Daily Archives: July 16, 2014
“The myth of Cuba has been cut to shreds for the most part” / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Mario Varga Llosa Posted on July 15, 2014 The writer and Nobel Prize Winner for Literature, Mario Vargas Llosa, talks about Cuba in… Continue reading
Raul Castro’s Not-So-Innocent Slip of the Tongue about Russia July 15, 2014 Pedro Campos
HAVANA TIMES — “We support the current policy of firmness and the intelligent policies being pursued in the international arena by the Soviet Union – I… Continue reading
Popular Havana “Pain Clinic” Closed July 14, 2014 Luis Rondon Paz
HAVANA TIMES — On June 30th, the Traditional and Asian Comprehensive Medical Clinic (CIMTAN), popularly known as the “pain clinic”, located in the town of Santiago de las Vegas,… Continue reading
Conservative Mentalities and Cuba’s Exchange Rates July 15, 2014 Dmitri Prieto
HAVANA TIMES — Many years ago, the US dollar – then on a par and freely exchangeable with the Cuban Convertible Peso (CUC) – was valued at 20 Cuban… Continue reading
?Russia to reopen Cuban mega-base to spy on America – report Published time: July 16, 2014 07:51
Moscow and Havana have reportedly reached an agreement on reopening the SIGINT facility in Lourdes, Cuba – once Russia’s largest foreign base of… Continue reading
Travel deals: Cruise Cuba by yacht By Phil Marty, Special to Tribune Newspapers 1:29 p.m. CDT, July 15, 2014
Since the U.S. government has somewhat loosened restrictions on visits to Cuba by Americans, the island nation has been turning up… Continue reading
Posted on Tuesday, 07.15.14
N. Korean freighter runs aground off Mexico after stop in Havana BY JUAN O. TAMAYO JTAMAYO@ELNUEVOHERALD.COM
A North Korean freighter has run aground in the Gulf of Mexico just days after a stop in Havana that… Continue reading
DOCUMENT – FURTHER INFORMATION: CUBA: SENTENCING OF THREE BROTHERS POSTPONED
Further information on UA: 201/13 Index: AMR 25/003/2014 Cuba Date: 15 July 2014 URGENT ACTION sentencing of three brothers postponed
The sentencing of three prisoners of conscience originally scheduled for… Continue reading