Tags
Tag Results for "Cuban News"
Castro on U.S. Politics: Robot Better President than a Republican or Obama
January 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A robot would govern the United States better, former Cuban President Fidel Castro says in column published Monday in official media. continue reading »
Cuban Farmers Set to Sell Directly to Tourist Hotels
January 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuban farmers and hotels have begun to accommodate themselves to the new commercial framework that allows them to sell and buy agricultural products directly with each other, a measure included in the recent adjustments to "update" the island's socialist economic model, government-run media reported. continue reading »
Self-Employment the Preference for Many Cuban Women
December 24, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuba has seen an increase over the last two years in the number of women and workers of a higher educational level who have opted for self-employment, though the young seem uninterested, a recent survey shows. continue reading »
Fidel Castro Publishes “Reflections” Book in Argentina
December 19, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Argentinean Congress presented Friday a book of reflections written by Cuban leader Fidel Castro, on the mercenary invasion of the Bay of Pigs in April, 1961. continue reading »
Cuba Prepares for Popes Spring Visit
December 13, 2011 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News
The Cuban government expressed its "satisfaction" over the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the island next spring and added that it will receive him "with all the respect and love that he deserves," Havana's envoy to the Holy See said Tuesday. continue reading »
Pope Confirms Visit to Cuba as “Pilgrim of Charity”
December 9, 2011 | by Fides Agenzia | Latino Daily News
Cuba has confirmed the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the island, which is why it is called the visit of the " Pilgrim of Charity." continue reading »
Nightmare in Shark-infested Waters off Cuba in ‘86 May Help Save Coral Reefs
December 3, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Twenty five years ago, on December 4, 1986, Walter Wyatt's plane crashed in the waters of Cay Sal Bank, a remote area between Cuba and The Bahamas. It sank almost immediately. continue reading »
Cuba Creates its Own Facebook-Like Social Network
December 1, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
“Redsocial,” The Cuban carbon copy of Mark Zuckerberg’s social network Facebook, is the island’s new “Virtual meeting point for Cuban Universities.” continue reading »
Chicago’s O’Hare Begins Weekly NonStop Flights to Cuba
November 27, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Starting this week Chicago’s O’Hare airport will be offering weekly nonstop flights to Cuba. The charter C&T will offer one flight to Cuba every Friday and offer one weekly return flight from Cuba. continue reading »
Singer Silvio Rodriguez Returns to his Cuban Roots
November 14, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez will appear on Dec. 10 at the National Fine Arts Museum in Havana where he gave his first concert 44 years ago, state media reported. continue reading »
Cuban Revolutionary Who Orchestrated 1958 Grand Prix Driver Kidnapping Dies
November 12, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Arnold Rodriguez Camps, an early follower of Fidel Castro who took part in the 1958 kidnapping of race-car driver Juan Manuel Fangio on the eve of Cuba's Grand Prix, died in continue reading »
Catholic Church in Cuba Lives a New Relationship with Government
October 31, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The dialogue with the government of Raul Castro remains open, and touches all sectors of national life, including the process of economic reforms on the island continue reading »
Cuba Tells UN, US is Intervening in Libya as Excuse to Plunder their Resources
September 27, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A “preventive war” is taking place in Libya using the protection of civilians as a pretext to plunder the country’s resources, Cuba’s Foreign Minister told the General Assembly’s annual general debate today, calling for Libyans to be left alone to decide their destiny. continue reading »
‘You Lied’ Says Cuba to Former Governor Bill Richardson
September 15, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
To hear former New Mexican Governor Bill Richardson tell it, he was invited to Cuba by the Raul Castro government to discuss the Alan Gross matter. continue reading »
Havana’s Ladies in White Ask Church to Mediate Over Harassment
September 5, 2011 | by US Catholic | Latino Daily News
Havana's Ladies in White, who advocate for the liberation of political prisoners, have asked the Catholic Church to mediate with President Raul Castro over harassment which they were subjected to in August. The Spanish news agency EFE reported that Berta Soler, a leader of the Ladies in White and wife of ex-prisoner Angel Moya, told journalists that the chancellor for the Archdiocese of Havana, Msgr. Ramon Suarez Polcari, and the archdiocesan spokesman, Orlando Marquez, were very receptive to the request, made in a meeting Aug. 30. continue reading »
First-of-Its-Kind Wedding in Cuba – Gay Man Weds Transsexual Woman
August 14, 2011 | by Guardian UK | Latino Daily News
In honor or in scorn of Fidel Castro’s 85th birthday, depending on who you ask, a gay man and a transsexual woman wed in a first-of-its-kind wedding. Though gay marriage is not allowed in Cuba the government sanctioned wedding was seen my many gay Cuban’s as a step out of the shadows. continue reading »
‘People to People’ Travel Tours Start to Cuba
August 12, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
On January 28th President Obama reinstated ‘people-to-people’ travel to Cuba and yesterday inaugural trips started leaving Miami. Now everyday American can travel to the island nation if they are affiliated with a travel group promoting direction relations with the people of Cuba. continue reading »
Chavez Returns to Cuba for Another Round of Chemotherapy
August 7, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Earlier today, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to Cuba to resume his chemotherapy treatment for cancer discovered in June. Chavez noted: "There will be several rounds in order to win this battle and eliminate all risk of malignant cells," he said. continue reading »
Abercrombie & Kent Suspends their Cuba Tours
August 7, 2011 | by Miami Herald | Latino Daily News
The luxury travel tour company, Abercrombie & Kent (A&K), were one of the first organizations to take advantage of President Obama’s lifting of certain travel restrictions to Cuba. They quickly affiliated themselves with the Foundation for Caribbean Studies so that their trips would meet the ‘people-to-people’ requirement. continue reading »
Cuba Upholds Alan Gross’ 15-Yr Prison Sentence, Denying His Appeal
August 7, 2011 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Latino Daily News
The pleas of the U.S. government and Alan Gross’ family fell on deaf ears in Cuba again. First there was the two-day trial where the contractor was found guilty of crimes against the island nation and sentenced to 15-years in prison. Then on Friday Cuba uphold that 15-year sentence and dismissed Gross' appeal. Gross has been detained in Cuba since 2009. continue reading »
