President 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.
Read MoreNew Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been in Cuba this week to get a look at the island’s civil defense system. The deadly chaos that overcame New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 sharply contrasted from Cuba’s dealing with that cyclone and three major hurricanes in 2008, when only seven persons died as a result.
Read MoreIberian-American Secretary General Enrique Iglesias will meet this Tuesday with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez as part of a working agenda that includes meetings with other government officials.
Read MoreThe talks in Honduras have stalled over the question of reinstating ousted President Manuel Zelaya, whose delegates have called on the Organization of American States (OAS) to take steps to keep the negotiations from failing. Zelaya’s negotiators hope that at the meeting on Wednesday, the OAS will reiterate its earlier demands that the deposed president be immediately reinstated, and adopt new sanctions against the de facto regime if it refuses to budge from its positions.
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