US Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. now says the January 22 deadline for closing the prison camp at the US Guantanamo Naval Base will most likely not be met. The bigger issue, of the continued US occupation of Cuban territory, has yet to be placed on the agenda of the Obama administration.
Read MoreExpectations are growing in Honduras with the arrival of the delegation of OAS foreign ministers and the initiation of dialogue, though its content remains contradictory and uncertain. Meanwhile, the victims of repression continue struggling for their freedom after more than 101 days of resistance.
Read MoreThe recent 6-day visit of US State Department official Bisa Williams to Cuba has brought new speculation that the 50-year-old hostile US policy towards the island could be poised to undergo a change. The visit came on the heels of President Obama’s contradictory extending of the blockade on Cuba for another year in September and not long before Congress is expected to consider bills that would free US citizens to travel to the Caribbean country.
Read MoreHavana’s summer temperatures have continued without abate and on Monday a record 35.6 Celsius (96 F) was set for the month of October. The previous record was set in 1925.
Read MoreCuba managed to reduce its oil consumption by half the excess beyond its budget possibilities, but inconsistent application of measures have so far kept it from reaching its savings goal. The information came Monday from Yadira Garcia, minister of Basic Industry.
Read MoreThe land planted in Cuba’s world favorite tobacco fell by over 30 percent this year due to a 15 per cent drop in demand, reported the National Statistics Institute (ONE). The drop is attributed to the international financial crisis combined with growing prohibitions on smoking in numerous countries.
Read MoreIn five years Kendry Morales has gone from a budding star of the Cuban National Team to a 26-year-old fixture at first base for the Los Angeles Angels in the US Major Leagues.
Read MoreHAVANA TIMES, Oct. 5 – Cuba ranked in 51st place on the Human Development Index list, according to a report by the UN Development Program (UNDP) released today. Cuba ranks fifth in Latin America after Chile, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina and Uruguay.
Read MoreA medical brigade comprised of 62 clinical geneticists and other specialists traveled to Nicaragua, where it will carry out a genetic and diagnostic study of disabilities, reported IPS. Other brigades from Cuba have previously done similar research in Ecuador and Venezuela.
Read MoreA total of 468 cases of influenza were reported in Cuba until this weekend, announced Luis Estruch, deputy minister of hygiene, epidemiology and microbiology of the Ministry of Public Health. According to the official, the A H1N1 virus has especially affected pregnant women, dozens of which are being treated in intensive therapy services.
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