The debate on one of the presentations focused on the new forms of censorship being applied in the country, characterized by avoiding outright bans, seeking to annul through other means the works that could impact on the population. Refined methods are used including minimizing distribution of art or literature critical of government policy.
Read MoreThe United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has today denied any secrecy in the clandestine programs conducted by the U.S. government to try to promote democracy (bring on regime change) in Cuba.
Read MoreA covert US government program to send young Latin Americans to Cuba for purposes of political subversion was made public by Associated Press on Sunday. According to the news agency, the project by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) sent youth from Venezuela, Costa Rica and Peru starting in 2009 to Cuba “in the hope of encouraging a rebellion.”
Read MoreThree hundred rabbis asked President Barack Obama today to negotiate with the Cuban authorities for the “immediate release” of Alan Gross, the US agent sentenced in Cuba to 15 years in prison for endangering the island’s security.
Read MoreThe world premiere of Return to Ithaca, a film by French director Laurent Cantet inspired by a story written by Cuban novelist Leonardo Padura, will take place at the 71st Venice International Film Festival, to be held from August 27 to September 6 this year.
Read MoreA close look at the island’s economy, both from Cubans residing in the country and those living abroad, marked the second day of discussions at the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy conference in Miami. An overriding conclusion was that the urgent need for expanding the changes in motion requires political decisions still forthcoming.
Read MoreTropical Storm Bertha continued on its course to the west-northwest and is expected to touch ground or very close to the southwestern part of Puerto Rico on Saturday afternoon, reports the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Read MoreWelcome to this Week in Palestine – Gaza Special Coverage, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for July 26th, to the August 1st, 2014. This week Israeli attacks cased a Humanitarian ceasefire to collapse. The death toll in Gaza has reached over 1,493 with no end in sight to Israeli attacks on the coastal region.
Read MoreAn analysis about the possible success or failure of the reform process taking place in Cuba was the focus of discussions during the first plenary session of the XXIV Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE). The three-day event, which began on Thursday at the Hilton Miami Downtown, was attended by hundreds of industry professionals, including many Cubans from both shores of the Straits of Florida.
Read MoreSix immigrants were rescued this Wednesday floating on inner tubes near the coast of Miami, the US Coastguard Service reported. The six men were found five miles from Key Biscayne after a good Samaritan informed the Miami Beach coast patrol station of his discovery.
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