Former Cuban President Fidel Castro had words of praise for US President Obama on Tuesday for “having the courage of no other US president to say” what he did about the need to act to detain climate change. Obama spoke on the eve of the UN General Assembly meeting.
Read MoreOusted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Tuesday that he returned to his country to engage in dialogue to resolve the political crisis triggered by the June 28 coup d’etat, but that the de facto government responded with tear gas and rubber bullets against his supporters.
Read MoreColombian singer Juanes returned to his home in Miami and said he was happy to have contributed to the reconciliation between the Cuban exile community and those who live in the island.
Read MoreOusted President Manuel Zelaya snuck back into Honduras and took refuge Monday in the Brazilian embassy in the capital with the aim of returning to power by means of mass demonstrations and a general strike led by the National Resistance Front Against the Coup d’Etat.
Read MoreThe Peace Without Borders mega concert began on time at 2:00 p.m. in Havana with the group of Puerto Rican singer Olga Tañon. Hundreds of thousands of Cubans turned out under a blazing sun. At 4:45 p.m. Cuban time the Orishas band is on the stage at the Plaza of the Revolution.
Read MoreSpanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Miguel Angel Moratinos will visit Cuba before the end of 2009, reported IPS. Moratinos’ agenda will include talks on President Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s possible visit to the island.
Read MoreYosvany Peraza (DH) smashed a three-run double in the third inning and Yulieski Gonzalez allowed only four hits in 7.1 innings to lead Cuba to a 5-3 win over The Netherlands in their final game of Round Two of the World Baseball Cup being played at venues in Holland and Italy. Seven of the eight quarterfinal slots are already decided. These include Cuba, The Netherlands, Puerto Rico, USA, Chinese Taipei, Australia and Canada. The final position will be decided on Sunday among Nicaragua, Venezuela, South Korea and Spain, all tied with identical 2-4 records.
Read MoreUS singer Harry Belofante is in Cuba with at least two objectives. One was to inaugurate an itinerant festival of Caribbean Cinema on Friday and the other is to attend the mega-concert on Sunday organized by Juanes and the Cuban Music Institute.
Read MoreColombian singer Juanes asked people to dress in white as a symbol of peace and “condemnation of weapons and any type of war” for the Peace without Borders Concert at Havana’s Revolution Square on Sunday afternoon. The request came in a message to his followers in the Twitter microblogging site. Juanes arrived in Cuba on Friday.
Read MoreMore than 1,100 doctors and health technicians from Cuba will travel to Venezuela to back the Barrio Adentro neighborhood and community health program, a pillar of the government of Hugo Chavez to guarantee medical care for the low-income population. It is estimated that around 40,000 Cubans are working in the South American country, especially in its social programs.
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