US President Barack Obama will meet today with conservative representatives of the Cuban exile community for a cocktail fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee to be held in at the home of singer Gloria Estefan in Miami. It is expected that during the activity the president will be urged again to take a hard line for political change in Cuba and drop any ideas of renewed diplomatic relations with the Castro government.
Read MoreA test of the election organization takes place this coming Sunday throughout Cuba in preparation for voting for local representatives a week later on April 25.
Read MoreThe Mexican Senate did not vote on a resolution of condemnation of the existence of prisoners of conscience in Cuba since the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) withdrew its support because it considered it interventionist and in keeping with a U.S. campaign against the island.
Read MoreThe Chilean government demanded that Cuba carry out an “exhaustive investigation” of the death of businessman Roberto Baudrand, who was the general manager of the Río Zaza food producer, a joint venture currently under investigation by the District Attorney’s Office, according to the South American country’s Foreign Ministry. Baudrand yesterday appeared dead in his apartment in the island’s capital,.
Read MoreWhenever the final stage of the baseball championships gets here, I always wonder the same thing: Why can’t we Cubans discuss the other truly monumental issues that also affect our lives in the same continuous and open way…with the same passion?
Read MoreCuban barbers and hairdressers maybe at the forefront of a new move to allow some small scale private businesses on the island.
Read MoreA deficit in rainfall since November 2008 in different regions of Cuba has made it necessary to supply water to 500,000 persons, informed the Civil Defense authorities. The year 2009 was reportedly the fourth driest in the last 109 years.
Read MoreThe vaccination campaign directed to protect the most vulnerable ten percent of the Cuban population is now approx. a third completed with 373,438 vaccinated since it began earlier in the month. The vaccines were donated by the World Health Organization. The Cuban health authorities have warned that the virus is present on the island and the campaign is to lower risks.
Read MoreAn earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale was felt in four eastern Cuban provinces (Santiago de Cuba, Granma, Guantanamo and Holguin) on Monday night, informed the National Seismological Service. It was the 23rd tremor registered in 2010.
Read MoreSpanish singer-songwriter Joaquín Sabina affirmed he would not sign any document condemning the Cuban government for the human rights situation in the island. “I will not sign any manifesto or letter against Cuba while there exist things like Guantánamo (prison camp) or the (economic) blockade,” said Sabina in statements to the press in Mexico.
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