Daily Archives: August 5, 2014
Cardinal Jaime Ortega calls for “deepening the reforms” / 14ymedio Posted on August 5, 2014
14YMEDIO, Havana, 2 August 2014 – This Saturday a Mass of Thanksgiving was held at the Cathedral in Havana for the 50th anniversary of the… Continue reading
Chatting with One of Havana’s Entrepreneurs / Ivan Garcia Posted on August 4, 2014
Humberto, a seventy-four-year old man, has the personality of both an entrepreneur and a smooth talker. At the moment he is relaxed and happy, willing to… Continue reading
Overstatement / Fernando Damaso Posted on August 4, 2014
Typically, we Cubans are short on economic issues and pass on politics. At least that has been the case for the last fifty-six years. We veer between shortcomings and excesses, never… Continue reading
Rabbis urge Cuba to free US prisoner Alan Gross
A group of American rabbis have called on President Barack Obama to negotiate the release of a US Jewish contractor detained in Cuba since 2009.
Some 300 rabbis sent a letter… Continue reading
Cuba Prisoner Gross Feels Abandoned by U.S., Wife Says By Nicole Gaouette Aug 5, 2014 6:00 AM GMT+0200
Alan Gross, the U.S. Agency for International Development subcontractor jailed by Cuba for almost five years, is refusing to see U.S. government… Continue reading
Economist: Currency Reform is Long Overdue in Cuba
HAVANA – Ending Cuba’s dual-currency system, one of the most complicated reforms proposed by the government of Raul Castro, should have been done long ago, according to an economist cited in Monday’s… Continue reading
Posted on Monday, 08.04.14
Cuba abuzz over news of US travelers program BY PETER ORSI ASSOCIATED PRESS
HAVANA — News that the U.S. government quietly contracted young Latin Americans to travel to Cuba for political purposes under the guise of… Continue reading
Posted on Monday, 08.04.14
Groups: US political effort in Cuba hurts aid work BY DESMOND BUTLER AND JACK GILLUM AND PETER ORSI AND ANDREA RODRIGUEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — A U.S. program in Cuba that secretly used an HIV-prevention… Continue reading
Posted on Monday, 08.04.14
Analysts debate proper role of U.S. democracy programs in Cuba An Associated Press report that the U.S. secretly sent young Latin Americans to Cuba to provoke political change fans debate. BY JUAN O. TAMAYO JTAMAYO@ELNUEVOHERALD.COM
The… Continue reading
