Daily Archives: August 4, 2011
A new way to explore Cuba: From a cruise shipPatrick DineenFrom Thursday’s Globe and MailLast updated Wednesday, Aug. 03, 2011 8:25PM EDTA Canadian company is launching cruises that circumnavigate Cuba starting Dec. 4 with prices from $586 a person, double… Continue reading
August 3
In Cuba, free market proves easier said than donePAUL HAVEN,Associated Press
HAVANA (AP) — Daily for the past five months, Yusdany Simpson has been at her street-side cafeteria under its gleaming white parasol, doing her part in Cuba's… Continue reading
Posted on Wednesday, 08.03.11
Leahy lifts hold on democracy funds for CubaSen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, has lifted his hold on $14 million in democracy funds for Cuba.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@elnuevoherald.com
Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont on Tuesday lifted… Continue reading
The Battered Health System / Fernando DámasoFernando Dámaso
The Cuban health system has many followers in different countries, those who contemplate it and hold it up as an example, based more on its image to the outside, a strange mixture… Continue reading
Firsthand / Yoani SánchezTranslator: Unstated, Yoani Sánchez
My cell phone rang just as a stern-looking soldier handed me the forms to apply for an exit permit. The mansion on 17th between J and K streets had been restored: new aluminum… Continue reading
