Former Cuban President Fidel Castro accused the US Department of State on Thursday of supporting the military coup in Honduras that toppled President Manuel Zelaya. Meanwhile, with protests escalating inside Honduras the de facto government of Roberto Micheletti has reinstated a curfew to try and hamper public demonstrations supporting Zelaya.
Read MoreThe Cuban legislature will hold a regular session beginning August 1. It comes at an extremely complex moment as the country makes adjustments to mitigate the international financial crisis.
Read MoreThe mortal remains of Spanish priest Mariano Arroyo, murdered last Monday at dawn in the parish church of Regla, Havana. Arroyo is the second Catholic priest who has died violently this year in Cuba, notes IPS.
Read MoreFour new tanks, each with a capacity for 20,000 cubic meters, are being built in the Cienfuegos oil refinery. The investment is considered fundamental for the projected increase in production at the renovated plant, restored jointly by Cuba and Venezuela.
Read MoreThe US State Department has once again denied a visa to Adriana Perez to visit her husband Gerardo Hernandez, one of a group of Cuban men who infiltrated Miami-based exile organizations that plot violent attacks against the island and its interests. Perez was categorized as “a threat to the stability and national security of the United States,” the same justification for denial used during the Bush administration.
Read MoreThe United States and the European Union are cranking up the pressure for talks brokered by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias to bring about a restoration of democracy in Honduras, while urging both sides to refrain from violence. Meanwhile Zelaya sought to hasten the negotiations, basically giving Micheletti one week to step down.
Read MoreThe Cuban government proposed to the United States a new migration agreement during the resumption of the bilateral talks on this issue, held Tuesday in New York, reported IPS. The migration talks had been suspended in 2004 by the Bush administration.
Read MoreSpanish priest Mariano Arroyo was found dead Monday in the Nuestra Señora de Regla parish church in the Cuban capital. The case is still under investigation. If corroborated, Arroyo would be the second Catholic priest killed this year.
Read MoreCongressman Marvin Ponce of the Democratic Unification Party (UD) said he believes the talks in San Jose are merely aimed at “buying time while the Micheletti regime gets established, and we won’t let that happen. As of this week we are going to take more radical action.”
Read MoreCuban President Raul Castro arrived in Algeria on Sunday afternoon on an official visit. He will also travel to Egypt for the 15th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) taking place through July 16.
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