Important Cuban artists, such as orchestra director Zenaida Romeo, jazz pianist Chucho Valdés and painter Roberto Fabelo, attended a reception at the residence of Jonathan Farrar, head of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, after years of distancing during the George W. Bush administration.
Read MoreThe New York Philharmonic decided to postpone its performances in Cuba due to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s refusal to authorize the orchestra sponsors’ trip to the island, announced Eric Latzky, vice president of communications.
Read MoreThe National Resistance Front Against the Coup d’Etat (FRN) in Honduras is carrying out a nationwide consultation among its members to establish its position with respect to the expected talks between ousted President Manuel Zelaya and the de facto government.
Read MoreDespite the clamp down on civil liberties imposed by the de facto government of Honduras, the different organizations that comprise the National Front Against the Coup kept up their street protests on Thursday.
Read MoreThe 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.
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