Santiago Wins, Makes Cuba’s Playoffs
Santiago de Cuba defeated Las Tunas again on Wednesday in a lopsided 13-6 game to win the last ticket to the 2009-2010 Cuban Baseball Playoffs to begin on this coming weekend.
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Raul Castro Speech at Cancun Summit
Cuba supported the creation of a new political consensus mechanism between the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean without the tutelage of the United States or Canada. The following is the complete speech by Cuban President Raul Castro pronounced in Cancun on February 23.
Read MoreCuba Dissidents Farewell to Striker
Several dozen anti-government opponents gathered Wednesday at the headquarters of the Ladies in White, a Cuban dissident group, in the capital, to hold a “symbolic wake” for Orlando Zapata, a political prisoner who died on the 85th day of a hunger strike. The official government website cubadebate.cu posted a statement by President Raúl Castro Wednesday, who regretted Zapata’s death, but denied the allegations that prisoners are mistreated in Cuba.
Read MoreCastro Comments on Dissident’s Death
Cuban President Raul Castro expressed regrets Wednesday for the death of prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo on Tuesday. According to the official website, Cubadebate.cu, President Castro said that in Cuba “there are no tortured, there weren’t any tortured, and there wasn’t an execution. That happens at the [US] Guantanamo Naval Base.”
Read MoreLula, Raul & Fidel Castro Chat in Cuba
Visiting President Lula da Silva met in Havana with his hosts Raul and Fidel Castro on Wednesday. The press photo was taken by the Brazilian presidency after Lula and Raul visited the port of Mariel, 30 miles west of Havana.
Read MoreCuban Dissident Dies after Hunger Strike
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 MoreChavez to Follow Lula to Cuba
Without 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 MoreLula Meets Wednesday with Fidel Castro
Brazil’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 Still Kicking
Santiago 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 MoreCuba’s On-Going Medical Aid to Haiti
While 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.
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