Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, whose country will end this month its six-month presidency of the European Union (EU).
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People at Havana Film Festival
“But kids these days aren’t so interested in what’s happening on the American continent. I can understand that. Thanks to television we’ve been saturated with Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador… Really, I understand it…not everything is political. For that reason (and for the quality of the films) they prefer to see the more international selections,” said festival goer Jorge Armando.
Read MoreNew Cuban film: “El Premio Flaco”
When the final credits come on the screen, the audience is left with mixed emotions. Is it a comedy? A melodrama? Maybe it’s a tragic-comedy? It’s difficult to pin a label on this one.
Read MoreHonduras Pres.-Elect Seeks Recognition
Porfirio Lobo set out on an international tour Tuesday in an effort to gain recognition from the international community of his recent triumph in the presidential elections organized by the de facto government in Honduras that seized power five months ago.
Read MoreFito Paez in Cuba to Present Film
Argentine singer/composer Fito Paez is in Havana to present the documentary film Las manos al piano, about the recording of his album Rodolfo in 2007. Paez is well known in Cuba and has a large following among several generations.
Read MoreCuban Five Terms Slightly Reduced
The sentences against two of the Cuban Five were slightly reduced at a hearing held in Miami on Tuesday. Ramon Labaniño now must serve 30 years, down from life imprisonment and Fernandez Gonzalez, 17 years and 9 months, reduced from 19 years.
Read MoreEvo Morales Traveling to Cuba
Re-elected Bolivian President Evo Morales will travel to Cuba next Saturday, December 12, to participate in the summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), which will begin the following day, reported IPS. Morales was ratified in his post in Sunday’s elections with 62 per cent of the votes.
Read MoreCuba Sees “Less Tension” with Obama
With the arrival of President Barack Obama there is “less tension” and “less rhetoric against Cuba,” admitted Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez in statements to the press in Tokyo. Nevertheless, Rodriguez recalled that the US economic blockade on the island “remains intact and is fully applied,” and he expressed his government’s will to talk with the United States at whatever level.
Read MoreNew Sentence for Two of Cuban Five
Two of the five Cubans imprisoned in the United States charged with conspiracy to commit espionage will receive new sentences today in a court in the city of Miami, reported IPS. Cuba’s authorities consider the men, known internationally as the Cuban Five as heroes in the struggle against terrorism.
Read MoreCuban Baseball Season at 33 Percent
The 2009-2010 Cuban Baseball Season reached a third of the its 90 games over the weekend with Sancti Spiritus surprisingly leading the Western Division with Industriales and Pinar del Rio close behind. Last seasons league champion Havana Province team is in fifith place. In the East, Cinderella Guantanamo remains comfortably on top with Villa Clara (last season’s runner-up) second and Ciego de Avila third.
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