Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez, who has received prizes in Europe and the United States, backed the lifting of the travel to Cuba ban for U.S. citizens, which was debated yesterday in the House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee. In a message to Democratic legislator Howard Berman, Sánchez affirmed that the end of that restriction “could have better results in the democratization of Cuba than Raúl Castro’s indecisive measures.”
Read MoreCuba will begin in 2010 the clinical essays of a vaccine against pneumococcus, a pathogenic agent that causes pneumonia, sinusitis, peritonitis and meningitis, especially in immunodepressed persons, older persons and children, announced Concepción Campa, director of the Finlay Institute in Havana.
Read More“The travel ban is not a sanction against Cuba, it is a sanction against the U.S. people imposed by our own government,” said Democrat Bill Delahunt, one of the principal promoters of a change in relations with the island with a socialist system.
Read MoreHow many people in the United States and the world would like to send a list of questions directly to Barack Obama? Most would just assume that the US president himself would never see their questions, much less give them a direct answer. That wasn’t the case for Cuba’s hottest blogger, Yoani Sanchez.
Read MoreTwo and a half weeks into the current Cuban Baseball League season several surprises appear in the standings. Guantanamo, Granma, Industriales, Cienfuegos and Matanzas are playing far better than last season while Ciego de Avila (most wins) and La Habana (defending champs) are both struggling.
Read MoreCuba described today the report released yesterday by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) non governmental organization, which criticized the performance of the Cuban authorities, as “an attempt to throw an oxygenating lifesaver to a reduced and discredited internal counterrevolution.”
Read MoreOn the eve of an open hearing Thursday on the US travel ban forbidding its citizens from visiting Cuba, Human Rights Watch came out with another of its scathing reports lambasting Cuba’s human rights record. Journalist Jim Lobe brings us a detailed report.
Read MoreRepresentatives of the Cuban and U.S. governments are analyzing the possibility of carrying out the second round of their migration talks in Havana, after the meeting they held last July in New York, announced a Department of State spokesperson.
Read MoreThe battle over Cuba policy opens a new chapter on Thursday morning at a House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee hearing that before it began brought out the heavyweights on both sides of the fence. The issue of the day is whether to continue the travel ban that prohibits US citizens from visiting the neighboring country, but the stakes are considerably higher. If the travel ban were to fall some observers believe it would lead to a domino effect that could topple the nearly half-century US economic blockade of Cuba.
Read MoreThe streets of Havana were awash in color, sweat and contentment. People came out early to demonstrate their capacity for sports. Fortunately the sun loafed a little and came out later than usual, allowing the athletes to move at an easier pace without the punishment of the suffocating heat.
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