US Sen. Mark Warner said today that the next round of negotiations between the Obama and Raul Castro administrations to resume bilateral diplomatic relations will be held next week in Washington D.C. capital, reported dpa news.
Read MoreThe lowest temperature of this winter season occurred in the early hours of Sunday in Bainoa and Tapaste, localities south of Havana, where the thermometer marked a low of 3.9 degrees Celsius (39 F).
Read MoreA court in Artemisa sentenced two Cubans to life imprisonment for the murder and defrauding of five people, four of whom lost their lives, reports Granma newspaper today.
Read MoreCuban anarchists will soon be holding the second Havana Libertarian Spring. The gathering has just been publicly announced for May 29 through June 7, 2015.
Read MoreOne hears a broad range of comments while walking around Havana’s La Cabaña fortress, the main venue of Cuba’s International Book Fair. Regardless, there are many options for the public at this year’s date with literature.
Read MoreThe National Endowment for Democracy is a major recipient of U.S. government funds for channeling to democracy programs in Cuba. The leading recipients in their latest report were: Cuban Democratic Directorate, Grupo Internacional para la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa en Cuba, Diario de Cuba, Cubanet News and Clovek v tisni, o.p.s. – People in Need.
Read MoreThe United States government approved Friday the import of certain goods and services produced by the Cuban private sector, reported dpa. Now the ball is in the court of the Cuban government to decide whether to allow private producers to engage in exports, to date the sole domain of State companies.
Read MoreAccording to the Central Bank of Venezuela, Venezuela’s new exchange market, to be governed by unregulated supply-and-demand mechanisms, began operations Thursday with a rate below that of the black market, DPA reported. The market opened with an exchange rate of 170.03 Bolivars to the dollar.
Read MoreA group of businessmen, intellectuals, politicians and Cuban dissidents published Thursday a full-page ad in The Washington Post against any rapprochement between the US and Cuba.
Read MoreA group of Senate Democrats and Republicans introduced a bill today to end the trade embargo on Cuba, following the recent diplomatic thaw between Washington and Havana, reported dpa.
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