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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 »

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 »

Fidel Castro Overthrew Cuban Dictator Batista in 1959

January 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Today in Latin American History

Today in Latin American history, Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, was overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces during the Cuban Revolution in 1959. continue reading »

Everyone Leaves

November 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Book Reviews

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 »

New “Che”  Graphic Novel Inspired by His Most Famous Portrait

April 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

The most famous photo ever taken of Ernesto "Che" Guevara was shot by Alberto Korda in 1960, an image so endlessly reproduced it became not only a political icon but a marketing and advertising asset. That photo is the point of departure for the new graphic novel about the "Comandante" now being published in Spanish. continue reading »

Academics Teofilo Ruiz and Ramon Saldivar Receive National Humanities Medal

February 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

Latino academics Teofilo Ruiz and Ramon Saldivar were among nine people to receive the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama in a ceremony on Monday at the White House. continue reading »

Mercedes-Benz Apologizes for Using Che Guevara Image in Promotional Presentation

January 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

Daimler AG has apologized for using the Che Guevara’s image in a promotion for luxury cars in a presentation in Las Vegas last week. Many were outraged to see the Argentine Marxist revolutionary Ernesto 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 »

Children’s Book About Che Guevara Published in Argentina

February 16, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

The authors of “Che, the star of a revolutionary,” a new Children’s book detailing the story of the guerrilla icon explain that the text seeks to teach lessons on solidarity and commitment to the less fortunate. continue reading »

Cubans Start Facebook Page Urging an Uprising, Not Many Interested

February 3, 2011 | by McClathy | Latino Daily News

Several Facebook pages have been created outside of Cuba by Cuban exiles, in hopes of sparking an anti-government protest similar to the one in Egypt, without getting much traction from the islanders. continue reading »

Cuba Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Vigilance Committee Used to Cement its Power During Revolution

September 29, 2010 | by CNN Expansion | Latino Daily News

The Committee in Defense of the Revolution (CDR) was created 50 years yesterday as a neighborhood watch-dog network during the early days of the Cuban Revolution. CDR’s recruited Cuban locals to report continue reading »