Cuba’s Granma newspaper has special correspondents in Haiti covering the work of the over 400 Cuban doctors and medical staff providing emergency service in several locations. On Friday a report tells the incredible story of a baby girl, less than a month old, rescued alive after a week under the rubble.
Read MoreTravel related businesses from the US will meet March 24-26 in Cancun, Mexico with Cuban tourism ministry officials to plot a hypothetical situation where the US government rescinds its travel ban to the Caribbean nation.
Read MoreAlan P. Gross a 60-year-old agent working for a US government program to subvert Cuban laws regarding communications equipment, was allegedly caught in the act and has been in jail since Dec. 4.
Read MoreIf Cuba’s athletes are going to be present at this year’s Central American and Caribbean games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, depends little on that country’s authorities, but instead on the United States which controls Puerto Rico’s immigration and security.
Read MoreBolivian President Evo Morales met in La Paz on Thursday with Cuban VP Ramiro Valdez who is in the South American country for the inauguration of Morales for a another term in office. Cuba and Bolivia coincide in the need for action to revert the disastrous effects of climate change which they believe is worsened by the irresponsible consumption levels of the wealthy nations.
Read MoreCuba will install in the first half of this year a Chinese-made broadcasting system in real time for seismic signs to modernize its alert system in the face of the possible occurrence of an earthquake, announced Vladimir Moreno, director of the National Centre for Seismic Research.
Read MoreThe use of emergency contraceptive can save the lives of millions of women that undergo abortions under risk conditions or have complications during pregnancy and giving birth, affirmed Jorge Peláez Mendoza, president of the Children and Youth Section of the Cuban Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Read MoreThe history of racism in Cuba, the efforts of the Revolution to combat discrimination and prejudice, and the battles still to be faced is the topic announced for the primetime Round Table program on national Cuban television on Wednesday at 6:30 pm. local time.
Read MoreAlejandro Ramierez Anderson, 35, a Guatemalan who studied to become a film director in Cuba, is in the hard hit Haitian port city of Jacmel. Dismayed by the press coverage he’s seen in the days following the devastating earthquake on Jan. 12, he decided to send out an open letter with his vision of the events.
Read MoreCuban baseball has once again been in the world news this last week with the signing of lefthander Aroldis Chapman to a US $30 million 6-year contract with the Cincinnati Reds of MLB. Back home on the island the current 90-game season reached the two/thirds mark on Tuesday with Sancti Spiritus (Western Division) and Guantanamo (Eastern) continuing to lead the pack by comfortable leads.
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