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Hondurans Face Emergency Situation

The Committee of Families of Missing Detainees in Honduras presented its second report on human rights violations since the June 28 coup that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya. “I admit that when writing this report I felt alarmed,” said Bertha Oliva. “Perhaps because I had bought into the idea that over this lengthy process of the last few decades we had achieved at least a few relative advances in terms of human rights. But I was dreaming,” she added.

Sean Penn Visits Cuba’s Isle of Youth

US actor Sean Penn visited the Isle of Youth, Cuba starting Sunday where he shared with a brigade of Cuban artists in the special municipality, hard hit by two hurricanes a little over a year ago. Penn is reportedly in Cuba seeking to interview former President Fidel Castro for Vanity Magazine.

Cuba Gets Swine Flu Vaccines

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.

Cuba and US Cable Co. Not Negotiating

Cuba 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.

Cuba Play Ball Baseball Preview

A 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.”

Cuba Readies for UN Slam of USA

Every 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.

Sean Penn to Cuba, Seeks Out Fidel

Actor 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.

Fidel Castro Visits with Frei Betto

Brazilian 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.”

World Health Org. Director to Cuba

Margaret 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.

Honduras: Stagnation and a grandmother

President 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.