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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 »
Cuba Experiments with “Magnetizers” Devices to Save Fuel
September 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuba is experimenting with "magnetizer" devices designed on the island that help vehicles and electric generators save fuel, thanks to the effect of their magnetic field on combustion, the official daily Granma said Saturday. continue reading »
6 Die of Burns After Truck Crashed into Gas Station in Cuba
September 8, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Six of the 32 people hurt last week in a fire at a gas station in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba have died, Cuban official media said Friday. continue reading »
Gas Station Fire Seriously Injures 26 in Cuba
August 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A huge fire at a gas station in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba injured 32 people, including 26 who were listed in serious or very serious condition, state media reported. continue reading »
Cholera Outbreak in Cuba Ends Killing 3, Infecting 417
August 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Cuban government said that the cholera outbreak that erupted in June, killing three and infecting 417, is over, Communist Party daily Granma reported Tuesday. continue reading »
T.S. Isaac His Cuba as a “Very Weak” Storm, May Strengthen On Way to Florida
August 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuba got its first battering Saturday from Tropical Storm Isaac and expects to see a cross-country buildup of the wind and rain whirled in by the storm, whose center crossed the extreme eastern part of the country. continue reading »
Female Politicians Gaining More Positions in Cuba
August 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The number of women serving in government posts increased in the past two years in Cuba, where females now hold around 45 percent of the seats in parliament, Communist Party daily Granma said Thursday. continue reading »
Cuba’s Horse-Drawn Carriage Drivers Create Union
August 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Cuban government has authorized the founding of the first union section for drivers of horse-drawn carriages, with a membership of more than 30 independent workers, in the central province of Villa Clara, official media said Monday. continue reading »
¡Hola! Presidente Obama, Its Raul Castro Can We Talk?
July 31, 2012 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Por Que
What is 81-year-old Raul Castro, President of Cuba, up to? He has publicly announced to his people that he is ready and willing to talk to the U.S., much to everyone’s amazement I am sure. continue reading »
Cuban Opposition Activists Arrested During Fellow Dissident’s Funeral
July 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Several opposition activists were detained Tuesday as prominent Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya, who died last weekend in a traffic accident, was buried in Havana's Colon Cemetery. continue reading »
Popular Cuban Dissident Oswaldo Paya Reportedly Dies in Traffic Accident, Some Blaming Castro
July 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuban opposition figure Oswaldo Paya, one of the most popular and best-known leaders of the internal dissident movement on the communist island, died Sunday in a traffic accident in the eastern province of Granma, various sources reported. continue reading »
Cuba’s Aging Water Treatment System has Authorities Worried
July 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The status of Cuba's aging, inadequate water treatment system greatly concerns the National Hydraulic Resources Institute, or INRH, state television reported. continue reading »
HS-News Is Proud to Introduce “iOn the Americas”
July 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Hispanically Speaking News is proud to introduce "iOn the Americas," a new section where you'll find all the news of Latin America at a glance. continue reading »
19 Cuban Migrants Apprehended in the Florida Keys
July 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
This week Border Patrol agents assigned to the U.S. Border Patrol’s Miami Sector apprehended 19 Cuban nationals on Boot Key near Marathon, Fla. continue reading »
First Humanitarian Aid Shipment in Fifty Years Leaves U.S. to Cuba
July 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The first direct maritime shipment of merchandise between Miami and Havana in more than five decades is being made on Wednesday, with the cargo ship Ana Cecilia due to set sail for Cuba loaded with humanitarian aid items. continue reading »
Perfect Climbing in Cuba but Now It’s off Limits
July 10, 2012 | by NY Times | Latino Daily News
Since the late 1990s, foreigners have been heading to a Cuban national park, in Valle de Viñales, to enjoy the spectacular mogotes. It may sound like a refreshing drink, but the mogotes are islands of karstic limestone that became a rock climbing paradise once climbers found hundreds of routes up the precipitous mountain faces. continue reading »
Cuba Reports 53 People Have Contracted Cholera and Three Have Died
July 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Fifty-three people contracted cholera in Manzanillo, a city in the eastern province of Granma, and three died from the bacterial disease, the Cuban government said Tuesday. "A variety of germs have been identified among all the patients seen to, with 53 cases diagnosed with Vibrio cholerae, of whom the three fatalities were elderly adults ages 95, 70 and 66, all with records of chronic illnesses," the Public Health Ministry said in a statement published in the offical daily Granma. continue reading »
Raul Castro Visiting China Seeking Support for Cuba’s Economic Reforms
July 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuban President Raul Castro arrived in this capital Wednesday for his first official visit to China as head of state, a trip on which he will meet with the present and future leaders of the Asian giant to seek support for the communist island's economic reform process. continue reading »
Medicare Dollars Going to Cuba? Some Republicans Say Yes
July 2, 2012 | by Washington Examiner | Latino Daily News
Three members of Congress fear that billions of tax dollars are going to Cuba along with other foreign countries via criminal schemes that defraud Medicare and Medicaid. continue reading »
Cuban Cigars Popular in China
June 28, 2012 | by Smart Planet | Latino Daily News
China has become the world’s third largest market for Cuban cigars after Spain and France. continue reading »
