The dissident group the Ladies in White are not pleased with being excluded from the official opening today at the US embassy in Havana. Their leader Berta Soler accused Washington of having buckled to pressure from the Cuban regime.
Read MoreIn his speech, delivered in English and partially in Spanish, the Secretary of State acknowledged that the decision as to Cuba’s political system must be made exclusively by Cubans.
Read MoreUS Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Havana at nine in the morning on Friday. Kerry came to reopen the US embassy 54 years after Washington broke diplomatic, economic and commercial relations with the country.
Read MoreWhile the international press swarmed to Havana for the flag raising ceremony at the US embassy, scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Friday, the main news item in the Cuban press is the good wishes to Fidel on his birthday on Thursday.
Read MoreThe president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, arrived in Havana on Thursday accompanied by First Lady, Cilia Flores, to celebrate the 89th birthday of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Read MoreAcquiring a home in Cuba is a headache that not even the hundreds of medical doctors who traveled abroad to put together the needed money and government authorization are spared. Many of them have been waiting 10 years for their homes to be built.
Read MoreFormer Cuban President Fidel Castro, celebrating his 89th birthday on Thursday, is on the front page of the official Granma newspaper and heading all news programs, to remind everyone of the damage caused Cuba by the United States and the “due compensation” the island deserves.
Read MoreWhen charter flight WQ801 took off from the Baltimore-Washington International Airport early on Wednesday in the faces of the travelers was a mixture of tiredness and excitement as they head to attend a historic moment: the official reopening of the new US embassy in Cuba on Friday.
Read MoreHigh temperatures will be between 32 and 34° C (90 and 93 F), and the lows ranging between 24 and 25° C (75 and 77 F). The sea surface temperature will be stable at 30° C (86 F).
Read MoreWill Raul or Fidel Castro attend the hoisting of the US Flag at the embassy in Havana on Friday?
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