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Iberia Eliminates Havana-Madrid Route, Businessmen Plead to Reverse Decision
December 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The association representing the more than 360 Spanish firms with operations in Cuba asked Iberia airline and Spain's government Tuesday for the carrier to reverse its decision to eliminate service between Havana and Madrid. continue reading »
Cuba to Send Spaniard Home to Finish His Prison Sentence
December 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Spaniard jailed in Cuba in connection with a road accident that resulted in the death of prominent dissident Oswaldo Paya will be sent back to Spain, possibly before the end of the year, to serve the rest of his four-year sentence. continue reading »
Hugo Chavez Arrives in Cuba This Morning Greeted by President Raul Castro
December 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez traveled to Havana, where he was met at the airport by his Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro, state television reported Monday. continue reading »
Cuba Overturns Fidel Castro Law Placing Surcharge on International Calls
December 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Cuban government is making international calls between the island and the United States less costly by repealing a decree signed by ex-President Fidel Castro in the year 2000 that established a 10-percent surcharge on calls between the two countries. continue reading »
Fito Paez to Premier “El Amor Despues del Amor: 20 Años” at Cuban Film Festival
December 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Argentine singer-songwriter Fito Paez will premiere his DVD "El Amor despues del Amor: 20 Años" (Love after Love: 20 Years) at the 34th International Festival of New Latin American Film, which begins Tuesday in Cuba, local media said. continue reading »
Cuba Denies Alan Gross is Suffering from Cancerous Lesions
November 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Cuban government said Wednesday that a biopsy established that U.S. contractor Alan Gross, who is serving a 15-year prison sentence here for subversion, does not have any cancerous lesions. continue reading »
Cuban Detainee Alan Gross Sues U.S. & Former Employer
November 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Alan Gross, a U.S. contractor serving a 15-year sentence in Cuba for subversion, and his wife, Judy, have sued the United States and the company that hired him for not warning him about the risks continue reading »
Cuba Considers Send Spaniard Responsible for Cuban Dissident’s Death Back Home
November 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spain's request that Cuba send home a Spaniard jailed on the island in connection with a deadly road accident "will be duly considered" on the basis of existing bilateral accords, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez told Efe here Friday. continue reading »
IACHR Commends Cuba’s Immigration Reform
November 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) welcomes the reforms to Cuba's Immigration Law that eliminate some restrictions for Cuban nationals seeking permission to travel outside the country. continue reading »
Cuba to Allow Workers to Run State-owned Restaurants
November 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Starting in December, the Cuban government will lease select state-owned eateries to their workers to run as independent businesses, a possibility that has been available to barber shops and beauty salons for some time. continue reading »
Venezuela, Ecuador Send Aid to Cuba After Hurricane Sandy
November 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Aircraft carrying humanitarian aid from Venezuela and Ecuador landed in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba to ease the damage and suffering left by Hurricane Sandy, Cuban state television said Tuesday. continue reading »
Raul Castro Discusses Hurricane Sandy’s “Hard Blow” to Cuba
November 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuban President Raul Castro said that Hurricane Sandy dealt a "really hard blow" to the eastern province of Santiago, the area of the island most affected by the storm. continue reading »
Eastern Part of Cuba Battered by Hurricane Sandy, Preliminary Losses Set at $88 Million
October 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuban President Raul Castro visited the central provinces of Villa Clara and Sancti Spiritus, drenched by heavy rains brought by Hurricane Sandy, which caused considerable damage as it swept through the eastern part of the island, the official AIN news agency reported. "We can say we've had a big hurricane in the east and a small 'Flora' (the devastating 1964 hurricane) in the central part of the country," Castro said. "We didn't want to go to the east without first visiting the central provinces." On Saturday Castro visited the provinces of Villa Clara and Sancti Spiritus after presiding over a Council of Ministers meeting which analyzed, among other matters, the measures the government will adopt for repairing the damage from Hurricane Sandy, which crossed the eastern part of the island from south to north last Thursday. In Santiago, the second most populous province of the country with more than 1 million inhabitants, there have been reported in the housing sector alone more than 14,200 completely destroyed homes and more than 32,000 badly damaged, as well as crop losses, roadways blocked, power outages and loss of telephone service. The damage extends to other provinces of the region as well, including Holguin and Guantanamo. The government has not yet released an official estimate of the economic losses caused by the hurricane, but preliminary reports estimate that in Santiago de Cuba they amount to more than 2.12 billion pesos (more than $88 million). continue reading »
Cuba Has Performed 20 Sex-Change Operations for Transexuals
October 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The number of Cuban transsexuals who have had sex-change surgery has risen to 20, according to figures released by Mariela Castro, director of the National Center for Sex Education, or Cenesex. continue reading »
Fidel Castro’s Friend Turned Dissident Passes Away in Cuba
October 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo, a comandante of the Cuban Revolution who later turned against Fidel Castro, died Friday in Havana, sources close to the dissident told Efe. He was 77. continue reading »
Cuba to Ease Restrictions on Visits From “Illegal” Emigrants
October 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Cuban government will ease restrictions on visits to the island by people who emigrated without authorization, including doctors and athletes who defected while on excursions abroad, a senior official said. continue reading »
As Health Rumors Linger Fidel Castro Sends Graduates Congratulatory Message
October 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Fidel Castro's signature appeared once again in the Cuban press on Thursday when he published a congratulatory message directed to an academic institution. continue reading »
Declassified Documents Shine New Light on Cuban Missile Crisis
October 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Declassified Kennedy Library documents reveal further details of a secret U.S. effort to reach an accord with communist Cuba and avoid a nuclear war during the 1962 missile crisis. continue reading »
Widow of Dissident Killed in Car Crash Blasts Trial in Cuba
October 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Ofelia Acevedo, late Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya's widow, said she has no confidence in the negligent homicide trial of Spanish political activist Angel Carromero, who was at the wheel for a July car crash near this eastern city that killed her husband and another government opponent. continue reading »
30 Hours After Being Held in Custody, Cuban Blogger Yoani Sanchez Finally Released
October 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Dissident Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez, her husband and another independent journalist were released after more than 24 hours in custody and are back in the Cuban capital, Sanchez said on Twitter. continue reading »
