On 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.
Read MoreCuba will put to the test its military capacity next November 26-28, when the island will be the scenario of the Bastion 2009 exercise, in which regular troops, Ministry of the Interior units and other structures of the territorial defensive system will participate, a note by the Ministry of the Armed Forces announced today.
Read MoreNotwithstanding, President Zelaya doesn’t need to be restored to attempt to direct the popular consciousness. That is not the objective; rather, it is reconstructing the constitutional thread broken by the coup. The forces behind the coup are afraid, even of having that day come and looking at him in the eye, because they know they won’t be able to bear his gaze. They are afraid of facing their own shame and misery.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez invited on Sunday former Cuban President Fidel Castro to attend the upcoming December summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) Summit in Havana.
Read MoreTaking campaign contributions from right wing political actions groups is nothing new on Capitol Hill, but Republican congressman Sam Graves of Missouri is in the news this week for letting his position on the US blockade on Cuba be swayed.
Read MoreUlises Rosales del Toro, one of Cuba’s Vice Presidents of the Council of Ministers, is in Rome, Italy for the World Food Summit. The Summit, sponsored by the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), will address such crucial matters as world hunger and food insecurity faced by a large segment of humanity.
Read MoreCuba and China will launch in 2010 a joint venture to produce household electrical appliances such as washing machines, ACs, lights, monitors, PCs and laptops, a joint effort between the Haier Corporation and the island’s Electronic Group.
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