Cuban First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel has been touring North Korea, a country with strong governmental ties to the Caribbean Island. Both countries reject international criticism of their human rights records and have alwasys pointed to the United States as the worst violator.
Read MoreThe U.S. government wants to hire entertainers who would produce “uniquely funny, ironic, satirical and entertaining” comedy shows targeting Cuban officials, politicians and others on the island. Proposals are due at 3 p.m. Sept. 14.
Read MoreThe announcement stems from a significant change in the policy Cuba has applied to medical doctors and dentists considered “deserters.”
Read MoreAfter a massive public uprising, Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina has resigned. His resignation came just hours after a judge approved the attorney general’s arrest warrant for him.
Read MoreThe occurrence of isolated afternoon showers are expected due to daytime heating and local factors. The relative humidity will range between 55 and 65%. The high temperature will be between 33 and 34° C (91 and 93 F) and the lows will range around 24° C (75).
Read MoreIn Guatemala, the Legislature voted unanimously to strip President Otto Pérez Molina of immunity from prosecution, clearing the way for his arrest. The ruling echoes the decision by the country’s Supreme Court last week and makes it possible to prosecute Pérez Molina as part of a corruption investigation that has sparked protests calling for his resignation.
Read MoreWhile it’s still too early to tell the effects on the islands reservoirs, the rain that fell on Saturday and Sunday resulting from the remnants of tropical storm Erika, coming from the east, and a storm in the southeast of the Gulf of Mexico, brought some much needed relief to the island, noted Granma daily on Monday.
Read MoreThe National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami informed at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday that Tropical Storm Erika has dissipated off the eastern coast of Cuba. The remnants of Erika still pack maximum sustained 35 mph winds and considerable rainfall expected.
Read MoreThe Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) issued a statement on Friday insisting that the return to Cuba of the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay “should be an important element” in the dialogue opened between Washington and Havana.
Read MoreThe center of Tropical Storm Erika altered its route slightly on Friday and is now expected to reach land in Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba or Granma province by sometime Saturday morning.
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