Pulling out the stops, Cuba is seeking to diversify its exports, but it’s not an easy road. The country’s technology is obsolete in many of its industries. The present global crisis is forcing the country to pick up the pace since it urgently needs to increase its foreign revenues.
Read MoreA civic movement in Cuba called the Observatorio Critico, a research, reflection and social network, is circulating a call in support of the Honduran social movements that have defied the state of siege and continue to demand the return of President Manuel Zelaya and the continuation of the agenda of reforms that they have promoted.
Read MoreThe Cuban government announced the withdrawal from Honduras of a contingent of 143 professionals working in areas such as education after the accusation by de-facto Foreign Minister Enrique Ortez of their alleged implication in “the indoctrination and organization of shock groups,” said a memorandum from the island’s embassy in Tegucigalpa.
Read More“I am not naïve, and I believe the attack is not only against you, President Zelaya, or against the Republic of Honduras. Perhaps there is a strategy that is finer, deeper, one that not only involves those in your country who may want to continue with the model of the non-redistribution of income, etc, etc. I believe that it is also an attempt to frustrate a different policy for the whole of America, of all countries that make up the Americas.”
Read MoreA friend of mine is in Honduras reporting on the situation in the streets 10 days after a military coup deposed President Manuel Zelaya and installed a de-facto government, unanimously repudiated by the United Nations and the Organization of American States.
Read MoreUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton once again asked the Cuban government to free its political prisoners and hold “free and fair elections.” Meanwhile, Brazilian President Lula da Silva continued to demand that the United States end its half-century economic blockade on Cuba.
Read MoreThere “could be a gay pride parade” in Cuba when the still prevalent homophobia in the island changes, said Mariela Castro, an activist for the rights of sexual diversity, in statements to the BBC.
Read MoreUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya met at the US State Department in Washington on Tuesday, agreeing to a mediation effort in the Honduras conflict by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias.
Read MoreA delegation of Brazilian business executives, headed by Miguel Jorge, the minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, arrives in Cuba on Wednesday to try and kick start bilateral commerce and investment.
Read MoreThe military coup that overthrew Honduran President Manuel Manuel Zelaya nine days ago erased Michael Jackson’s surprising death from the news across almost the entire continent. Politcal analyst Maria Lopez Vigil notes, “It won’t be easy for Zelaya to regain control or for Micheletti to give it up.”
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