In Cuba these days we are seeing concerts in support of the Revolution, ceremonies of patriotic demands at workplaces, fiery statements in the press by readers, and speeches by those who remind people they mustn’t yield – “not even an inch.”
The siege mentality returns in the face of the “foreign threat” —embodied this time by the United States and the European Union— which in words of Raul Castro have launched an “enormous smear campaign against Cuba.”
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez traveled early Thursday from Managua to Havana for consultations with his close allies President Raul and Fidel Castro. Cuba and Venezuela were the two founding members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) and Chavez country is Castro’s leading trade partner.
Read MoreUS 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.
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