Daily Archives: April 11, 2013
Independent reporter released after seven months in detention Published on Wednesday 10 April 2013.
Reporters Without Borders hails yesterday's release of Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias, an independent reporter for the Hablemos Press information centre, after several weeks of mounting calls… Continue reading
Jay-Z brags about Cuba trip in rap By KEVIN CIRILLI | 4/11/13 10:17 AM EDT
Rapper Jay-Z released a new track Thursday in which he boasts about his recent trip to Cuba with superstar Beyoncé and says that President Barack… Continue reading
Playing mind games in Cuba and China By Fred Hiatt, Thursday, April 11, 1:19 AM
Why would Cuban security agents choose to kill the island's leading dissident while he was in the company of two Europeans who might bear witness… Continue reading
Agence France-PresseApril 11, 2013 10:01
In rare appearance, Fidel inaugurates school in Cuba
Leaders inaugurating public works projects is a staple of Cuba, and a surprisingly spry-looking 86-year-old Fidel Castro has done it for the first time since stepping aside… Continue reading
Posted on Thursday, 04.11.13
US wants conditions if Cuban spy gets visit home The Associated Press
MIAMI — The U.S. government wants a host of conditions if a judge grants a convicted Cuban spy's request for a visit home for… Continue reading
Posted on Wednesday, 04.10.13
Cuba gives reporters rare tour of island lockups The Associated Press
HAVANA — Cuba invited foreign journalists to tour four prisons this week in an apparent attempt to counter public criticisms of conditions inside.
At the… Continue reading