Today the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, is celebrating his 83rd birthday, the fourth one that has gone by since he stepped down from power due to illness. Over this period he has keep abreast of national and international events without being involved in day-to-day politics.
Read MoreThe Cuban government appointed Rogelio Polanco, director of the state-run Juventud Rebelde daily newspaper, as the island’s new ambassador to Venezuela, reported IPS.
Read MoreWomen represent 46 per cent of the labor force in the large civilian state sector, said Yolanda Ferrer, secretary general of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC). Nonetheless, the leader also recognized that “women are still burdened by the endless workday at home.”
Read MoreMarina Litvinsky HAVANA TIMES, August 13 (IPS) – A letter sent last week by the U.S. State Department has caused many
Read MoreRepublican Senator Mel Martinez, known for his opposition to a softening of the half century US blockade on Cuba has suddenly resigned from his Senate seat claiming a desire to return to Florida from Washington to spend more time with his family. Martinez’ term expires in January 2011.
Read MoreThe huge US conglomerate General Electric (GE) has told its sub-subsidiary Banco de America Central (BAC) that it can no longer carry out transactions with Cuba or Cubans.
Read MoreCuban President Raul Castro arrived in Quito, Ecuador on Sunday to attend today’s swearing in of President Rafael Correa for a second term. On his first night in the South American country Raul attended a Political Council meeting of representatives of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA).
Read MoreThe Iranian company Wagon Pars sold 550 train freight cars to its Cuban counterpart Ferrocarriles de Cuba for the transport of containers, fuel and cement. The purchase price is estimated at US $60 million.
Read MoreHAVANA TIMES, August 10 – A total of 24,335 Cubans have formally solicited Spanish citizenship at the European country’s embassy in Havana. Spain’s “Historic Memory Law” offers Spanish nationality to the grandchildren of that country’s emigrants.
Read MoreCuba’s new comptrollers office, created by the legislature, will receive and follow up on complaints filed by citizens on the misuse of public resources and other illegalities and acts of corruption, said Jose Luis Toledo Santander, president of the parliament’s Constitutional and Juridical Affairs Committee.
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