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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 »
Spaniard Responsible for Cuban Dissidents’ Deaths Regrets “Unfortunate” Accident
October 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spaniard Angel Carromero expressed his regrets Friday for the "unfortunate" traffic accident in which Cuban dissidents Oswaldo Paya and Harold Cepero died, during his trial here on charges of negligent homicide. continue reading »
Cuban Dissident Accuses Government of Smear Campaign
September 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Former political prisoner Marta Beatriz Roque on Wednesday said that Cuba's Communist government "is using low and dirty methods" to discredit the opposition and confuse public opinion. continue reading »
Cuba Makes Key Advances In Its Pharmaceutical Production
September 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuban scientists have developed a new variation of a drug used to prevent the rejection of organ transplants and which constitutes the first nanopharmaceutical product that the island has manufactured on an industrial scale. continue reading »
Cuban Editor of Communist Newspaper Defects to U.S.
September 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
An editor of Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma has left the island and applied for political asylum in the United States, the Cafe Fuerte blog said Friday. continue reading »
First Day of Hunger Strike Leaves 67 Year Old Cuban Dissident “Very Weak”
September 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuban dissident Marta Beatriz Roque said Tuesday she feels "very weak" the day after going on a hunger strike to demand the release of an opposition prisoner. continue reading »
Cuba Plans to Rescue Agricultural Cooperatives
September 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Cuban government has approved a package of measures to rescue the system of autonomously managed farming cooperatives known as UBPCs, which cultivate 28 percent of the nation's arable land. continue reading »
American Alan Gross Looses 100 Pounds While Imprisoned in Cuba
September 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The wife of U.S. contractor Alan Gross expressed concerns about his health after visiting him in a Cuban prison. "I am devastated by his appearance," Judy Gross said in a statement released Tuesday. continue reading »
400th Anniversary of Cuba’s Our Lady of Charity Drew Celebrations Internationally
September 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The festival of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, patroness of Cuba, drew thousands of people to Masses and processions that were marked by messages of love and unity for Cubans on and off the island, where this year the 400th anniversary of the finding of the saint's image is being held. continue reading »
