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Daily Archives: June 15, 2012
Heavy Rains in May Favor Cuban Dams
Imagen de muestraHavana, Jun 15 (Prensa Latina) Heavy rains in many
Cuban territories left a favorable situation in dams that accumulated
over 5,700 billion cubic meters of rain water by late May, Granma
newspape... Continue reading
Forbidden Voices / Yoani Sánchez
Translator: Unstated, Yoani Sánchez
She asked only to have the same rights enjoyed by a man in her country.
She took the loudspeaker to expose laws that in Iran left her
defenseless and at a disadvantage a... Continue reading
OUR SHARE OF REPRESSION FOR THE VISIT OF BENEDICT XVI / Mario Barroso
Mario Barroso, Translator: mlk
The 103rd Annual Assembly of the Baptist Association of Western Cuba, to
which I belong, concluded Saturday the 24th at 6:00pm. That was why my
wif... Continue reading
U.S. says American jailed in Cuba cannot walk
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Thursday called on
Cuba to immediately release jailed American contractor Alan Gross,
saying his health has worsened and he can no longer walk.
... Continue reading
Cuba Wants to Exchange Alan Gross for Cuban Five, Bill Richardson Says
Published June 15, 2012
The Cuban government wants to swap imprisoned U.S. contractor Alan Gross
for five Cuban spies jailed in the United States, former New Mexico Gov.
Bill Ric... Continue reading
Increased detentions raise alarm in Cuba
Friday, June 15, 2012
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — An opposition group in Cuba voiced alarm yesterday
at what it said was a disturbing upward trend in the number of people
being detained for political reasons on th... Continue reading
Path To Freedom In Cuba
06-14-2012
The United States remains committed to helping Cuba find a path to
freedom, said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere
Affairs Roberta Jacobson.
The United States is committed to supporting the ... Continue reading
US Calls on Cuba to Release Jailed American Contractor
Posted Friday, June 15th, 2012 at 5:25 am
The U.S. State Department is calling on Cuba to immediately release
imprisoned American contractor Alan Gross, saying his health has
worsened and that h... Continue reading
orbid Individualism Invades Cuba
June 15, 2012
Haroldo Dilla Alfonso*
HAVANA TIMES — In straightforward language, understandable by Muzhiks
and Cossacks alike, Lenin noted that a revolutionary situation occurred
when those above can no longer gove... Continue reading
Cuban Payback
By MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY
Being a black dissident in "revolutionary" Cuba has always been an
especially dangerous vocation. That's because the military dictatorship
attaches its hopes for legitimacy, in part, to the c... Continue reading
Rouen Port Grain Exports Jump 86% on Algeria, Cuba Wheat Demand
By Rudy Ruitenberg - Jun 14, 2012 1:15 PM GMT+0200
Grain exports from the French port of Rouen, Europe's biggest
cereal-shipping hub, rose in the most recent week on wheat demand fro... Continue reading
Posted on Thursday, 06.14.12
The Miami Herald | EDITORIAL
Speaking truth to Cuba's despots
By The Miami Herald Editorial
HeraldEd@MiamiHerald.com
Jorge Luis García Pérez and Sarah Marta Fonseca had to walk many miles,
hiding behind tr... Continue reading
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