Actor and part-time journalist Sean Penn reportedly is in Cuba to interview Fidel Castro, reported AFP on Monday.A year ago, just before Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, Penn also conducted an extensive interview for The Nation magazine with Cuba’s current president Raul Castro.
Read MoreBrazilian theologian and prolific author Frei Betto visited Fidel Castro on Saturday afternoon in Havana, in a meeting of old friends. Among his many books Frei Betto interviewed Fidel Castro for the widely published l985 work “Fidel and Religion.”
Read MoreMargaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), will arrive today in Cuba on a four-day visit. Chan’s agenda includes visits to several scientific research centers, the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) and a center for the care of persons with disabilities.
Read MorePresident Zelaya’s commission issued a statement calling this new maneuver to block his reinstatement to be “formalistic, absurd and in some cases insulting and even provocative.” The talks have been suspended until the de facto regime presents a serious proposal, while the political, economic and social crisis deepens more with each passing day.
Read MoreSantiago Alvarez, a Miami-based Cuban-American businessman who stockpiled weapons to attempt an overthrow of the Cuban government, was freed from US immigration custody in Georgia on Thursday. Alvarez benefited by the “good terrorist” policy practiced by the US government and court system
Read MoreWhile negotiations stall between the ousted and de facto governments of Honduras on the issue of whether former president Manuel Zelaya will be reinstated prior to the country’s elections next month, an increasingly relevant question is whether the international community would be willing to recognize the results of elections that occur under the unelected, interim government’s watch.
Read MorePolemics is proud, slippery; its terms are not always transparent, its “cards” are face down or hidden, and they usually hide pitfalls and traps that are looked to for undermining, weakening and defeating the position of whomever confronted. Dialogue, on the other hand, is reasoning. It refers to a positive and open conversation, to a negotiation, with the alternation or exchange of words and opinions between people. In dialogue, one does not aim to defeat the other interlocutor, but to clarify, expand and modify the positions of the actors to achieve consensus.
Read MoreThe Caribbean Risk Management Initiative (CRMI) announced the launching of a new website (www.undp.org.cu/crmi) in three languages with the goal of becoming a point of reference on these issues in the Caribbean, in addition to a platform for knowledge on the risk reduction of disasters and the adaptation to climate change.
Read MoreFormer Cuban President Fidel Castro yesterday was visited by Ecuadorian Vice President Lenin Moreno Garcés. Fidel is the senior advisor to the government of his brother Raul Castro.
Read MoreWriting for a publication called the Global Post, Nick Miroff provides readers with an excellent account of the history and current status of business relations between US mobile phone companies and Internet providers and Cuba.
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