The Costa Rican government named journalist and diplomat Jose Maria Penabad as its ambassador to Cuba, informed the minister of the presidency, Rodrigo Arias. Until earlier this year, Costa Rica, El Salvador and the United States were the only countries on the American continent without diplomatic relations with Cuba. Costa Rica had severed ties with Cuba back in 1961.
Read MoreEarly Wednesday morning, hundreds of soldiers and police arrived at the National Agrarian Institute and evicted the more than 50 persons belonging to farm organizations and Institute workers who for the last three months have occupied the installations demanding a return to order and democracy in the country.
Read MoreWith the US travel ban on Cuba persisting into the 10th month of the Obama administration, numerous groups demanding its repeal have called for a national action day today, Wednesday, to pressure Congress to approve legislation that has been sitting in committees for a good part of the year.
Read MoreThe governments of Cuba and Cyprus signed Tuesday eight collaboration agreements in sectors such as agriculture, energy, the environment and sports, as part of the visit of Cypriot President Demetrio Christofias to the Caribbean country.
Read MoreHonduras’s de facto government under the leadership of Roberto Micheletti is coming under increasing international pressure to restore civil liberties, reopen closed television stations, and negotiate a solution to the coup crisis that was brought to a head by the clandestine return of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who has been taking refuge in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa for the past week.
Read MoreCuba and Vietnam signed an agreement Monday through which the Asian country – will assist Cuba to increase its rice production. Vietnam is one of the world’s top five rice producers and the third leading exporter of the grain after Thailand and India and ahead of the United States.
Read MoreThe Zaza Dam, Cuba’s principal reservoir, is currently at only 21 per cent of its capacity, due to the deficit in rainfall. The drop in water level could affect the Sur de El Jibaro rice complex, in the central province of Sancti Spíritus
Read More“Since the celebration of the General Debate one year ago, important events have occurred in the international arena. Climate change is now more visible and dangerous. The economic crisis became intense and global. Social exclusion increased,” said Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez at the UN General Assembly on Monday.
Read MoreA top UN official said on Monday that it “would be a disaster” if Honduran police and soldiers attack the Brazilian embassy where ousted President Manuel Zelaya is holed up, reported AP from New York. The defiant attitude of the coup leaders – who have not been recognized as legitimate by a single country in the world – is coming to a head with growing protests and increased military repression unfolding.
Read MoreHowever the crisis in Honduras turns out, Brazil has stepped up its profile as a leader on the international stage. “It has stopped being the friendly behind-the-scenes conciliator and has decidedly joined the leadership game.”
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