While the Obama administration, the US military and justice system continue to decide what to do with their languishing prisoners at the US Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuban President Raul Castro recalled in a keynote speech to the legislature on Saturday that the land in question is Cuban and should be returned to the Caribbean nation.
Read MoreThe upcoming August 17 issue of Newsweek magazine asks the question of what’s happening with the supposed new Cuba policy touted by the Obama administration. The publication cites a State Dept. source as saying the change may be deeper than expected.
Read MoreWith a climate of economic crisis taking hold on the island, the the Central Committee of the ruling Communist Party of Cuba decided to postpone the 6th congress of that organization, previously announced by President Raul Castro for the second semester of 2009.
Read MoreRestricted credits to the island and a cash-flow bind have also decreased import capabilities of many products including oil. The crunch has led to less public transportation, strict energy rationing at workplaces, shrinking inventories in Cuban stores and raw material shortages for industries.
Read MoreBenicio del Toro was back in Havana this week to accept an award from Cuba’s Writers and Artists Association (UNEAC) for his lead role playing Ernesto “Che” Guevara, the Argentine revolutionary in the two-part four and a half hour film directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Read MoreThe Cuban Revolution “needs change” and “young blood, who trust all those compatriots who made it possible,” said Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez in statements to the press in Asunción, Paraguay. Silviohas continuously suggested that the Cuban government should rescind the expensive and sometimes difficult to obtain exit visa required for Cubans to travel abroad.
Read MoreThe formula of giving land to agricultural producers should be extended to other sectors such as retail trade, said journalist Ariel Terrero, a specialist in economic issues of Cuba’s state-run television. According to Terrero, the diversity of forms of production makes it necessary to raise again the topic of forms of ownership in the Caribbean country.
Read MoreThe U.S. blockade against Cuba remains intact “in political as well as practical terms,” said Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Tuesday when reporting to a legislative committee at the Havana Convention Center. He noted that in 2008 alone, the US blockade cost the Caribbean country US $3 billion in losses.
Read MoreCases of dengue have been reported in Cuba, but there isn’t an epidemic in the country, affirmed Deputy Health Minister Luis Estruch when speaking to a legislative committee.
Read More“This is an incredibly important step,” said Vicki Gass, a Honduras specialist at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). “It reminds the de facto government that the coup d’etat remains unacceptable that they will have to restore Zelaya to power as part of a broader negotiated solution.”
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