Fresh after reestablishing diplomatic relations with Cuba, the Salvadoran government has designated Domingo Santacruz, a political science expert, as its ambassador to Havana. Today, the only county in the America’s without normal relations with Cuba is the United States.
Read MoreOne of Cuba top young prospects, left-handed pitcher Aroldis Chapman has abandoned the national team in Holland for the Rotterdam Tournament, apparently with plans to seek a US Major League contract, reported IPS on Thusday.
Read MoreA Puerto Rican delegation headed by Israel Roldan, representative of the Organizing Committee of the Mayagüez 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, will travel this week to Cuba to meet with the island’s sports authorities to negotiate the island’s participation in the regional games.
Read MoreWhen the Honduran military deposed President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday, in an incident that stirred memories of Cold War military coups in Latin America, it also seems to have caused at least some foreign policy commentators here to revert to positions reminiscent of the Cold War.
Read MoreThe members of the Cuban medical brigade in Honduras and the other collaborators from the island “will receive, as they have received, the best treatment,” said Roberto Micheletti, “president” of the government that overthrew last Sunday the constitutional President Manuel Zelaya, reported IPS.
Read More“This coup is an affront to Latin America and its peoples and impunity should not be allowed. The authors of the coup will have to assume responsibility for the crimes and outrages committed in the sister nation of Honduras,” said Raul Castro on Monday.
Read More“The young Honduran soldiers and officers non-committed to the oligarchy have no reason to obey illegal orders, and that is why they should rebel against those corrupt leaders of the armed forces,” said Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa in Managua, Nicaragua.
Read MoreZelaya arrived in Managua just after 9:00 p.m. Sunday night to attend an extraordinary meeting of the ALBA countries. Also present are Presidents Hugo Chavez (Venezuela), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua) and Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez.
Read MoreFacing with the mounting impact of the global economic crisis, Cuban authorities decided to reduce the investment plan for the pavement of roads by 30 percent.
Read MoreCuban sexual diversity rights activist Mariela Castro will speak on July 4th during the LGBT Pride March in London, reported the UK-based Cuba50 portal.
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