Cuba’s new Family Code, still being drawn up, will increase the protection of children against “all forms of physical and psychological violence, exploitation, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment.” Subjects such as domestic and workplace violence -which exist in all countries no matter what their system of government- have only recently become more openly discussed in Cuba.
Read MoreCuban authorities eliminated peas and potatoes from the ration card, it was reported in the network of retail commercial establishments. Previously only available through the neighborhood “bodega” stores, those products can now be freely purchased at higher prices than those subsidized by the state
Read MoreThe National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami is showing a Tropical Storm Watch for Cuba’s far western province of Pinar del Rio on Saturday. The storm will come closest to Cuba sometime Sunday before heading north on a route that could take it close to New Orleans, whose mayor, Ray Nagin was in Cuba recently to study the island’s civil defense system.
Read MoreTropical Depression Ida has left Honduras and is now back in the western Caribbean on route to the top of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. At 6:00 p.m. EST the Cuban Meteorological Institute predicted that Ida would probably become a tropical storm again on Saturday.
Read MoreAfter the de facto government led by Roberto Micheletti announced it had formed its own “government of unity and reconciliation”, ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that the agreement reached last week to solve the four-month crisis triggered by a coup d’etat was “dead.”
Read MoreCuba closed contracts worth 150 million dollars during the Havana International Trade Fair (FIHAV), affirmed Abraham Maciques, chairman of the Organizing Committee of the event, which was attended by companies from 54 countries
Read MoreCuba produces 85 per cent of the medicines it consumes, a great deal of them in plants certified by the World Health Organization (WHO), affirmed José Ramón Fernández, vice president of the Council of Ministers.
Read MoreWhat an incredible Opening Day! What a way to start a new baseball season. And what a difference a single year makes. Tuesday’s opening round of full-schedule action in Cuban National Series #49 produced one of the most truly remarkable individual batting displays in baseball history-a pair of grand slams by Alexei Bell in the first inning of the year’s first game.
Read MoreAs expected, hurricane Ida became a tropical storm on Thursday as it plowed through parts of central-east and northeastern Nicaragua. The Cuban Meteorological Institute pegged the storm at 6:00 EST at 60 miles south-southeast of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua.
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