The Cuban government has authorized the US military to fly over Cuban territory during their aid operations to Haiti and evacuation of victims. White House spokesperson Tommy Vietor was quoted by IPS as saying the permission will greatly reduce the duration of the flights. The US occupies a portion of Cuban territory at Guantanamo Bay, where it maintains a naval base and prison camp.
Read More“Only in the movies have I seen this,” said 33-year-old Jacques Nicholas, who jumped over a wall as the house where he was playing dominoes tumbled. “When Americans send missiles to Iraq, that’s what I see. When Israel do that to Gaza, that’s what I see here.”
Read MoreCardinal, Jaime Ortega, put out a call Thursday to Cuban catholics “to carry out a national drive” to help the Haitian people, hard hit by the earthquake that devastated the capital Port au Prince on January 12. Ortega said the money raised through the initiative would be sent to the neighboring country by way of Catholic Relief Services.
Read MoreCuba will promote its tourist offerings including the opening of new hotels during the upcoming IMEX trade show that takes place in Frankfurt, Germany from May 25-27, 2010. Since the fall of the Socialist Camp back in the early 1990s, Cuba has turned to its vast tourism potential as a key pillar to recover its economy.
Read MoreThe enormous relief effort being mounted in Haiti since a 7.0-magnitude earthquake leveled most of Port-au-Prince is facing a host of difficulties, including bottlenecks at the main airport and lack of heavy equipment to clear debris from streets and roads.
Read MoreTemperatures in Cuba have warmed a little after a cold front brought down thermometers in some communities to one digit Celsius and brought out jackets and blankets across the island.
Read MoreThe Guardian online is currently featuring an article suggesting that the United States and Cuba should put their never ending Cold War aside and work together to help mitigate the crisis situation in the pummeled Haitian capital Port au Prince, hit by a major earthquake on Tuesday.
Read MoreThe Cuban government sent to Haiti the first contingent of doctors from the Henry Reeve Medical Brigade that specializes in assisting after natural disasters and serious epidemics. The brigade was first established to offer help to the United States when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in 2005, an offer rejected by ex-President Bush.
Read MoreCuban families back home were relieved to learn that all the 152 Cuban medical and education personnel working in the Haitian capital were reported to be in good health. Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Wednesday helping Haiti was a priority for Cuba “following a devastating earthquake that caused huge human and material loss in that country.”
Read MoreThe major earthquake that struck Haiti Tuesday, causing death and destruction in the capital of Port-au-Prince, may also turn out to be a veritable disaster for the United Nations, which has over 9,000 personnel, including peacekeepers, international staffers and local civilians, scattered throughout the country.
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