On Wednesday morning the Cuban Meteorological Institute reported that Tropical Storm Erika was “very disorganized” and located 160 miles east-southeast of the Leeward Islands. Computer models differ at this point on the path of the storm. Some “show the system taking a northwesterly track toward Florida or the Southeast U.S. coast, but some models show it steering a more westerly course toward Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba.”
Read MoreAmnesty International came out Wednesday with a report recommending to US President Barack Obama that he take steps towards dismantling the half-century US economic blockade on Cuba. Amnesty, which has been critical of some aspects of Cuba’s political system, said “This is the perfect opportunity for President Obama to distance himself from the failed policies.
Read MoreCuban weather forecasters began tracking Tropical Storm Erika with their first advisory coming at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The fifth tropical storm of the season in the Atlantic was located by the Cuban Meteorological Institute at 480 kilometers east of the island of Barbuda. Erika’s current estimated path would take it north of the Bahamas and a considerable distance from Cuba.
Read MoreRepresentatives of the Cuban and US governments will meet later this month in the Cuban capital to discuss the resumption of direct mail between the two countries, suspended since 1963. The talks are in addition to the process of bilateral rapprochement begun last May with the resumption of the migration talks.
Read MoreThe Cuban government sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon demanding that the United States grant a humanitarian visa to Adriana Perez, wife of Gerardo Hernandez, one of the Cuban Five. The Cubans have been imprisoned in the US for nearly 11 years after being convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage and other charges. Perez has been constantly denied the right to visit her husband.
Read MoreUN General Assembly President, Miguel D’Escoto, begins a working visit to Cuba on Tuesday, during which he will meet with representatives of the island’s government.
Read MoreWu Bangguo, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee and president of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People’s Assembly, will carry out a visit to Cuba starting today through Thursday invited by of Ricardo Alarcon, speaker of the island’s parliament.
Read MoreCuban elementary to high school students are back to the classroom on Tuesday, in a school year marked by significant changes in the educational system as the country tries to restore one of the so-called pillars of the Cuban Revolution. The Education minister said that school supplies, including uniforms, notebooks, course books and some 30 other articles, are being provided by the ministry.
Read MoreColombian singer Juanes will not have foreign sponsors for his Sept. 20 Peace Concert in the Cuban capital, due to “tremendous pressure” surrounding the project, informed IPS on Monday. Cuban artists Silvio Rodriguez, Amaury Perez, Carlos Varela, Van Van and Equis Alfonso are planning to represent Cuba on the same venue at the Plaza of the Revolution before an expected crowd of several hundred thousand.
Read MoreJuanes much talked about Peace without Borders concert in Havana’s Plaza of the Revolution is now only three weeks away and according to the chief protagonist plans continue full speed ahead despite threats on his life.
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