A retired couple in their seventies, the man a former US State Dept. employee, were accused in a Federal Court this week of passing on secrets to Cuba for several decades. The announcement came on the heels of Latin America and the Caribbean pushing through a resolution at the Organization of American States (OAS) that rescinded the hemispheric body’s suspension order on Cuba, in effect since 1962.
Read MoreA Canadian tourist, 62, was the fifth person detected with the A (H1N1) virus in Cuba as she arrived at the airport in Santiago de Cuba from Toronto. Cuban health authorities said Sunday that the patient is under treatment and evolving favorably.
Read MoreErnesto Medina Villaveiran is the new president of the Central Bank of Cuba, announced the government on Thursday, replacing Ernesto Soberon, who held the key cabinet-level post for the last 15 years.
Read MoreThe La Huella de España Festival, which highlights the Spanish influence in Cuba, continues through Sunday June 7 in Havana. A Flamenco gala at the Grand Theater on Friday features Ecos and Habana compas. On Saturday the 6th Havana’s Spanish Ballet performs Carmen.
Read MoreCuban President Raul Castro and his Paraguayan counterpart Fernando Lugo met on Wednesday in Havana to discuss bilateral relations as well as regional and global issues. Upon arriving to Cuba on Tuesday, Lugo thanked the Caribbean nation for the hundreds of scholarships granted to Paraguayan young people studying at the Latin American School of Medicine based in Havana.
Read MoreThe ALBA played a key role at the meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) in San Pedro Sula this week where it strongly supported a consensus agreement reached on Wednesday to lift the suspension that ejected Cuba from the hemispheric organization back in 1962.
Read MoreHillary Clinton left San Pedro de Sula, Honduras for Egypt on Tuesday wondering whether her lobbying effort on behalf of the Obama administration to keep Cuba suspended from the Organization of American States (OAS) would work. It didn’t.
Read MoreCuban authorities ordered the dissolution in 90 days of the Cubalse Corporation, one of the island’s largest state companies. Founded in 1962, Cubalse is devoted to providing services to foreign firms and embassies and to the collection of hard currency through chains of stores, cafeterias, as well as car sales and apartment rentals, reported IPS citing the accredited press in the Caribbean country.
Read MoreThe United States will not back Cuba’s return to the Organization of American States (OAS), since this includes obeying the principles of democracy and human rights established in the charter, affirmed U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday.
Read MoreThe new president of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, announced the immediate reestablishment of diplomatic, commercial and cultural relations with Cuba during his inauguration in San Salvador on Monday, with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looking on.
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