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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Will Offshore Oil Lubricate US-Cuba Relations?Editor's Desk | Casey Research | October 28, 2011 2:02 pmCourtesy of Casey ResearchOne of Spain's largest oil companies, Repsol, is gearing up to spud a deep, offshore well in Cuban waters, just 60 ... Continue reading
The Cuban Missile Crisis Myth: 49 Years LaterPosted By Humberto Fontova On October 31, 2011 @ 12:02 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPageForty nine years ago on Oct. 28th JFK "solved" the Cuban Missile Crisis. Given the influence of Camelot's cour... Continue reading
For Cuban women, Sundays are for protest marches31 Oct 2011 03:09Source: Content partner // Womens eNewsThe Ladies in White, a group of family members of imprisoned dissidents, march during their weekly protest in Havana February 27, 2011. REUTERS/Enri... Continue reading
Posted on Monday, 10.31.11Appeals court reverses sports agent's convictionBy GREG BLUESTEINAssociated PressATLANTA -- A federal appeals court has reversed some of the convictions against a professional sports agent who was sentenced to prison for s... Continue reading
Cuba eases curbs to boost food outputPublished: Oct. 28, 2011 at 4:16 PMHAVANA, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Cuba is easing communist rules and nudging its agriculture toward a market economy model as part of a stepped-up government effort to boost food production... Continue reading
Cuba Government Opens 3.2 Million Acres of Idle Land for Individual UseHAVANA – The Cuban government up to last September had awarded usership of over 1.3 million hectares (3.2 million acres) of land for agricultural purposes, of which 79 percent is ... Continue reading
Sugarcane Flower / Rosa María Rodríguez TorradoRosa María Rodríguez Torrado, Translator: lapizcero Closing of sugar mills >> reduces direct employment of workers in the sugar agro-industry >> diminishes planting of sugar... Continue reading
Potatoes with Police / Rosa María Rodríguez TorradoRosa María Rodríguez Torrado, Translator: lapizcero I heard it when I was in the patio taking in some clothes I had washed because it looked like rain. I don't know who shouted... Continue reading
Cuba's "silent Transition" To Free Market Economyopednews.comCuba is undergoing a "silent transition" from socialism to a mixed economy but the U.S. hasn't responded with diplomatic initiatives, an authority on Latin America... Continue reading
Cuba's "silent Transition" To Free Market Economyopednews.com
Cuba is undergoing a "silent transition" from socialism to a mixed economy but the U.S. hasn't responded with diplomatic initiatives, an authority on Latin American affairs writes.
"A series of economic reforms… Continue reading
Ideological Concoction, a la Carte / Luis Felipe RojasLuis Felipe Rojas, Translator: Raul G. The Cuban Communist Party (PCC) has just made their National Conference document (scheduled to take place on January 28th 2012) public. It is like an extract f... Continue reading
Notes from Captivity XVII / Pablo PachecoPablo Pacheco, Translator: Raul G. "Violation of Correspondence"by Pablo Pacheco AvilaThe communication between those of us prisoners in "The Polish" jail and the functionaries of the interio... Continue reading
Mariel boatlift survivor comes full circleUpdated: Thursday, 27 Oct 2011, 4:21 PM EDTLAKELAND - A generation has gone by since the mass exodus from Cuba to Florida known as the Mariel boatlift.Cuban refugees escaped from their homeland and a communist ... Continue reading
Cuba Will Have Casinos, AgainI. Nelson Rose, Encino, CaliforniaPresident Obama has just announced that he is easing restrictions on visits to Cuba; the second time he will be relaxing travel rules imposed on Americans by Pres. George W. Bush.Casual tou... Continue reading
Yoani Sanchez - Award-Winning Cuban BloggerThey Spy on Us, and With Their Own Tools, We Spy on ThemPosted: 10/27/11 05:13 PM ETHow many telephones do you think are listened into by the political police? I asked a man who once worked for state intellige... Continue reading
Our Life / Regina CoyulaRegina Coyula, Translator: Unstated A reader of this blog from Portugal was at my house recently. In the middle of the obligatory coffee she asked me why, since starting to write about domestic topics and daily life, each time w... Continue reading
Castro should go: ClintonAFPSecretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday the United States remained firm that the Castro regime should end in Cuba, despite overtures seeking reform on the communist island.Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtin... Continue reading
CUBA:Varied reactions to Communist Party policy documentThe conference, which has the power to make changes to the party's Central Committee, comes on the heels of the PCC's Sixth Congress, held in April.HAVANA, Cuba, Thursday October 27 (By Pa... Continue reading
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