A US federal judge in Miami authorized Rene Gonzalez to travel to Cuba for two weeks for humanitarian reasons to visit his ailing brother. Whether Gonzalez is effectively allowed to travel still depends on permission from the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Read MorePope Benedict XVI is to visit Cuba starting next Monday, and while the Vatican stresses the “pastoral” character of the three-day trip, it is also evident that the communist country has unique relations with the Roman Catholic church.
Read MoreOver 70 “Ladies in White” and supporters were arrested over the weekend in Cuba and later released, reported dpa on Monday. The detentions took place as the environment heats up before the March 26-28 visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Cuba, putting the island in the eyeshot of the foreign media in full force.
Read MoreThe US Treasury Department has just denied a permit to Professor Alan S. Hoffman to participate in the 3rd International Course on Biomaterials, which began this past Friday at the Colegio San Geronimo in Havana.
Read MoreAn agreement delimiting maritime boundaries between Cuba and the Bahamas came into force on March 9, read a statement from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday.
Read MoreThrough a notice in the weekly Trabajadores newspaer, the Cuban Confederation of Workers (CTC) called on its members on the island to participate in the national May Day celebration.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez has called on his supporters to turn out at the presidential palace on Saturday afternoon where he will give “the general political plans” for the campaign leading up to the October 7th presidential elections.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home to Caracas on Friday afternoon after new surgery in Cuba to remove a cancerous tumor on February 28. The charismatic leader has announced he will undergo radiotherapy to try and prevent a return of any cancerous cells.
Read MoreCuban wrestlers will participate in the Olympic qualifying rounds for the Americas, which will be held from March 23 to 25 in the US city of Orlando, Florida. Fourteen athletes from the island will be competing there.
Read MoreDelays by the Cuban government in assessing international collaboration projects are leaving foreign aid workers in complete limbo, according to a report released this week by Havana correspondents of the IPS news agency.
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