The World Health Organization (WHO) will give Cuba starting November vaccines against the A H1N1 influenza virus as part of a plan that covers more than 100 countries, announced Margaret Chan, director general of that multilateral agency, during her visit to the island.
Read MoreCuba is not negotiating the laying of an underwater fiber optic cable from the United States, said Francisco Hartmann, an official from the Information Society Office.
Read MoreA new Cuban baseball season is about to begin this Sunday with the defending champion Havana Province to play runner-up Villa Clara. Cuban baseball expert Peter C. Bjarkman just sent us his first Cuban Baseball Report for the 2009/2010 action. “There was much speculation in Cuba during the weeks following the conclusion of World Cup play about possible drastic overhauls in the structure of the island’s national baseball programs. Most of this noisy chatter directed at the upcoming National Series season and involved persistent rumors about proposed shifts in the length and format for regular season and also postseason play.”
Read MoreEvery year since 1991 the United Nations General Assembly has said that Cuba is right to demand the US end its now nearly half century blockade. The full body is set to vote on the same resolution on Wednesday. To date, the policy rebuff has fallen on deaf ears despite a repeatedly heavily lopsided vote.
Read MoreActor and part-time journalist Sean Penn reportedly is in Cuba to interview Fidel Castro, reported AFP on Monday.A year ago, just before Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, Penn also conducted an extensive interview for The Nation magazine with Cuba’s current president Raul Castro.
Read MoreBrazilian theologian and prolific author Frei Betto visited Fidel Castro on Saturday afternoon in Havana, in a meeting of old friends. Among his many books Frei Betto interviewed Fidel Castro for the widely published l985 work “Fidel and Religion.”
Read MoreMargaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), will arrive today in Cuba on a four-day visit. Chan’s agenda includes visits to several scientific research centers, the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) and a center for the care of persons with disabilities.
Read MorePresident 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.
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