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Cubans Now Allowed to Import Electric Applicances
May 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuban customs authorities starting on Monday authorized individuals to import electric appliances and mopeds in a resolution eliminating the prohibition on such imports that had been in force since 2005. continue reading »
Defected Cuban Ballerinas to Perform in Miami For First Time
May 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The seven members of the National Ballet of Cuba who defected in March while on tour in Mexico will perform for the first time in the United States at a May 25 show in Miami. continue reading »
Alan Gross Settles Suit Against Employers in Cuba
May 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Alan Gross, the U.S. contractor serving a 15-sentence in Cuba for subversion, has settled a lawsuit against the firm that hired him for a project on the Communist-ruled island, his lawyers said Friday. continue reading »
Cuban Economy is Dependent on Growing Tourism Sector
May 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cash-strapped Cuba is looking to further boost its long-vital tourism sector, the crown jewel of which the famed resort town, Varadero, is located 138 kilometers (85 miles) east of Havana. continue reading »
Spy May Return to Cuba if he Renounces U.S. Citizenship
May 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Rene Gonzalez, currently on probation after serving 13 years in a U.S. prison for espionage, may remain in Cuba - where he traveled last month with court approval - if he agrees to give up his U.S. citizenship, a federal judge said Friday. continue reading »
Cuba to Allow “Dozens” of Dissidents to Leave
May 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Cuban government is preparing to authorize "dozens" of political opponents to leave the country in the coming weeks, the chairman of the dissident Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation said here Wednesday. continue reading »
U.S. Grants Raul Castro’s Daughter Visa to Attend LGBT Forum
May 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The U.S. State Department finally granted a visa to Cuban President Raul Castro's daughter so that she can attend a May 2-5 forum on LGBT issues in Philadelphia, Equality Forum, the organizer of the seminar, said on Tuesday. continue reading »
Classic Taxis of Havana Now Face Competition From Private Services
April 30, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Havana's taxis, most of them vintage American cars that have traditionally shared the service they offer, for the first time in decades face the unusu continue reading »
Cuban Government: Reform Will Not be Easy
April 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The most complex and important parts of the reform plan launched in Cuba to update its socialist economic model are yet to come, Communist Party daily Granma said Tuesday. continue reading »
Havana Bar Sloppy Joe’s Sees Major Upgrade
April 13, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Sloppy Joe's, one of the legendary Havana bars of the 20th century for its bohemian clientele, its long bar and famous customers like Ernest Hemingway and Spencer Tracy, has reopened its doors after almost half a century in ruins thanks to a painstaking reconstruction aimed at giving the city back some important memories. continue reading »
Cuba to Turn Over Parents Wanted For Kidnapping Sons
April 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuba will turn over to U.S. authorities the American couple accused of kidnapping their two young sons from their maternal grandmother, who had permanent custody of them, and taking them to the island illegally, the Cuban Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. continue reading »
Dad Accused of Kidnapping Sons Apparently in Cuba Where There’s No Extradition
April 9, 2013 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Latino Daily News
The two boys snatched last week by their parents from the Florida home of their grandmother - who had custody of the kids - may be in Cuba with their mother and father. continue reading »
Beyonce, Jay-Z in Cuba to Celebrate Fifth Wedding Anniversary
April 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Beyonce and Jay-Z are in Cuba where on Thursday they had breakfast at a restaurant in Old Havana to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary. continue reading »
7 Members of Cuban National Ballet Defect During International Tour
April 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Seven members of the Cuban National Ballet defected during a recent tour in Mexico and all but one have crossed the border into the United States, a Miami-based news Web site reported. continue reading »
Cubans Top Choices for Emigrating: Boliva, Chile and Ecuador
April 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Bolivia, Ecuador and Chile over the past 20 years have become new Latin American destinations for Cubans who decide to emigrate, the official weekly Trabajadores reported Monday. continue reading »
Few Expats Would Move Back to Cuba, Says Cuban Researcher
March 28, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Only a "very small proportion" of the roughly 2 million Cubans living abroad - 75 percent of them in the United States - are thinking about ever returning to the island to stay, although they would cooperate in the reconstruction of the country amid a process of democratic change, a leading Cuba scholar said Thursday. continue reading »
Cuban Dissident Blogger Yoani Sanchez Visits White House
March 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuban independent journalist and blogger Yoani Sanchez visited the White House on Wednesday and met with President Barack Obama's advisor on Latin America. continue reading »
Cuba Ready to Go from Analog to Digital TV Thanks to Chinese
March 19, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuba announced Tuesday that it is "prepared" to perform a digital television test that uses a method developed by Chinese experts, local media reported. continue reading »
Cuba’s Tech Fair Attracts Lots of Attention from Chinese
March 19, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Chinese firms such as Haier, ZTE and Huawei are the largest contingent at Cuba's 15th International Information Technology Fair and Convention. continue reading »
Cuban Dissident Blogger Yoani Sanchez: Raul Castro Successor Could be Reformer
March 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez said here Monday that while the heir apparent to President Raul Castro appears to be a "continuer," she wouldn't dismiss the possibility that once in power he might become a reformer like Mikhail Gorbachev. continue reading »
