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Cuban Spy Rene Gonzalez Renounces US Citizenship
May 11, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Rene Gonzalez, currently on probation after spending 13 years behind bars in the United States for espionage, received on Friday formal certification of his renunciation of U.S. citizenship. continue reading »
Dissident Blogger Yoani Sanchez Thanks Spanish Lawmakers
April 25, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez visited the lower house of the Spanish Parliament on Wednesday and praised the "solidarity" of Spanish lawmakers with the Cuban people and with the struggle for democracy by the island's civil activists and dissidents. 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 »
Cuban Dissident Yoani Sanchez Calls for Unity Among Cubans
April 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez on Monday issued a call to Cuban exiles to help forge a feeling of unity among all Cubans and to end the existence of "Fidel's Cubans and Miami's Cubans." continue reading »
Rep. McGovern Says It’s Time for U.S. to Drop Cuba from Terror List
March 8, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The United States should remove Cuba from its list of countries that sponsor terrorism as a gesture of goodwill so that progress can be made on a broad range of matters of bilateral interest, continue reading »
Dissident Blogger Yoani Sanchez: Younger Cuban VP is a Step Forward
February 25, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez said Sunday in Rio de Janeiro that the election of Miguel Diaz-Canel as first Cuban vice president is a step forward on the island not due to his ideological position bu continue reading »
Raul Castro Set to Retire But Not for Another Five Years
February 25, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In Latin America news, 81-year-old Cuban President Raul Castro announced his retirement from office effective in 5-years when his current terms end. Castro was just re-elected to another term this weekend. continue reading »
Catholic Church Property Nationalized by Fidel Castro in 1961 Returned
January 28, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Authorities in the province of Granma, in the south-east of Cuba, have returned to the Catholic Church two buildings and land, within the policies of President Raul Castro, continue reading »
Easier Travel Rules for Cubans Go Into Effect Today
January 14, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cubans are informing themselves - amid hope and disbelief - about the aspects of the immigration reform that enters into force on Monday on the Communist-ruled island, where the measure simplifying the procedures to travel abroad is still causing confusion. continue reading »
Spain Wants Lenient Treatment for Angel Carromero on His Vehicular Manslaughter Charges
January 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The treatment board of a prison in the north-central Spanish province of Segovia has proposed that Angel Carromero, who was extradited from Cuba after being convicted there of vehicular manslaughter, be granted open-regime, or semi-free, status. continue reading »
Cuba’s New Tax Law Takes Effect - Intended to Improve “Economic Conditions”
January 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuba enacted this Jan. 1 a new Tax Law to continue the government's "modernization" of socialism with economic reforms that revamp the tax culture of a country where taxes have continue reading »
American Captive Alan Gross Celebrates Hanukkah with Cuban Jews
December 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Leaders of Cuba's Jewish community paid a Hanukkah call on U.S. contractor Alan Gross at the Havana military hospital where the American man is serving a 15-year sentence for subversion. continue reading »
U.S. Senate Demands Cuba Free Alan Gross
December 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
By unanimous consensus, the U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a bipartisan resolution demanding that Cuban authorities immediately release imprisoned U.S. contractor Alan Gross. continue reading »
US State Dept to Cuba: Return Alan Gross to Family “Where he Belongs”
December 3, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Deputy Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State released a statement regarding the start of the 4th year of imprisonment for U.S. contractor Alan Gross. continue reading »
Judy Gross Urges Obama to Get Husband Released From Cuban Prison
November 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Judy Gross, wife of the U.S. contractor serving a 15-year prison sentence in Cuba for subversion, urged President Barack Obama on Friday to give the case top priority and to take action to get her husband released by designating a special envoy. continue reading »
U.S. Archdiocese Sends Aid for Cuba’s Sandy Victims
November 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Catholic Archdiocese of Miami sent Monday to Cuba a shipment of more than 4 tons of provisions for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Archbishop Thomas Wenski told a press conference that 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 »
Latin Grammy Winner Julieta Venegas To Give Concert in Cuba on Behalf of UN
November 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas will perform for the first time in Cuba on Dec. 3 in a concert to help the U.N.'s worldwide campaign to end violence against women, Cuban official media said Thursday. continue reading »
Fidel Castro Seen in Public for First Time Since Rumors of His Emminent Death Surfaced
October 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro met with former Venezuelan Vice President Elias Jaua in Havana and later accompanied him to the Hotel Nacional in his first public appearance in months and amid rumors about his health. continue reading »
Cuba Eases Travel Restrictions for Its Citizens, Exit Visa Eliminated
October 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuba announced Tuesday the elimination of exit permits for taking trips abroad and will annul the requirement for a letter of invitation as part of the longed-for and long-awaited travel reform that will take effect Jan. 14, 2013. continue reading »
